Introduction to Public Health in Pharmacy

Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Peter D. Hurd, Ardis Hanson

Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2008 - Health & Fitness - 356 pages

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to public health from a pharmacy perspective. Organized into three main sections, Part I presents concepts and issues that pharmacists need in order to develop a knowledge base in public health. Part II examines the connection between pharmacy and public health services, including an overview of the different health services, evaluation and outcome assessment, financing, managed care pharmacy, and pharmacoeconomics. Part III presents chapters that illustrate key applications of public health concepts to pharmacy practice, including law and ethics, cultural perspectives, informatics, emergency preparedness, and education and training. Each chapter is co-authored by a public health expert as well as a pharmacist. Chapter features include case studies, learning objectives, chapter questions, questions for further discussion, and key terms.

Contents

• Introduction and Overview: 3
• Basic Concepts: 17
• This: 47
• Environmental and Occupational Health: 77
• Calculation of Exposure: 86
• Implications for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Practice: 94
• Behavioral Health: 101
• Implications for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Practice: 118
• Financing: 175
• Managed Care Pharmacy and Public Health: 205
• Pharmacoeconomics: 227
• APPLICATIONS FOR PHARMACY PRACTICE: 247
• Cultural Perspectives: 279
• Public Health Informatics: 297
• Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: 321
• Education and Training: 337
• Index: 351

About the author

Peter D. Hurd is professor of Pharmacy Administration at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, where he is the Director of the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Liberal Arts and Assistant Dean of Assessment. He has also been Director of Graduate Studies at the College. His Ph.D. is in social and administrative sciences from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. He has a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College in psychology and an M.A. in social psychology from Duke University. Dr. Hurd's research interests include smoking prevention in adolescents, medication utilization of senior athletes, the practical application of management theory to health-related areas, educational strategies including learning styles and active learning, and psychosocial aspects of medication use. His teaching responsibilities include courses in health care systems, medical sociology, gerontology, and research methods. Public health has been one of the common threads in both his teaching and research. He has published 33 professional articles and nine book chapters, and he has presented numerous workshops on personal effectiveness.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Introduction to Public Health in Pharmacy
• Editors: Bruce Lubotsky Levin, Peter D. Hurd, Ardis Hanson
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2008
• ISBN: 0763735396, 9780763735395
• Length: 356 pages
• Subjects: Health & Fitness / General; Medical / Administration; Medical / Health Care Delivery; Medical / Nursing / General; Medical / Pharmacy; Medical / Public Health