Controversies in public health and health policy / Jan K. Carney, MD, MPH, Associate Dean for Public Health, Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT.

By: Carney, Jan K [author.]Publisher: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: xv, 393 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781284049299 (paper); 1284049299 (paper)Subject(s): Health Policy -- United States | Public Health -- United States
Contents:
Health vs. health care -- Improving health literacy : finding high-quality web-based information -- Obesity : is fat the new normal? -- Preventing obesity : raising the price of sugar-sweetened beverages? -- Tobacco : E-cigarettes : help or hazard? -- Tobacco : reducing exposure to secondhand smoke -- Alcohol : binge drinking on college campuses -- Health reform : controlling costs -- Health reform : improving health -- Health care : improving veterans' health -- Mental health : a continuing crisis -- Immunizations : parent choice vs. public health -- Prescription drug abuse -- Infectious diseases : climate change and public health -- Infectious diseases : antibiotic resistance and public health -- Preventing firearm injuries : a public health issue -- Preventing injuries : concussions in sports -- Hiv and aids : the fourth decade -- Radiation : benefits and risks of medical imaging -- Physical activity : is sitting death?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health vs. health care -- Improving health literacy : finding high-quality web-based information -- Obesity : is fat the new normal? -- Preventing obesity : raising the price of sugar-sweetened beverages? -- Tobacco : E-cigarettes : help or hazard? -- Tobacco : reducing exposure to secondhand smoke -- Alcohol : binge drinking on college campuses -- Health reform : controlling costs -- Health reform : improving health -- Health care : improving veterans' health -- Mental health : a continuing crisis -- Immunizations : parent choice vs. public health -- Prescription drug abuse -- Infectious diseases : climate change and public health -- Infectious diseases : antibiotic resistance and public health -- Preventing firearm injuries : a public health issue -- Preventing injuries : concussions in sports -- Hiv and aids : the fourth decade -- Radiation : benefits and risks of medical imaging -- Physical activity : is sitting death?

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