Case Studies in Public and Community Health presents 14 classroom-tested case study scenarios, including background information and discussion questions. The overall purpose of the book is to help students understand that public health practice occurs in a social content, and is subject to all the complexities of a social environment. The book can be used as a textbook supplement to Jo Fairbanks William H Wiese's,The Public Health Primer (SAGE, 1997); it can also be used on its own, or as a supplement to other textbooks in the field.Case Studies in Public and Community Health presents 14 classroom-tested case study scenarios, including background information and discussion questions. The overall purpose of the book is to help students understand that public health practice occurs in a social content, and is subject to all the complexities of a social environment. The book can be used as a textbook supplement to Jo Fairbanks William H Wiese's,The Public Health Primer (SAGE, 1997); it can also be used on its own, or as a supplement to other textbooks in the field.Introduction PART ONE: EPIDEMIOLOGY Case Study £1 Basic Terms in Epidemiology Case Study £2 Cholera in London, 1850 Case Study £3 The Hantavirus Outbreak Case Study £4 Focus on Violence PART TWO: PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Case Study £5 Why Regulate? Case Study £6 Meningococcal Meningitis Outbreak Case Study £7 Quality Leadership Process Case Study £8 Managed Care: What Role for Public Health? PART THREE: HEALTH PROGRAM PLANNING Case Study £9 Planning in a Social Clt
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