Essentials of Public Health Management

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L. Fleming Fallon, Eric J. Zgodzinski
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2005 - 524 pages
This textbook examines how health departments conduct their business and develop new programs, what techniques they use to hire and discipline employees, and the role of the media in public health. Each of the 35 chapters begins with a case study that illustrates data management, local government, organizational behavior, salary, union relation, bu
 

Contents

The History of Public Health
7
Department of Health Operations
19
Assessing Community Health
33
Chapter
34
Configuring the Department
47
Local Public Health Operations
61
Public Health Constituencies
107
Interactions with Local Government
115
Chapter 20
253
Conclusion
264
Budgets
267
The Health Officers Role in Board
277
State and National Associations
293
Interactions with Colleague Health
307
Chapter 25
319
The Public Health Incident Command
345

Managing Subordinates
125
Organizational Behavior
139
Position Descriptions
159
Employee Recruitment and Selection
169
Wage and Salary Considerations
183
Employee Training
193
Rewarding Employees
207
Chapter 17
219
Discharge
225
Appendix
231
Conclusion
239
Chapter 19
245
Chapter 27
357
Crisis Management
371
Bioterrorism
391
The Media
409
Managing the Flow of Information
423
The General Public
431
Marketing Public Health and Public Health
443
Adam Kinninger
457
Part IX
469
State Health Department Structure
475
Index
490
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