Richard Riegelman discusses the growth of Public Health in Community Colleges and the new Health Foundations courses that are increasingly becoming the norm.
In 2018, Jones & Bartlett Learning partnered with APHA Press to publish textbooks designed for the three foundational courses recommended by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) and the League for Innovation in the Community College as part of their Framing the Future effort. As envisioned in the Community Colleges and Public Health Report, public health is recommended as a foundation for health professions education at both community college and 4-year schools.
The three foundational courses they recommend include:
• Personal Health and Wellness
• Overview of Public Health
• Health Communication
Richard Riegelman discusses the growth of Public Health in Community Colleges and the new Health Foundations courses that are increasingly becoming the norm.
By Michele Kiely, DrPH, Meredith Manze, PhD, MPH, and Chris Palmedo, PhD, MBA
all of CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Policy
ISBN: 978-1-284-09965-2 • 694 pages • © 2019
Personal Health: A Population Perspective engages students in understanding relevant personal health issues, by positioning them within a broader population health framework. Unlike other Personal Health texts, this book combines information about individual health, including topics of great interest and relevance to college-aged students, as well as a discussion of the context of community and global health to which each individual is inextricably linked. Hear from the authors about their unique approach →
By Richard Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD, The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and Brenda Kirkwood, MPH, DrPH, University of Albany School of Public Health
ISBN: 978-1-284-11844-5 • 338 pages • © 2019
Public Health 101: Improving Community Health, Third Edition provides a big-picture, population perspective on the determinants of health and disease and the tools available to protect and promote health. Now with a greater emphasis on community involvement and providing community based-services, the third edition examines the full range of options for intervention including use of the healthcare system, the public health system, and society-wide systems such as laws and taxation.
By Claudia Parvanta, PhD and Sarah Bass, MPH, PhD
ISBN: 978-1-284-06587-9 • 324 pages • © 2019
Health Communication: Strategies and Skills for a New Era provides a practical process model for developing a health communication intervention. The book also explores exposure to media and how it shapes our conceptions of health and illness. Using a community-based health communication approach, the book covers a broad base of information from communication and health behavior theory, community-based program planning, and social marketing constructs to provide students with the keys to develop effective and culturally appropriate health communication.
