Jones & Bartlett Learning Health Blog

By Leiyu Shi, DrPH, MBA, MPA, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
& Douglas A. Singh, PhD, MBA, Indiana University at South Bend, School of Business and Economics
Authors, Delivering Health Care in America, 7th Edition (Available Oct. 13, 2017)

 

With this Seventh Edition, we celebrate 20 years of serving instructors, students, policymakers, and others, both at home and overseas, with up-to-date information on a dynamic United States health care delivery system. Much has changed and much will continue to change in the future as the nation will grapple with critical issues of access, cost, and quality. Indeed, much of the developing and developed world will also be contending with similar issues.

People in the United States, in particular, had just gotten a taste of a far-reaching health care reform with President Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act (ACA), nicknamed Obamacare. The law produced mixed results that are documented in this new edition.

Topics: New Edition, Affordable Care Act (ACA), Author, health administration, National Health, Public health management, Delivering Health Care in America, Public Administration, shi & singh

By Sharon Buchbinder, RN, PhD
Author of Introduction to Health Care Management, 3rd Edition

Once upon a time, before computers, Internet, email, and texting, there was something known as the “letter.” This ancient form of communication provided people who did not live near one another the opportunity to share news and feelings. When I was a child <cough, cough> a hundred years ago, I had a pen pal. We sent letters back and forth, each trying to outdo the other with our creativity. Now those letters and postage stamps have been replaced with OMG! ROFL! TTYL! and unlimited data plans for all household members with opposable thumbs.

Topics: Epidemiology, flipped classroom, health policy, Sharon B. Buchbinder, Public health management, Sharon Buchbinder Blog, Classroom Assignments, Public Administration

Webinar Topic: Writing Success Strategies for Scholars in the Health Sciences
Presenter: Kathryn Jacobsen, PhD, MPH, Author of Introduction to Health Research Methods, 2nd Ed.
Recorded on: Thu Oct 20, 2:00 pm EDT
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Topics: allied health, Health, public health education, Author, Global health, health administration, Health Science, Webinar, Public health management

Happy National Public Health Week!

Topics: Health, public health education, NPHW, Public Health, National Public Health Week (NPHW), Public health management, Healthiest Nation 2030

This is the first installment of a 2-part commentary by Jones & Bartlett Learning author and health policy expert, Joel Teitelbaum, on the most recent challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), now a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The second installment will discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in the case (expected by the end of June, when the Court concludes its current term).

Topics: Health, public health education, ACA, Affordable Care Act, health policy, Joel Teitelbaum, Public Health, Public health management, Public Administration, Supreme Court Health Reform Decision

Please join us in celebrating National Public Health Week (NPHW) today through April 13. For nearly two decades, NPHW has raised awareness of the important role public health plays in keeping communities both healthy and safe. This year’s theme is “Public Health: Start Here.”

Topics: public health education, Brenda Kirkwood, National Public Health Week, NPHW, Public Health 101, Richard Riegelman, Public health management

Understanding Environmental Health: How We Live in the World, Second Edition by Nancy Irwin Maxwell recently received 4 stars from Doody's Review Service. According to reviewer, J. Thomas  Pierce, MBBS  PhD, from Navy Environmental Health Center, "at a time when our globe faces an undefined, changed future, it is hard to overestimate the importance of books such as this."

Topics: public health education, Doody's Review Service, Nancy Irwin Maxwell, Review, Public health management

Introduction to Air Pollution Science: A Public Health Perspective by Robert F. Phalen and Robert N. Phalen just received 4 stars from Doody's Review Service! According to reviewer, J. Thomas Pierce, MBBS, PhD, from Navy Environmental Health Center, it provides a straightforward "public health perspective that variously emphasizes air pollution impacts while placing them in the context of many public health concerns such as nutrition and infectious diseases."

Topics: public health education, Doody's Review Service, Public Health, Review, Robert F. Phalen, Robert N. Phalen, Public health management

Would you like to learn more about significant national initiatives related to undergraduate Public Health studies? Join us on Tuesday, December 3 at 1:00 pm EST for a free webinar with featured presenter Richard K. Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD, founding Dean of The George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services and editor of the Jones & Bartlett Learning Essential Public Health series. Register now at go.jblearning.com/Dec3.

Topics: Essential Public Health series, Richard K. Riegelman, Richard Riegelman, Public health management

APHA is coming to Boston! Starting this weekend, we'll be at the American Public Health Association 141^st Annual Meeting and Expo, displaying more than 100 new and notable titles for the study and practice of Public Health.

Topics: public health education, Isaac Weisfuse, Linda Landesman, Mary-Jane Schneider, Public health management