Public health leadership & management : cases and context / by Stuart A. Capper, Peter M. Ginter, and Linda E. Swayne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capper, Stuart A.

Contributor:

Ginter, Peter M.

Swayne, Linda E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health administration--Case studies.

Public health administration.

Leadership--United States.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 394 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Public health leadership and management

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers students the opportunity to develop and practise the skills needed to make difficult public health decisions.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I - Improving Public Health Leadership and Management; Chapter 1 - Analyzing Public Health Cases; Chapter 2 - Information Sources for Public Health Leaders; Chapter 3 - Oral Presentations in Public Health Settings; Chapter 4 - Financial Analysis for Health Care Organizations; Part II - Public Health-Context; Industry Note 1 - The U.S. Health Care System; Industry Note 2 - The U.S. Public Health System; Part III - Public Health-Cases; Case 1 - CDC and the Mantookan Blood Supply: A Tough Management Decision; Case 2 - AIDSCAP Nepal

Case 3 - The Indiana State Department of Health: Managing StrategicallyCase 4 - Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan; Case 5 - Intermark: Designing Unicefs Oral Rehydration Program in Zambia; Case 6 - The New York State West Nile Virus Outbreak: What Should be Nassau County's Response?; Case 7 - Indian Health Service: Creating a Climate for Change; Case 8 - Three Vexing Cases in Health Care Ethics; Case 9 - Dekalb County Board of Health (A): Selecting a New Director; Case 9 - Dekalb County Board of Health (B): Redefining the Paradigm of Success

Case 10 - Red Tide and Red Ink in Escambia County, FloridaCase 11 - The New Mexico Meningococcal Outbreak; Case 12 - C. W. Williams Community Health Center; Case 13 - Building for the Future of Public Health in Alabama; Case 14 - Possible Bioterrorism in New Hampshire: A Public Health Response; Case 15 - iDESPIERTA! A Physician's Stark Encounter with The Grim Human Toll of a Preventable Public Health Problem; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5063-1966-1

1-322-41797-0

1-4522-6699-9

9781452232621

OCLC:

809772666