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Transforming Public Health Practice: Leadership and Management Essentials

by Bernard J. Healey, Cheryll D. Lesneski

October 2011

Intermediate to advanced

416 pages

12h 39m

English

Jossey-Bass

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Improvement of the Health of the PopulationOpportunities for Public Health Departments
Mission and Services of Public HealthPublic Health's History and Its Impact on Current ServicesGap Between Mission and Current Public Health PracticeSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions

Definition of Public HealthPublic Health SystemsCommunity Health WorkersPopulation-Based MedicineProblems in Our Health Care SystemThe Need for Improved Accountability of Public Health ProfessionalsLocal Health DepartmentsEpidemic of Chronic DiseasesInformation ManagementExpansion of Health Education ProgramsPublic Health and the Legacy ConceptThe Need for Leadership Development in Public HealthSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Why We Are Failing in Our Health Care Reform EffortsRoot Causes of the Failures of the Health Care SystemOther Problem AreasSolution to the Problems in Our Health Care SystemNew Model of Health Care DeliveryPublic Health as a Potential Solution to the Health Care Crisis in AmericaSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Descriptive EpidemiologyEpidemiology of Communicable DiseasesEpidemiology of Emerging InfectionsAnalytical EpidemiologyEpidemiology and the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionData ManagementSurveillance SystemsManagerial EpidemiologyApplication of Epidemiological Concepts to Health CareSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Communicable Disease ThreatThe Challenge of Chronic DiseasesThe Need for Investment in Preventing Chronic DiseasesHealth EducationThe Need for Partnerships to Combat Chronic DiseasesOpportunity to Improve the Way Health Care Is DeliveredSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Development of Power in Health Care DeliveryLeadership and Politics in Health Care DeliveryPublic Health Leadership StylesTransformational Leadership and Public HealthPublic Health as a Change AgentPublic Health Leaders and PowerPublic Health Leaders and Conflict ManagementCan Political Appointees Lead Public Health Departments?Communication Skills of the LeaderLeadership Development in Public HealthCulture of Public Health WorkersPublic Health Leaders and InnovationSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Leadership and Quality ImprovementThe Public Health EmployeeTransformational Leadership, Worker Empowerment, and Self-Managed Work Teams in Public HealthThe Role of CultureCulture and ChangeEmpowerment of Workers in Public HealthDisappearance of the Public Health WorkerSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Public Health PartnersValue of Partnerships for Public Health OrganizationsBuilding Community-Wide Partnerships Using an Ecological Model of HealthSuccessful PartnershipsAssessing the Role of Partnerships in Improving Community HealthSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Public Health and the Urgent Need for ChangeChallenges Facing Local Public Health LeadersMillennium Development GoalsUrgent Need for System ChangeVisioning the New Public HealthLeadership for the New Public HealthChanging the Public Health System for the FutureManaging ChangeSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Quality Nexus of Public Health and Health CareFocusing on Core Functions and Essential Public Health ServicesCurrent Quality Improvement Efforts in Public Health OrganizationsGaps in the Quality of Public Health ServicesFederal Leadership of Quality Improvement in Public HealthRoad Map to Improve Public Health OutcomesSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Disruption and Change in Public HealthPublic Health Education and Health Promotion ProgramsThe Need for a Chronic Care ModelMinimal Political Appreciation of Public Health ActivitiesUse of Technology in Risk CommunicationPublic Health Leadership RequiredValue of Prevention ProgramsThe Process of InnovationSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Key TermsDiscussion Questions
Determinants of HealthObesity EpidemicClimate ChangeWar and Armed ConflictsSummaryKey TermsDiscussion Questions
Financing Health Promotion ProgramsInternal Revenue Service—Community Benefit StandardDiscussion Questions
Case Study (Student Version)Case Study (Teacher Version)Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
MAPP as the CatalystImproving Access to CareMeasuring OutcomesThe Way to Get Things DoneDiscussion Questions
A New Way of Doing BusinessFrom Planning to ActionGetting Active and Getting Healthy TogetherMoving ForwardDiscussion Questions
Trendsetting in Central CaliforniaA New Community AnchorImproving Birth OutcomesLooking Back and Moving ForwardDiscussion Questions
Program 1Program 2ConclusionDiscussion Questions