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The COVID-19 Response: The Vital Role of the Public Health Professional explores population health during a pandemic and how is it different than clinical medicine. Other sections cover federal, state and local responses to COVID-19, testing for COVID-19, the implementation of public health control measures, the use of public health emergency powers, health equity, the resignation and firing of public health leaders, vaccination planning, and the future of public health post COVID-19. Leaders and practitioners working in public health practice and academia, as well as students in public health undergraduate and graduate level programs will find this book extremely useful.
List of contents
1. What is a Population Health Approach
2. Federal, State, and Local Public Health Roles
3. Implementing Public Health Control Measures
4. Standing up Testing
5. Measuring the Impact of COVID-19
6. Equity
7. Vaccines vs. Vaccinations
8. Will the damage to public health be lasting?
9. The future of the public health workforce
About the author
Jennifer Horney is a Professor and Founding Director of the Epidemiology Program and Core Faculty at the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware. Her research focuses on assessing the health impacts of disasters, including inequitable impacts among physically and socially vulnerable groups. She is currently a member of the Board of Scientific Counselors for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Center for Preparedness and Response, a member of the National Academies of Sciences’ Gulf Research Program’s Enhancing Community Resilience Committee, and a member of the Publications Board of the American Public Health Association. She has provided technical assistance to public health agencies globally around disasters, emerging infectious disease outbreaks, and pandemic influenza planning and response.
