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A new approach to public health's most complex problems

  • 1.  A new approach to public health's most complex problems

    Posted 05-31-2013 11:44

    Announcing:

     

    Transdisciplinary Public Health: Research, Education, and Practice, by Debra Haire-Joshu and Timothy D. McBride (Editors), ISBN: 978-0-470-62199-8, Paperback, 432 pages, May 2013.

     

    (Available in all print and e-book formats.)

     

    Future public health professionals will need to work with colleagues from other disciplines to address public health and social problems. This book presents perspectives from multiple disciplines and fields as well as cross-disciplinary research and practice teams. Transdisciplinary Public Health explains the interactions among biological, behavioral, social, and public health sciences; shared disciplinary frameworks in analyzing health problems; and the integration and evaluation of transdisciplinary solutions. The book includes case studies for both domestic and global health challenges, and lecture slides and sample syllabi are available.

     

    Table of Contents:

     

    Part 1: Defining Transdisciplinary Research and Education

    1 Transdisciplinary Public Health: Definitions, Core Characteristics, and Strategies for Success

    2 Transdisciplinary Training and Education

    3 Competencies in Transdisciplinary Public Health Education

    4 Measuring Success: An Evaluation Framework for Transdisciplinary Public Health ..

     

    Part 2 Cross-Cutting Themes in Transdisciplinary Research

    5 Transdisciplinary Approaches: Sorting Out the Socioeconomic Determinants of Poverty and Health

    6 Transdisciplinary Public Policy: The Roles of Law and Public Health in Creating Public Policy

    7 Sociocultural Perspectives Applied to Transdisciplinary Public Health

    8 Evidence-Based Decision Making: Transdisciplinary Problem Solving to Improve the Health of the Public

     

    Part 3 Transdisciplinary Practice: Case Studies in Domestic Health

    9 Transdisciplinary Methods in the Prevention and Control of Maternal-Child Obesity

    10 Transdisciplinary Approaches to Violence and Injury Prevention and Treatment among Children and Youth

    11 Transdisciplinary Problem Solving for Integrating Public Health and Social Service Systems to Address Health Disparities

     

    Part 4 Transdisciplinary Practice: Case Studies in Global Health

    12 Transdisciplinary Problem Solving for Global Hunger and Undernutrition

    13 Implementing Public Health Interventions in Developing Countries: A Transdisciplinary Solution for Safe Drinking Water in Rural India

    14 Indoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Health: A Transdisciplinary Vision

     

    For more information and to view sample chapters: www.josseybass.com/go/hairejoshu

     

    To request a desk review copy, write to publichealth@wiley.com with your name, complete, academic mailing address, and prospective course name.

     

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