Public health practice : what works / edited by Jonathan E. Fielding, Steven M. Teutsch ; managing editor, Stephanie N. Caldwell.

Includes bibliographical references.

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The leaders of LA County's Department of Public Health compile the lessons and best practices of working in a complex and evolving public health setting.

Part One. Core Capacities -- Introduction and history of public health in Los Angeles county / Jonathan E. Fielding, Jonathan Freedman, and Stephanie N. Caldwell -- Measuring population health : the Los Angeles County health survey / Susie B. Baldwin and Amy S. Lightstone -- Strategic planning : visioning the new public health agency / Wendy K. Schiffer, Virginia Huang Richman, Joshua M. Bobrowsky, and Maxanne Hatch -- Programs and policies that work : how evidence can drive action / Steven M. Teutsch -- From direct service to community orientation : transformation of nursing practice / David Caley and Deborah Davenport -- Assuring competence : credentialing and privileging of public health physicians / Jeffrey D. Gunzenhauser and Kathleen N. Smith -- Performance improvement : using rapid-cycle improvement techniques to improve public health services / Dawn Marie Jacobson and Debra Lotstein -- The medium and the message : strategies for effective communication / Rose Anne Rodriguez and Sarah M. Kissell -- Understanding birth outcomes and adverse birth events : LAMB and LA HOPE / Shin Margaret Chao, Giannina Donatoni, Chandra Higgins, Marian Eldahaby, and Cynthia A. Harding -- Part Two. Health Promotion -- Underlying determinants of health : putting local data to work / Margaret Shih -- Tackling toxic food environments : a response to the obesity epidemic / Paul Simon and Suzanne Bogert -- Enticing people out of their cars : promoting active living / Jean Armbruster, Gayle Haberman, Louisa Franco, and Margot Ocanas -- From health education to health policy : a paradigm shift in tobacco control / Mark D. Weber and Linda M. Aragon -- Reaching underserved populations : influenza vaccination in the African American community / Julia Heinzerling, Michelle T. Parra, Stephanie N. Caldwell, and Kim Harrison Eowan -- The asthma coalition : effective prevention and control through collaboration / Robert A. Gilchick, Janet M. Scully, and Cynthia Harding -- Part Three. Health Protection -- 101 deadly days : Listeria monocytogenes associated with Mexican-style cheese / Laurene Mascola and S. Benson Werner -- Infection control : public health outreach to hospitals / David E. Dassey, Sharon Sakamoto, and Dawn Terashita -- Reducing zoonoses : controlling animal importation / Karen Ehnert and Robert Kim-Farley -- Safe food facilities : reestablishing public confidence through letter grades / Hector Dela Cruz, Terrance Powell, and Jonathan E. Fielding -- Food product recalls : effective local response / Hector Dela Cruz and Terrance Powell -- Sewage discharge response : reforms in reporting and public notification / Bernard Franklin and Kenneth Murray -- Contaminated fish : protecting communities through community education and reducing availability / Marita Santos, Janice Lewis, and Janet Scully.

Part Four. Emergency Response -- Emergency management : building an effective structure for local public health / Michael Contreras, Benjamin Bristow, Alonzo Plough, and Kim Harrison Eowan -- Employees as first responders : a framework for emergency readiness / Michelle Bosshard, Benjamin Bristow, Noël Barakat, and Ernesto Hinojos -- Responding to potential emergencies : the threat assessment unit / Benjamin Bristow, Dickson Diamond, Moon Kim, and Alonzo Plough -- Radiation risk : development of a multi-agency radiation response plan / Kathleen Kaufman -- Dispensing emergency medications and supplies : points of dispensing / Catherine Knox and Deborah Davenport -- Real time information in emergencies : automating medication data collection / Sinan Khan and Dee Ann Bagwell -- Part Five. Service Delivery -- Reducing drug use among nonviolent offenders : the drug court program / John Viernes, Jr. and Anna Long -- Preventing opiate overdose deaths : legal challenges and effectiveness of prevention education and naloxone distribution / Elan Shultz -- Increasing accountability among substance abuse treatment providers : development of a performance measurement system / Desiree Crevecoeur, Rachel A. Gonzales, Richard A. Rawson, Jonathan E. Fielding, and John Viernes, Jr. -- Preconception health : a life course perspective for maternal and child health / Cynthia Harding, Diana Ramos, Giannina Donatoni, Shin Margaret Chao, and Jeanne Smart -- Narrowing the infant mortality gap : data tools and strategies for improved birth outcomes / Shin Margaret Chao, Giannina Donatoni, Angel Hopson, Deborah Davenport, and Cynthia A. Harding -- Assuring medical coverage : an effective outreach initiative for children and families / Wendy K. Schiffer, Suzanne Bostwick, Chandra Higgins, and Cynthia A. Harding -- Partnering with families : a new service delivery model for pediatric physical and occupational theapy / Wesley L. Ford, Debra Ruge, Nancy Cappel, Tess Jens O'Hern, and Sidney Roth -- Reducing cases of HIV : implementation of post-exposure prophylaxis / Jennifer Sayles, Mario Pérez, Gary Garcia, and Raphael Landovitz -- STDs/HIV in the adult film industry : public health, workplace hazards, and the need for worker protection / Jane Steinberg, Rebecca Butler, Mark Roy McGrath, and Peter Kerndt.

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