Introduction to Public Health

Promises and Practices

3rd Edition

Raymond Goldsteen, Karen Goldsteen, Terry Dwelle
Springer Publishing
403 pages
ISBN: 9780826186140
February 2024

The new edition of this book has been revised and updated to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to recalibrate how public health is organized, financed, and planned in the 21st century. This textbook offers an examination of topics such as infectious disease control, injury prevention and noninfectious diseases, system performance and improvement, and public health leadership and communication.