Reviews
[The Struggle for Public Health] explores this complexity clearly in seven chapters, each devoted to a public-health pioneer, from epidemiologist John Snow to nurse Lillian Wald
[The Struggle for Public Health] does provide interesting insight into the personalities and personal and professional challenges these seven public health figures overcame to advance our understanding of health, health inequities, and public health policy. If family medicine faculty or learners are particularly passionate about public health, they may find this book an interesting addition to their library...
In an age when a collective 'public' is suspect amid widespread health disparities, Pampel's book is a readable reminder that giants of the past brought gifts of life and of liberty.
In seven vivid examples Pampel shares the social and scientific passion that leaders from Chadwick (clean cities) through Wald (Public Health Nursing) to Henderson (small pox eradication) brought to the improvement of human health. The Struggle for Public Health is a remarkable book that makes both people and science come alive.
Pampel describes how public health has evolved and how it has improved health through the stories of seven visionary and tenacious pioneers who tackled big problems. Their stories engage and instruct, offering an appetite-whetting introduction to public health.
Book Details
Introduction
1. The Obnoxious Bureaucrat: Edwin Chadwick and the Fight against Filth
2. The Disease Detective: John Snow, Cholera, and Infected Drinking Water
3. The Progressive Chemist: Harvey Wiley and
Introduction
1. The Obnoxious Bureaucrat: Edwin Chadwick and the Fight against Filth
2. The Disease Detective: John Snow, Cholera, and Infected Drinking Water
3. The Progressive Chemist: Harvey Wiley and Food Safety
4. The Social Activist: Lillian Wald and Public Health Nursing
5. The Social Epidemiologist: W. E. B. Du Bois, Racial Inequality, and Health
6. The Data Analyst: Richard Doll and Smoking
7. The International Manager: D. A. Henderson and the Global Eradication of Smallpox
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index