Under the direction of lead editors, Leiyu Shi and James A. Johnson, the
Fourth Edition of Public Health Administration: Principles for
Population-Based Management examines the many events, advances, and
challenges - including the COVID-19 pandemic - in the United States and
the world since the publication of the prior edition. With contributions
from experts in areas ranging from workforce to community-based
prevention to emergency preparedness, this timely and thorough revision
offers detailed, comprehensive coverage of current, relevant issues for
students as well as practicing public health administrators. This
edition also addresses new perspectives of evidence-based public health,
systems thinking, accountable care organizations, social
entrepreneurship, integrated information management, disaster
preparedness and response, and social media. Key Features: - Coverage of
COVID-19 in select chapters (1, 4, and 27) - New chapter on Systems
Thinking for Public Health - Streamlined chapters feature the addition
of chapter objectives, more graphics, practitioners interviews, and
chapter discussion questions. - Enhanced and expanded coverage on public
health information, evaluation, and preparedness. - Exploration of new
perspectives in the field through the lens of the CEPH competencies,
including evidence-based public health; systems thinking; as well as
accountable care organizations; social entrepreneurship - Accompanied by
a complete package of Instructor Materials: TestBank, Instructor's
Manual, and PowerPoint slides.
