Product Description
This thorough revision contains new chapters on bioterrorism and emergency preparedness. Further bioterrorism issues have been woven through relevant chapters. New additions in epidemiology include anthrax and SARS. Additions in women's health consider new developments in hormone replacement therapy. A new emphasis has been placed on planning to include natural disasters as well as terrorism. Introduction to Public Health, Second Edition covers the basic elements of public health as well as essential data and statistics.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 6 reviews)

Great book. by Dragonkal8000 (NewYork, NY)

5 Stars
February 04, 2009
This is an excellent Public Health textbook. Don't let the size of the book overwhelm you because the chapters are quite short. It is very easy to read and understand that practically anyone won't have trouble reading this.

BIASED NONSENSE by Justin R. Sands

1 Stars
April 29, 2008
Biased garbage. Poorly written and full of irrelevant statements. Liberal slant throughout entire book.

Extremely fast shipping and Great communication by Jon-michael Gold

5 Stars
March 25, 2007
Product came as stated, and shipping was extremely fast...Highly recommend

so far so good, but too redundant by spiffy rose girl

4 Stars
February 11, 2007
this 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 i've read, i have actually found the prologue to be the most interesting. the prologue talks about some famous, most obvious cases of public health - i.e. AIDS and a water treatment caused breakout somewhere close the Great Lakes area. I'm not sure what this says about the book though... Overall, good, strong introduction to Public Health, but redundant at times.

A good place to start by Lady Murasaki (Washington, USA)

4 Stars
November 19, 2004
Mary-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 health. The book should be valued not for its depth but its breadth - Schneider does cover a variety of important public health topics but she does not go into great detail. Including a list of resources or suggested reading at the end of each chapter would have been greatly appreciated. However, to Schneider's credit, the book does have cute illustrations and includes numerous charts, graphs, and discussion questions at the end of every chapter. The book is also very readable and isn't as daunting or dry as some other public health textbooks. This book is a great complement to Bernard Turnock's introduction to public health, as Turnock does go into some of the nitty gritty of public health but doesn't cover as many issues as Schneider does.

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