The eleventh edition of this bestselling text covers a wide range of topics and trends in the evolving field of public health. With a focus on preparing students for careers in health education and promotion, this edition features updated content on various public health challenges, including opioids and pandemic preparedness. It also addresses World Health Organization goals, COVID-related activities, updates from Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and more. 

Offering a comprehensive overview of the field,  Essentials of Pubic Health, Fifth Edition covers foundational principles, governmental structures, public health practice, and pandemic preparedness then delves into various public health occupations, offering insights into diverse roles. Updated with the latest trends and featuring a new chapter on pandemic preparedness, this edition includes enhanced exercises and resources to engage students.

Seamlessly blending theory and practice, Aschengrau & Seage's Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health clearly presents traditional and modern epidemiologic concepts. It begins with core principles and data sources, then emphasizes study design with dedicated chapters on experimental, cohort, and case-control studies. Full chapters on bias, confounding, and random error—plus the role of statistics—equip students to accurately interpret epidemiologic research.

Prevention of Diseases in Populations: From Biology to Policy explores the biological and epidemiological foundations of major diseases in the U.S. and globally. Bridging science and policy, this accessible text emphasizes risk factors and prevention strategies. With a unique focus on applying biology to public health policy, it’s an essential resource for students and professionals in population health.

Essentials of Health Behavior: Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health, Fourth Edition equips readers with the critical foundation to understand, evaluate, and apply behavioral theories in real-world public health practice. Written in clear, approachable language, this text introduces the core social and behavioral theories that shape our understanding of health-related behaviors and inform effective health promotion strategies. Through compelling real-world examples across a range of settings, it illustrates how these theories translate into practical interventions that improve population health.

Essentials of Health Policy and Law, Fourth Edition provides students of public health, medicine, nursing, public policy, and health administration with an introduction to a broad range of seminal issues in U.S. health policy and law, analytic frameworks for studying these complex issues, and an understanding of the ways in which health policies and laws are formulated, implemented, and applied.

Offering a thorough, accessible and lively overview of public health for students new to the field, Schneider's Introduction to Public Health offers a broad-reaching, practical framework for understanding the forces and organizations of public health today. Through engaging, nontechnical language, illustrative real-world examples, and the current political, economic, and cultural news of the day, students gain a clear understanding of the scope of today's public health problems and possible solutions.

Turnock’s Public Health: What It Is and How It Works offers a systems-based overview of the U.S. public health system, covering its structure, functions, and real-world applications. Divided into foundational concepts and case studies, the Eighth Edition includes updated data and explores current concepts and trends such as health equity in the wake of the pandemic, Healthy People 2030, and 10 Essential Public Health Services.

Friis & Seller's Epidemiology for Public Health Practice offers a comprehensive introduction to key epidemiologic concepts, including study designs, descriptive methods, and quantitative measures. Aligned with core competencies, this accessible text emphasizes real-world applications and skill development, preparing students in health disciplines to interpret data and apply epidemiologic methods in coursework and public health practice.

Long recognized as the most authoritative review of the epidemiology of infectious disease, Infectious Disease Epidemiology is divided into five sections that cover methods in infectious disease epidemiology, airborne transmission, hygiene and infectious disease transmission, blood and body fluids as reservoirs of infectious disease, and vector-borne diseases. Highly current, this book features state-of-the-art chapters on methodological issues, pathogenesis, and comprehensive reviews of virtually every known infectious disease.

Friis' Essentials of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition offers a clear, comprehensive overview of key environmental health, including foundational concepts and core topics such as environmental epidemiology, toxicology, and policy. It covers environmental diseases like microbial agents and radiation, and explores applications including water and air quality, food safety, waste disposal, occupational health, disasters, and climate change, making it ideal for students and professionals alike.

Health Program Planning and Evaluation: A Practical, Systematic Approach for Community Health, Fifth Edition carefully walks the reader through the process for developing, implementing, and evaluating successful community health promotion programs. Featuring reader-friendly, accessible language and practical tools and concepts, this invaluable resource prepares students and professionals to become not only competent health program planners, but savvy consumers of evaluation reports and prudent users of evaluation consultants.