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Essentials of public health management /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fallon, L. Fleming, Jr
Other Authors: Zgodzinski, Eric J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sudbury, M.A. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2005]
Subjects:
Public Health Administration > methods.
Disaster Planning > methods.
Personnel Management > methods.
Public Relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Introduction
  • The history of public health
  • Pt. II. Department of health operations
  • The legal basis for local departments of health
  • Assessing community health
  • Configuring the department
  • Local public health operations
  • Acquiring and managing data : the effective use of health information
  • Public health constituencies
  • Interactions with local government
  • Pt. III. Managing subordinates
  • Fundamentals of management : theory and applications
  • Organizational behavior
  • Position descriptions
  • Employee recruitment and selection
  • Wage and salary considerations
  • Employee training
  • Rewarding employees
  • Problem employees
  • Union management issues
  • Pt. IV. Relations with the local board of health
  • Daily operations
  • Accounting and finance
  • Budgets
  • The health officer's role in board development
  • State and national associations
  • Pt. V. Interactions with colleague health commissioners
  • Interagency cooperation
  • Sharing resources
  • Pt. VI. Emergency preparedness : terrorism, accidents and natural disasters
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Integrated crisis preparedness
  • Crisis management
  • Bioterrorism
  • Pt. VII. The media
  • The media : cultivating contacts and developing relationships
  • Managing the flow of information
  • Pt. VIII. The general public
  • Tax levies
  • Marketing public health and public health departments
  • Organizing and operating clinics
  • Pt. IX. Other health departments and jurisdictions
  • State health departments
  • Federal departments and agencies