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Asleep Asleep Molly Caldwell Crosby Another fascinating foray into medical history from the author of The American Plague In 1918, a world war was raging, and a lethal strain of influenza was circling the globe. In the midst of all thi… OL15179290W
The public health effects of food deserts The public health effects of food deserts Paula Whitacre "On January 26-27, 2009, workshop speakers provided presentations on how to measure and understand the extent of food deserts, their impact on individual behaviors and health outcomes in various popu… OL15583136W
Building bridges Building bridges Donna Keyser "Between January 2007 and June 2010, members of the Allegheny County Maternal and Child Health Care Collaborative designed, implemented, and evaluated the Allegheny County Maternal Depression Initiat… OL15587002W
Public health foundations Public health foundations Elena Andresen "Foundations of Public Health is a concise yet comprehensive text that offers an excellent and engaging introduction to the field of public health. This important resource is an up-to-date introducti… OL15910043W
Cheating destiny Cheating destiny James S. Hirsch "We are a diabetic nation: one in three Americans born in this century will become diabetic. Journalist Hirsch's blend of history, reportage, advocacy, and memoir will speak for, and to, the 20 milli… OL16070993W
Leading health indicators for healthy people 2020 Leading health indicators for healthy people 2020 Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020 "For the past three decades, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a national agenda aimed at improving the health of all Americans over each 10-year span. Under each of these … OL16180474W
The weight of the nation The weight of the nation Judith A. Salerno "Readers know America is getting fatter but might not know that 75% of us may be overweight or obese by 2018, that children are at risk for obesity and diabetes as never before, or that obesity is th… OL16465164W
Transforming clinical research in the United States Transforming clinical research in the United States Robert B. Giffin,Rebecca A. English,Yeonwoo Lebovitz "An ideal health care system relies on efficiently generating timely, accurate evidence to deliver on its promise of diminishing the divide between clinical practice and research. There are growing i… OL16647911W
Social determinants of health among African American men Social determinants of health among African American men Henrie M. Treadwell,Clare Xanthos,Kisha B. Holden "This groundbreaking book applies the concept of social determinants of health to the health of African-American men. While there have been significant efforts in recent years to eliminate health dis… OL16672975W
Evaluation of capacity to consent to treatment and research Evaluation of capacity to consent to treatment and research Scott Y. H. Kim "This book addresses the assessment of an individual's competency to consent to medical treatment and using the template will look at the history and importance of this process, the legal standards a… OL16919522W
Basics Of The Us Health Care System Basics Of The Us Health Care System Nancy J. Niles xxi, 434 pages : 28 cm OL17476037W
A big fat crisis A big fat crisis Deborah Cohen "Dr. Cohen has created a work of nonfiction that will transform the national conversation surrounding the weight crisis in this country and throughout the world. Based on her own research at the RAND… OL18153523W
Healthy, wealthy & fair Healthy, wealthy & fair James A. Morone,Lawrence R. Jacobs "In Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair, a distinguished group of health policy experts charts the stark disparities in health and wealth in the United States. The authors explain how the inequities arise, wh… OL18163161W
From pathology to politics From pathology to politics James Bennett,Thomas DiLorenzo "Barely a day goes by without news of the latest public health threat from the American media. Some of us are told we live in a ""cancer cluster""--An area with a disproportionate number of cancer de… OL18441711W
Bending science Bending science Wendy E. Wagner,Thomas O. McGarity viii, 384 p. : 24 cm OL18705656W
Nursing with a Message Nursing with a Message Patricia D'Antonio Nursing with a Message transports readers to New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, charting the rise and fall of two community health centers in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Bellevue-Yorkvill… OL20209702W
Who Killed HealthCare? Who Killed HealthCare? Regina Herzlinger In the battle for U.S. health care, patients and doctors are losing. Who Killed Health Care? shows how to win the war. One of the nation's most respected health care analysts, Regina Herzlinger expos… OL282705W
The Economic Evolution of American Health Care The Economic Evolution of American Health Care David Dranove "The book covers everything from start-up troubles with the first managed care organizations to attempts at government regulation to the mergers and quality control issues facing MCOs today. It also … OL3662060W
The American Plague The American Plague Molly Caldwell Crosby In this account, a journalist traces the course of yellow fever, stopping in 1878 Memphis to "vividly [evoke] the Faulkner-meets-'Dawn of the Dead' horrors,"*-and moving on to today's strain of the k… OL8110309W
Health Program Planning and Evaluation Health Program Planning and Evaluation L. Michele Issel In this revision of Health Program Planning and Evaluation, author L. Michele Issel carefully walks the reader through the process for developing, implementing, and evaluating successful community he… OL8505998W
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