Introduction to Community and Public Health

Introduction to Community and Public Health provides students in community health, public health, and health education with basics in the five core areas of community and public health as identified by the Association of Schools of Public Health.  The book includes perspectives in epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioural sciences, environmental health and health policy and management.The text emphasizes essentials of community and public health and includes: Descriptive and analytical epidemiologyDescriptive and inferential biostatisticsSocial and behavioural sciencesModels, methods and theories in health education and health promotionPopulation dynamics and controlAir, water and noise pollutionInjury control and other environmental issuesOrganization, financing and delivery of health services and public health systems in the USProgram planning, budgeting, management and evaluation in community initiativesSystems thinking and leadership in community and public health This text is written to serve both upper-level undergraduate and introductory graduate-level students, both of whom are encountering these concepts for the first time.