A History of Public Health: From Past to Present uses a structured format to study public health from antiquity to the present time. After a brief introduction, this concise text illuminates defining moments in public health history through stories that illustrate people, principles, and challenges. These are followed by a discussion of history’s relevance to contemporary practice. Suggestions for additional study, discussion questions, and references complete each chapter.
Summary of Contents
Ch 1 Early Theories of Public Health
Ch 2 Medieval Response to Disease
Ch 3 Rebirth, Renewal, and Scientific Inquiry
Ch 4 Enlightenment and Conflict in Health and Society
Ch 5 The Sanitary Crisis: Pivotal Progress in Public Health
Ch 6 Preventing Death and Disease: A Call to Action
Ch 7 New Discoveries in the Fight against Contagious Disease
Ch 8 The Birth of Modern Public Health
Ch 9 Health, War, and Society
Ch 10 Prevention, Pandemics, and Penicillin
Ch 11 War Horrors and Chronic Killers
Ch 12 Progress and Pitfalls in Research
Ch 13 Environmental Awakening
Ch 14 Without Warning: New and Emerging
Infections
Ch 15 Health Care Hurdles
Ch 16 Public Health in the 21st Century and Beyond
Appendix A: Timeline of Public Health History
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