Public Health : The Development of a Discipline, Twentieth-Century Challenges

Published in 2008, the first volume of Public Health focused on issues from the dawn of western civilization through the Progressive era.

Volume 2 defines the public health challenges of the twentieth century--this important reference covers not only how the discipline addressed the problems of disease, but how it responded to economic, environmental, occupational, and social factors that impacted public health on a global scale.

Major illnesses such as cancer, HIV, and tuberculosis are addressed, along with lifestyle concerns, such as tobacco and nutrition.

Chapters also explore maternal-child and women's health, dental public health, health economics and ethics, and the role of philanthropy.

Each chapter begins with an in-depth introduction, followed by three original articles that illustrate the problem.

The volume is enhanced with a detailed chronology of public health events, as well as appendices that contain many of the original documents that ushered public health into the new millennium.