Book description
Responding to the growing interest in public health, Public Health
Foundations is an accessible and comprehensive text that offers a
reader-friendly introduction to core concepts and current practices.
The authors use an engaging approach to topics such as epidemiology
and pharmacoepidemiology, biostatistics, infectious disease,
environmental health, social and behavioral sciences, health services
and policy, quantitative and qualitative research methods, and health
disparities. Ready for the classroom, each chapter includes learning
objectives, an overview, detailed explanations, case studies, a
summary, key terms, and review questions. Sidebars connect students to
topics of current interest in the field of public health, including
ethics, emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, environmental
hazards, climate change, social justice, and issues of insurance and
access to health care.
Reflecting and expanding on recommendations of the Association of
American Colleges and Universities, Public Health Foundations provides
a solid framework for understanding the basics of public health and is
the ideal text for a wide range of courses in public health.
Companion Web site: josseybass. com/go/andresen
Elena Andresen, PhD, is professor in the Department of Epidemiology
and Biostatistics at the University of Florida's College of Public
Heath and Health Professions.
Erin DeFries Bouldin, MPH, is lecturer in the Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of Florida College of
Public Health and Health Professions.
