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Dewey Decimal Number: 362.1 EAN: 9780834208391 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0834208393 Label: Aspen Publishers Manufacturer: Aspen Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 496 Publication Date: January 15, 2000 Publisher: Aspen Publishers Studio: Aspen Publishers Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Univ. of Albany, State Univ. of New York, Rensselaer. Introductory text covering the major areas that comprise public health such as epidemiology, infectious disease, and the environment. Includes case examples. For students. Softcover. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - BIASED NONSENSEBiased garbage. Poorly written and full of irrelevant statements. Liberal slant throughout entire book. Rating:  - Extremely fast shipping and Great communicationProduct came as stated, and shipping was extremely fast...Highly recommend Rating:  - so far so good, but too redundantthis was required for my intro to public health class, and so far it's a pretty good accompaninent to our class lectures. however, often times, i find the explanations and supports they give too redundant. if you buy this and read it, i suggest not reading every paragraph. if you understand an idea or concept with just one example they give, don't feel as if you need to read the 2 or 3 other examples they go into detail for the next couple of pages. so far, out of the 4 or 5 chapters ... Read More Rating: - A good place to startMary-Jane Schneider's "Introduction to Public Health" is just what she claims it is - an introduction. The book is a very concisely and clearly-written overview on a range of public health topics such as water quality, epidemiology, and chronic diseases. Schneider divides the book into seven parts that look at the definition of public health, analytical methods of public health, public health's biomedical basis, social and behavioral factors, environmental issues, medical care, and the future of public ... Read More Rating: - Truly a wonderTruly a wonder. Not only is it full of useful information, well organized, thorough, and insightful - it's readable!!! For once, I could not put a book (other than a novel!) down! The author kept my interest alive with the excellent use of the language and the ability to keep even sub-sub-sections organized and to the point. I turned to this book because I'm writing an evaluation of Washington State's substance abuse prevention efforts during the last few years, and my boss requested that I analyze ... Read More 
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