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Offering a thorough, accessible and lively overview of public health for students new to the field, Schneider's Introduction to Public Health offers a broad-reaching, practical framework for understanding the forces and organizations of public health today. Through engaging, nontechnical language, illustrative real-world examples, and the current political, economic, and cultural news of the day, students gain a clear understanding of the scope of today's public health problems and possible solutions.Building on Schneider's engaging and easy-to-read narrative approach, new author team Kruger, Moralez, and Siqueira draw on their diverse perspectives for the Seventh Edition to bring a greater focus on the social determinants of health, ecological approach, and life course experiences as a framework to understand public health in the 21st century. Updated statistics and information in every chapter illustrate the current state of public health.Streamlined organization to better align with a traditional 16-week semester course. New chapters addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and mental health.New chapter on research methods, that includes qualitative data.Timely examples, including links to videos and websites, cover public health issues discussed in the text.Alignment with Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) criteria for undergraduate public health.Watch this author interview with author team, Kruger, Moralez, and Siqueira to learn more about the updates made for the new 7th Edition. Undergraduate and graduate public health courses across the health disciplines, including: Introduction to Public HealthHealth and WellnessPopulation HealthHealth PromotionUrban Health (c) 2026 600 pages
About the author
Jessica S. Kruger, PhD, MCHES, is a health educator whose research focuses on consumption and addictive behaviors, health behavior decision-making and pedagogy in public health. She collaborates with a wide variety of community-based organizations and advises students at the Lighthouse Free Medical Clinic and the Seneca-Babcock Community Center, both in the Western New York area. Kruger is the vice-chair of the board of directors for the Society of Student-Run Clinics and focuses on increasing the interprofessional collaboration in free clinics around the U.S. She also serves as a member of the leadership team of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice at UB. Most recently, Kruger has been named a 2021 SUNY Online Ambassador for her enthusiastic, effective virtual teaching and advocacy of online education in the SUNY community. She recently joined the editorial board for the journal Pedagogy and Health Promotion.
