Introduction to Public Health

Good writing, intelligent discussion of public health issues. All resources listed at the end of each chapter. You can follow up on any of these resources if you wish. Sections of book include seven parts and 31 chapters. The sections are:I. What is public health?II. Analytical Methods of Public HealthIII. Biomedical Basis of Public HealthIV. Social and Behavioral Factors in HealthV. Environmental Issues in Public HealthVI. Medical Care and Public HealthVII. The Future of Public HealthI bought this book for a class I'm taking called Introduction to Public Health, but if you are interested in public health and not taking a class, it is very informative and interesting just for your own knowledge or if you work in the public health sector.

I am very happy with the book. It came in very good condition.

Great reading for my Intro to Public health course. Anyone and everyone, from any discipline should read this to be aware and informed!

Course Required text. It was a good introductory textbook that covers the comprehensive field of Public Health. There were times when the book felt as though it veered in to the political. Or, that the citations were a little less than scientific (citing major newspapers does not feel grounded in science). I felt that the highlighted words were fairly random. I am used to words being placed in bold font or highlighted in some other way when they were important terms or concepts. It didn't always feel that the author was intentional about their choice in which words to highlight. Overall, for an introductory text, it was a good and easy read.

This book helped me so much in class. Cause it makes you think about life a lot when you read this book for class.

Interesting book. This book is what got me started in a career in public health and I surprisingly found out that I really like it.

I can only give the book 3 stars because it is a very expensive book for its size. The book is very small and not worth the price. After reading some of the chapters I feel as if the book does not explain the concepts very well. My other text books explain the topics better and they are not even specializing in what this book is supposed to be specialized in. If I didn’t need it for a class I would not have bought it.Update: I found a weird sticker in the book on page 376. The sticker is a copper color with spirals. I have no clue what it is for.

This book is a great introduction book to Public Health. Not only is it simple to understand, but it gave great examples to help me understand the concepts.