The Politics of Public Health in the United StatesM.E. Sharpe, 15 дек. 2004 г. Our public health system is primarily concerned with the promotion of health and the prevention of disease. But while everyone may agree with these goals in principle, in practice public health is a highly contentious policy arena. that is inevitably entangled with sensitive issues ranging from occupational safety and environmental hazards to health education, immunization, and treatment of addiction and sexually transmitted disease. Today however, concern for protecting the population against bio-terrorism and new epidemics such as SARS is tipping the balance back toward increased support for public health. This book focuses on the politics, policies, and methodologies of public health and the twenty-first century challenges to the public health system of the United States. It explores the system's relatively weak position in the American political culture, medical establishment, and legal system; scientific and privacy issues in public health; and the challenges posed by ecological risk and the looming threat of bio-terrorist attack. Each chapter includes study questions. The volume also includes a chronology of major laws and events in public health policy along with an extensive bibliography. |
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The Politics of Public Health in the United States | 3 |
Accomplishments of the Public Health System | 4 |
History of Public Health Policy in the United States | 7 |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries | 9 |
The Nineteenth Century | 12 |
The Twentieth Century | 14 |
The Organization of the US Public Health Service | 21 |
The National Government | 22 |
Scientific Evidence and Morality Politics | 169 |
The Politics of Science and Public Health | 172 |
Notes | 174 |
Study Questions | 175 |
The Politics of Genetics and Public Health | 176 |
Developments in Genetic Science | 177 |
The Human Genome Project | 178 |
Genetic Testing and Screening | 180 |
State Governments | 32 |
Local Governments | 35 |
Politics and Public Health | 37 |
Organization of the Book | 40 |
Notes | 42 |
Leadership Politics and Public Health | 43 |
Leadership and Public Health | 45 |
Public Health Leadership at the National Level | 48 |
The Surgeon General | 50 |
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration | 57 |
Director of the National Institutes of Health | 59 |
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | 60 |
Public Health Leadership at State and Local Levels | 62 |
Leadership and Professional Public Health Organizations | 65 |
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials | 67 |
The National Association of Local Boards of Health | 68 |
The Society for Public Health Education | 69 |
The American Association of Public Health Dentistry | 70 |
Study Questions | 72 |
The Politics of Public Health and Private Medicine | 73 |
Differences Between Public Health and Private Medicine | 74 |
History of the Relationship Between Medicine and Public Health | 77 |
Period of Ambivalence and Accommodation | 78 |
The Twentieth Century | 82 |
Inching Toward Cooperation and Collaboration | 98 |
The Politics of Public Health and Private Medicine | 101 |
Study Questions | 103 |
The Politics of Public Health and Law | 104 |
Legal Foundations of Public Health Practice | 105 |
Shortcomings of Current Public Health Laws | 109 |
Public Health Law Reform Movement | 111 |
Law as a Tool to Protect the Publics Health | 115 |
Land Use Planning Zoning and Public Health Law | 117 |
Drug Abuse and Public Health Law | 119 |
Tobacco Use and Public Health Law | 120 |
Violence Firearms and Public Health Law | 123 |
Tort Litigation as a Public Health Strategy | 129 |
Tobacco Litigation | 131 |
Firearms Litigation | 134 |
The Politics of Public Health and Law | 137 |
Study Questions | 139 |
The Politics of Science and Public Health | 140 |
The Evolution of Public Health Research | 142 |
Role of Science in the Formulation of Public Health Policies | 146 |
Evaluation of Public Health Policies | 147 |
Politics Science and Public Health Politics Scientific Evidence and Realities of Politics | 149 |
Contradictory and Inconclusive Scientific Evidence | 150 |
Difficulties and Complexities of Risk Assessment | 167 |
Effectiveness of Genetic Testing | 185 |
Genetic Profiling | 187 |
The Politics of Genetics and Development of Public Health Policies | 188 |
Informed Consent | 190 |
Discrimination Based on Genetic Information | 193 |
Policy Related to Genetic Discrimination | 197 |
Inequality and Access to Genetic Technologies | 202 |
The Politics of Genetics and Public Health | 206 |
Notes | 208 |
The Politics of Environment and Public Health | 210 |
Lifestyle versus Environmental Factors in Public Health | 211 |
Environmental Degradation and Threats to Health | 216 |
Chemicals | 217 |
Endocrine Disrupters | 221 |
The Hollywood Connection | 226 |
Environmental Tobacco Smoke | 228 |
Global Warming | 229 |
Biological Agents | 231 |
Politics of Environmental Protection National Government | 232 |
State and Local Governments | 235 |
Social Ecology | 237 |
The Politics of Environment and Public Health | 240 |
Notes | 243 |
The Politics of Bioterrorism and Public Health | 245 |
Bioterrorism in History | 247 |
Potential Threats of Bioterrorism TypesForms of Biological Weapons | 251 |
Necessary Conditions for a Successful and Major Bioterrorist Attack | 255 |
Motivations Behind a Bioterrorist Attack | 257 |
Current Preparedness of the Public Health System to Deal with a Bioterrorist Attack | 258 |
Federal Level | 259 |
State and Local Levels | 265 |
Dark Winter 2001 Plague Attack Denver Colorado | 268 |
Problems and Shortcomings of the Current Public Health System | 269 |
Lack of Coordination Among Levels of Government and Agencies | 270 |
Inadequate Surveillance System | 271 |
Lack of Rapid Diagnostic Techniques | 272 |
The Legal Challenge | 273 |
Future Challenges | 278 |
Notes | 280 |
Study Questions | 281 |
Conclusion | 282 |
Reinvigorating Public Health | 285 |
Politics and Public Health Policies | 286 |
Chronology of Major Public Health Laws and Events | 287 |
References | 295 |
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