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| Introduction | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Authors | |
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| The Contributors | |
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| Issues and Methods of Public Health Practice | |
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| The Need for Change in the Practice of Public Health | |
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| Mission and Services of Public Health | |
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| Public Health's History and Its Impact on Current Services | |
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| Gap Between Mission and Current Public Health Practice | |
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| The Success of Public Health Programs: Critical Factors | |
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| Definition of Public Health | |
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| Public Health Systems | |
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| Community Health Workers | |
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| Population-Based Medicine | |
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| Problems in Our Health Care System | |
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| The Need for Improved Accountability of Public Health Professionals | |
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| Local Health Departments | |
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| Epidemic of Chronic Diseases | |
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| Information Management | |
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| Expansion of Health Education Programs | |
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| Public Health and the Legacy Concept | |
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| The Need for Leadership Development in Public Health | |
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| Critical Issues for the Future of Health Care in the United States | |
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| Why We Are Failing in Our Health Care Reform Efforts | |
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| Root Causes of the Failures of the Health Care System | |
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| Other Problem Areas | |
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| Solution to the Problems in Our Health Care System | |
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| New Model of Health Care Delivery | |
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| Public Health as a Potential Solution to the Health Care Crisis in America | |
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| Application of Epidemiological Concepts to Health Care Delivery | |
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| Descriptive Epidemiology | |
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| Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases | |
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| Epidemiology of Emerging Infections | |
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| Analytical Epidemiology | |
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| Epidemiology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
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| Data Management | |
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| Surveillance Systems | |
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| Managerial Epidemiology | |
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| Application of Epidemiological Concepts to Health Care | |
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| Shifting the Focus from Communicable to Chronic Diseases | |
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| Communicable Disease Threat | |
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| The Challenge of Chronic Diseases | |
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| The Need for Investment in Preventing Chronic Diseases | |
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| Health Education | |
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| The Need for Partnerships to Combat Chronic Diseases | |
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| Opportunity to Improve the Way Health Care Is Delivered | |
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| Issues and Methods of Public Health Leadership and Management | |
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| Leadership and Politics in Public Health | |
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| Development of Power in Health Care Delivery | |
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| Leadership and Politics in Health Care Delivery | |
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| Public Health Leadership Styles | |
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| Transformational Leadership and Public Health | |
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| Public Health as a Change Agent | |
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| Public Health Leaders and Power | |
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| Public Health Leaders and Conflict Management | |
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| Can Political Appointees Lead Public Health Departments? | |
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| Communication Skills of the Leader | |
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| Leadership Development in Public Health | |
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| Culture of Public Health Workers | |
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| Public Health Leaders and Innovation | |
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| Empowering Public Health Workers | |
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| Leadership and Quality Improvement | |
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| The Public Health Employee | |
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| Transformational Leadership, Worker Empowerment, and Self-Managed Work Teams in Public Health | |
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| The Role of Culture | |
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| Culture and Change | |
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| Empowerment of Workers in Public Health | |
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| Disappearance of the Public Health Worker | |
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| Partnerships to Improve the Public's Health | |
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| Public Health Partners | |
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| Value of Partnerships for Public Health Organizations | |
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| Building Community-Wide Partnerships Using an Ecological Model of Health | |
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| Successful Partnerships | |
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| Assessing the Role of Partnerships in Improving Community Health | |
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| Leading and Managing Change in Public Health Organizations | |
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| Public Health and the Urgent Need for Change | |
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| Challenges Facing Local Public Health Leaders | |
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| Millennium Development Goals | |
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| Urgent Need for System Change | |
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| Visioning the New Public Health | |
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| Leadership for the New Public Health | |
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| Changing the Public Health System for the Future | |
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| Managing Change | |
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| Developing an Outcomes Orientation in Public Health Organizations | |
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| Quality Nexus of Public Health and Health Care | |
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| Focusing on Core Functions and Essential Public Health Services | |
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| Current Quality Improvement Efforts in Public Health Organizations | |
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| Gaps in the Quality of Public Health Services | |
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| Federal Leadership of Quality Improvement in Public Health | |
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| Road Map to Improve Public Health Outcomes | |
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| Opportunities for Improvement in Public Health Practice | |
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| Disruption and Change in Public Health | |
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| Public Health Education and Health Promotion Programs | |
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| The Need for a Chronic Care Model | |
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| Minimal Political Appreciation of Public Health Activities | |
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| Use of Technology in Risk Communication | |
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| Public Health Leadership Required | |
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| Value of Prevention Programs | |
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| The Process of Innovation | |
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| Local Solutions to Reduce Inequities in Health and Safety | |
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| Challenges in the New World of Public Health Practice | |
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| Determinants of Health | |
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| Obesity Epidemic | |
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| Climate Change | |
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| War and Armed Conflicts | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Innovation in Health Education Programs | |
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| Disabilities | |
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| Formation of Community Partnerships to Prepare for H1N1 | |
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| Municipal Health Department Leadership Inside Out | |
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| The Power of Data: Osceola County Secures a Federally Qualified Health Center | |
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| Using MAPP to Get Up & Go! in St. Clair County | |
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| Partnering for Improved Infant Health in Stanislaus County | |
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| Innovation in Colorectal Cancer Education Programs | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |