The COVID-19 Response
The Vital Role of the Public Health Professional
- 1st Edition - September 27, 2022
- Latest edition
- Author: Jennifer Horney
- Language: English
The COVID-19 Response: The Vital Role of the Public Health Professional explores population health during a pandemic and how is it different than clinical medicine. Other sectio… Read more
The COVID-19 Response: The Vital Role of the Public Health Professional explores population health during a pandemic and how is it different than clinical medicine. Other sections cover federal, state and local responses to COVID-19, testing for COVID-19, the implementation of public health control measures, the use of public health emergency powers, health equity, the resignation and firing of public health leaders, vaccination planning, and the future of public health post COVID-19. Leaders and practitioners working in public health practice and academia, as well as students in public health undergraduate and graduate level programs will find this book extremely useful.
- Clarifies the role of public health in a pandemic emergency
- Assesses the indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which include excess deaths from dementia, diabetes and heart disease, and will soon include the potential for global epidemics of preventable diseases like measles, diphtheria and polio
- Explores the impact of lack of trust in science and public health leadership
- Describes a way forward for the public health system to be prepared to respond to future threats
Leaders and practitioners working in public health practice and academia as well as students in public health undergraduate and graduate programs. Leaders, practitioners, and academics in related fields of governmental social services beyond public health (e.g., public administration, social services, emergency management) as well as policy makers and graduate students in these fields
1. What is a Population Health Approach
2. Federal, State, and Local Public Health Roles
3. Implementing Public Health Control Measures
4. Standing up Testing
5. Measuring the Impact of COVID-19
6. Equity
7. Vaccines vs. Vaccinations
8. Will the damage to public health be lasting?
9. The future of the public health workforce
2. Federal, State, and Local Public Health Roles
3. Implementing Public Health Control Measures
4. Standing up Testing
5. Measuring the Impact of COVID-19
6. Equity
7. Vaccines vs. Vaccinations
8. Will the damage to public health be lasting?
9. The future of the public health workforce
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: September 27, 2022
- Language: English
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Jennifer Horney
Jennifer Horney is a Professor and Founding Director of the Epidemiology Program and Core Faculty at the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on assessing the health impacts of disasters, including inequitable impacts among physically and socially vulnerable groups. She is currently a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Preparedness and Response, a member of the National Academies of Sciences’ Gulf Research Program’s Enhancing Community Resilience Committee, and a member of the Publications Board of the American Public Health Association. She has provided technical assistance to public health agencies globally around disasters, emerging infectious disease outbreaks, and pandemic influenza planning and response.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Founding Director of the Epidemiology Program and Core Faculty at the Disaster
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