Mastering Public Health: Essential Skills for Effective Practice

Mastering Public Health will enable you to improve your performance and productivity within your organization and with the people and the communities you serve. Designed for new and seasoned public health workers alike, this user-friendly guide focuses on the day-to-day practical skills and competencies that are often not taught in educational or training programs. It is a how-to book with tools, techniques, tips, checklists, and other resources that will assist you in developing your competencies in the areas of communication, administration and management, and leadership. Using this book will enable you to be more effective in many areas of your work, including: - Communicating with the public - Advocating for programs and policies - Speaking and writing - Being culturally competent - Planning, budgeting, and obtaining funding - Recruiting and developing employees - Improving quality, and initiating and sustaining change - Creating a vision and inspiring others The 60 contributors to this book are experts in public health as well as in the fields of education and organizational management. They have worked in federal, state, and local government agencies as well as non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutions, and consulting organizations. In their chapters, commentaries, and textboxes, they share their expertise and experience and describe best practices. Their personal stories illustrate real-world challenges they faced and successes they achieved.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Edward L. Baker Part I: Communication 1. Communicating with the Public Diana M. Bontá and Diana Halper Commentary 1-1: Lessons Learned from Communicating with the Public Jonathan E. Fielding Commentary 1-2: How to Prepare for a Media Interview Norman S. Hartman 2. Persuading Others: How to Advocate Patricia A. Nolan Commentary 2-1: Lessons Learned from Advocacy for Health Care Reform Quentin D. Young, Margie Schaps, and Ida Hellander Commentary 2-2: Lessons Learned from Advocacy for the Promotion of Peace and Public Health Victor W. Sidel, John Loretz, and Robert M. Gould Commentary 2-3: How Public Health Workers Can Be Directly Involved in Policy-making Processes E. Richard Brown 3. Making a Presentation Joyce R. Gaufin and Barry S. Levy Commentary 3-1: Using Active Learning to Make Presentations Memorable Vonna Henry Commentary 3-2: Making Presentations with Passion and Props Virginia A. Caine Commentary 3-3: An Example of How to Accept an Award with Humility, Authenticity, and Grace Robert García Commentary 3-4: The Gettysburg Address as a PowerPoint Presentation Barry S. Levy 4. Writing for Publication Omar A. Khan and Tim Brookes Commentary 4-1: Honing Your Writing Skills for Peer-reviewed Publication Mary E. Northridge Commentary 4-2: 21 Tips for Clearer Writing Barry S. Levy and Joyce R. Gaufin Commentary 4-3: The Evolution of Writing a Book: My Experience Linda Landesman 5. Practicing Cultural Competence Carol Easley Allen and Cheryl E. Easley Commentary 5-1: Sexuality and Diet: Two Examples of the Importance of Cultural Competence Carmen R. Nevarez Part II: Administration and Management 6. How to Work Within an Organization Tricia Todd and Shailendra Prasad Commentary 6-1: Lessons Learned from Working in Organizations J. Alan Baker 7. Planning and Budgeting Walter Tsou Commentary 7-1: How to Plan and Budget in an Emergency Situation Esther D. Chernak Commentary 7-2: Lessons Learned from Experience in Financial Management and Oversight Melvin D. Shipp 8. Improving and Maintaining Quality Ron Bialek and John W. Moran Commentary 8-1: Improving Quality in Your Organization Paul Halverson 9. Obtaining Funding Fern Percheski and Robyn Powers Commentary 9-1: Fundraising from Individuals and Corporations Lyndon Haviland 10. Recruiting and Developing Employees Donna R. Dinkin, Sylvester Taylor, and Joyce R. Gaufin Commentary 10-1: Hiring and Retaining the Right Workers in the Right Jobs Kristine M. Gebbie Part III: Leadership 11. Creating a Vision and Inspiring Others Robert S. Lawrence and Barry S. Levy Commentary 11-1: People Who Have Inspired Us James (Jim) Grant, Helene Gayle, Helen Rodriguez-Trias, and William (Bill) Foege 12. Transforming Organizations by Using Systems Thinking Charlotte Roberts and Frankie Byrum Commentary 12-1: Lessons Learned in Transforming the Veterans Health System Kenneth W. Kizer 13. Creating and Sustaining Change Magda G. Peck Commentary 13-1: Fluoridation: Bringing About and Maintaining Change Myron Allukian, Jr. Commentary 13-2: Build the Stomach for the Journey Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Martin Linsky 14. Facilitating Negotiation and Mediation Giorgio A. Piccagli Commentary 14-1: Lessons Learned About Negotiation from a Career in Public Health David J. Sencer 15. Collaborating With Others Darrin K. Hicks and Carl E. Larson Commentary 15-1: Lessons Learned from Establishing a Collaborative Graduate Program that Evolved into a Collaborative School of Public Health Audrey Gotsch and Michael Greenberg Commentary 15-2: A Funder's Work to Facilitate and Nurture Collaboration Martin D. Cohen .

About the Author :
Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H., is a physician and epidemiologist who has had extensive experience in public health practice, education, research, and consulting in the United States and more than 20 other countries. He is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a former president of the American Public Health Association. He has co-edited 15 other books and has written numerous articles and book chapters on a wide range of public health subjects. Joyce R. Gaufin, B.S., is Executive Director of the Great Basin Public Health Leadership Institute, a member of the APHA Executive Board, a past president of the Utah Public Health Association, and a former chair of the National Public Health Leadership Development Network. Her career has focused on management and leadership training, organization development, and consultation for state and local public health agencies. She has expertise in emergency preparedness, quality improvement, and creating new programs and collaborative efforts.

Review :
82.95, 180, Jones & Bartlett, 05/25/2010, This book is more theoretical and it's very expensive considering its length 9780763750503, Rowitz / Public Health Leadership: Putting Principles into Practice / 2e, 110.95, 570, Jones & Bartlett, 09/15/2008, Entirely focused on leadership competency 9780763754440, Turnock / Public Health: What It Is and How It Works / 4e, 100.95, 534, Jones & Bartlett, 03/14/2008, Coverage of topic is far more basic