Community-Centered Public Health provides students of public health and related health professions with the strategies, tools, and applications needed to build and deliver effective public health programs. This practical textbook emphasizes the importance of integrating community leaders throughout the program planning, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination processes, and of tailoring public health approaches based on culture, context, values, and the environment to advance health equity and improve population health. Community-Centered Public Health equips students with key frameworks, knowledge, skills, and an appropriate mindset for working with communities to deliver community-centered initiatives across public health domains.
This text delivers detailed discussions on the community engagement framework, community-centered public health principles, and the key considerations in defining community, establishing community governance, understanding the bidirectional process of leadership and mentorship, and community-centered program evaluation. Community-Centered Public Health also focuses on applications across policy, research, and community practice, community-based participatory research (CBPR), community public health crisis response and resilience, health communication and prevention marketing, and more, to inspire the next generation of public health and community leaders to consistently practice with their communities in mind. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.
Key Features:
Chapters strategically coauthored by public health and community leaders with long histories of developing and sustaining equitable public health partnerships
Includes engaging Case Studies, Vignettes, Audio interviews, Discussion Questions and real-world examples that shed light on best practices and foster critical thinking
Shares lessons learned and impactful experiences from community and public health leaders working to improve population health and health equity on the frontlines
Identifies specific, relevant Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) Foundational Competencies in each chapter
Qualified instructors have access to expanded Instructor Resources featuring a Sample Syllabus and an Instructor Manual with learning activities and discussion questions for each chapter, and additional resources to supplement students' dynamic learning and interaction with the text
Edited by:
Tabia Henry Akintobi PhD MPH,
Stephanie Miles-Richardson,
DVM,
PhD
Imprint: Springer Publishing Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
ISBN: 9780826189455
ISBN 10: 0826189458
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 28 December 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Contributors List of Audio Resources Audio Contributors Preface Springer Publishing ConnectTM Resources PART I. PRINCIPLES Chapter 1. Defining the Community: Identity, Context, and Culture Matters Chapter 2. Establishing Community Governance Chapter 3. Public Health Leadership and Mentorship: For, With, and By Communities Chapter 4. Community-Based Participatory Evaluation: Assessing the Outcomes and the Partnership PART II. APPLICATIONS Chapter 5. Community-Focused Public Health Research Chapter 6. Understanding Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Across Four Dimensions: Theory, Pedagogy, Research, and Praxis Chapter 7. Community Engagement and Translational Research Chapter 8. Health Policy: Processes, Alliances, and Strategies for Public Health Action Chapter 9. Community-Oriented Healthcare Providers Chapter 10. Community Public Health Crisis Response and Resilience Chapter 11. Health Communication and Social Marketing Practice Chapter 12. Implications for Advancing Health Equity: Minding Root Causes, Dismantling Systems, and Creating Solutions Afterword
Tabia Henry Akintobi, PhD, MPH, is Professor and Chair of Community Health and Preventive Medicine and Associate Dean for Community Engagement at Morehouse School of Medicine. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida College of Public Health where she earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health in the Department of Community and Family Health. Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM, PhD, is the founding Chair of the Department of Public Health Education at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM). Dr. Miles-Richardson also serves as Associate Dean of the division of Graduate Education in Public Health and Director of the Master of Public Health Program.
