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Book Review:
Introduction to Public Health for Chiropractors
Editors: Michael T. Haneline & William C. Meeker
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett
Year: 2009
Review: This textbook provides an excellent introduction to major topics in the realm of public health, especially as they relate to the practicing chiropractor. Each chapters is authored by experts from the field of chiropractic education, research, and practice. The chapter topics include:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Public Health, Public Health Agencies, and the APHA
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts in Public Health
Chapter 3 Public Health Research Methods
Chapter 4 Environmental Health
Chapter 5 Food and Nutrition
Chapter 6 Care for Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Implications for Public Health
Chapter 7 Unintentional and Intentional Injuries
Chapter 8 Infectious Disease
Chapter 9 Prevention of Chronic Diseases
Chapter 10 Physical Fitness
Chapter 11 Public Health Impact of Musculoskeletal Conditions
Chapter 12 Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Chapter 13 Pediatrics in Public Health
Chapter 14 Aging, Public Health and Chiropractic
Chapter 15 Population Health
Chapter 16 Health Care System
Chapter 17 Public Health- a Personal Responsibility?
Chapter 18 Integration of chiropractic into the public health system in the new millennium
Excerpt from the preface:
“The primary purpose of this book is to meet the needs of chiropractors, especially chiropractic students, for a succinct, relevant textbook on the application of public health concepts, tools, and behaviors in chiropractic practice... Public health has many definitions... but in whatever form, D.D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, clearly articulated the public health context for the profession late in the 19th century…. The text is organized in a fashion designed to guide the reader step-by-step through public health issues that are applicable to chiropractic practice..."
For more information about this textbook, visit the publisher’s website: http://www.jblearning.com/catalog/9780763758226