Tag Archives: Public health

Jones and Bartlett Learning Exhibits at APHA Annual Meeting

Over 10,000 public health professionals are attending the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo in San Francisco this week. On the expo floor, Jones & Bartlett Learning displayed over 100 titles for the study and practice of public health. … Continue reading

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Teaching Public Health Has Never Been Easier with Navigate Public Health 101

Jones & Bartlett Learning is committed to providing innovative print and digital learning solutions to a wide-range of institutions. Designed for undergraduate, introductory public health classes, Navigate Public Health 101 is pre-loaded with rich content from the widely-popular introductory public … Continue reading

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New Online Course Facilitates Undergraduate Public Health Instruction

Navigate Public Health 101 Combines Proven Textbook Content with Interactive Learning Exercises and Course Management Tools A new online course is making undergraduate public health instruction a lot easier, say the publishers of this innovative learning tool, developed specifically for … Continue reading

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Celebrate National Public Health Week with Jones & Bartlett Learning

Every year since 1995, communities across the United States have observed the first week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW) – a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving … Continue reading

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New Edition of Best-Selling Health Policy Textbook Examines Health Care Reform & More

Below is the preface for the highly anticipated Second Edition of Essentials of Health Policy and Law, by Joel B. Teitelbaum, JD, LLM and Sara E. Wilensky, JD, PhD from School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University. … Continue reading

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Announcing the First Annual Riegelman Award

The 2012 Call for Nominations and nomination materials are now available for the First Annual Riegelman Award for Undergraduate Public Health Education. This award was made possible by a generous grant from Dr. Richard Riegelman, founding dean of the George … Continue reading

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New Releases in CourseSmart: Public & Allied Health

Now available through CourseSmart in Public Health Riegelman, Public Health 101 (http://www.coursesmart.com/9780763782276) Provides a big-picture, population perspective on the determinants of health and disease and the tools available to protect and promote health. Schneider, Introduction to Public Health, 3e (http://www.coursesmart.com/9780763794064) … Continue reading

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New Releases in CourseSmart: Health Science & Health Administration

New CourseSmart Releases in Health Science: Pfeiffer, Concepts of Athletic Training, 6e (http://www.coursesmart.com/9781449637378) Focuses on the care and management of sport and activity related injuries while presenting key concepts in a comprehensive, logically sequential manner. Greenberg, Exploring the Dimensions of … Continue reading

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The Jones & Bartlett Learning Spring Podcast Series

This spring, Jones & Bartlett Learning is pleased to bring you Podcasts of interviews with the authors of our newest titles in Public Health and Health Administration: Dr. Michael Merson is the lead editor of Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies (formerly … Continue reading

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Are Health Care Professionals Prepared For Disasters?

On September 11, 2001, my husband was attending a week-long course in New York City. As I stood in my kitchen in Baltimore, Maryland, drinking a cup of coffee and watching Good Morning America, I heard Diane Sawyer say, “We … Continue reading

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