Kids Library Home

Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

     
Available items only
E-Book/E-Doc
Author Sommer, Alfred, 1942-

Title 10 lessons in public health : inspiration for tomorrow's leaders / Alfred Sommer.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
©2013

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe EBSCO Clinical Nursing E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Contents Go where the problems are -- Get into the field -- Forget the job description -- Don't count on things staying the same -- Follow most, but not all, of the rules -- Collect good data, even if you don't yet know what important questions they might answer -- Remember your humanity -- Use data to set policy -- If you think you're right, keep pushing -- Take the long view.
Summary A personal tale of the rise of public health.There are occasions when a story told from a personal viewpoint can illuminate a profession. This epidemiological memoir is such a book. Adventurous, illuminating, and thought provoking, this is more than the story of one man's work. It tells the tale of how epidemiology grew into global health. The book is organized around ten lessons the author learned as his career took him around the world, and within these lessons, he explains how the modern era of public health research was born. Three themes emerge from the author's story: the duty to help your fellow human beings by traveling to places where there are problems; the knowledge that data-driven research is the key to improving public health; and the need to persevere with sensitivity and strength when science and cultural or sociological forces clash.
Subject Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
Sommer, Alfred, 1942- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwmXYKJ3RtfTRhPrykbh3
Public health -- United States -- Biography.
Epidemiology.
International cooperation.
World health.
World Health -- Personal Narratives -- United States.
Epidemiology -- Personal Narratives -- United States.
Epidemiology -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
Epidemiology
International Cooperation -- Personal Narratives -- United States.
International Cooperation -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
International Cooperation
Global Health
Global Health -- United States -- Personal Narratives.
United States
Santé publique -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Épidémiologie.
Coopération internationale.
Santé mondiale.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
World health
International cooperation
Epidemiology
Public health
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Genre/Form Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Biographies
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Added Title Ten lessons in public health
Other Form: Print version: Sommer, Alfred, 1942- 10 lessons in public health. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 9781421409528 (DLC) 2012035330 (OCoLC)809310066
ISBN 1421409054 (electronic bk.)
9781421409054 (electronic bk.)
9781421409528 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1421409526 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781421409047 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1421409046 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. ebc3318686
DEBBG BV042795166
DEBBG BV044101910
DEBSZ 42124836X
DEBSZ 449715345
GBVCP 804497168

 
    
Available items only