The Struggle for Public Health: Seven People Who Saved the Lives of Millions and

Description: The Struggle for Public Health by Fred C. Pampel The inspiring stories in The Struggle for Public Health offer insights on past advances and the potential for future solutions that could save lives and improve the quality of life for millions of people. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The fascinating stories of public health innovators who overcame immense obstacles to improve the health of millions.In the nineteenth century, the scourge of deadly infectious diseases permanently receded for the first time in human history while longevity steadily improved. This progress was due in large part to advances in the public health field, including improved sanitation and cleaner water. Progress in health and longevity continued through the twentieth century, again thanks in part to public health advances in safer food, access to nursing care, an understanding of health disparities, reduced tobacco use, and a global network for vaccine distribution.In The Struggle for Public Health, Fred C. Pampel shares the stories of public health innovators who, over a period of 150 years, helped save lives and change the way we live. These engaging stories feature scientific discoveries, strong personalities, and new forms of social behavior. But these changes did not come without struggle: public health advances met vigorous resistance from vested interests in the status quo, attachment to deeply embedded but false beliefs, and the sheer difficulty of creating large-scale changes in public behavior. This well-researched and historically grounded volume chronicles the fascinating lives of seven advocates for public health progress, including a London bureaucrat who devoted his life to cleaning up filthy streets and neighborhoods, an activist nurse who provided first-rate care and health guidance to newly arrived immigrants, and the organizational genius who overcame limited funding, bureaucratic inertia, and political infighting to deliver vaccines across the world. It features public health innovations developed by Edwin Chadwick, John Snow, Harvey Wiley, Lillian Wald, W.E.B. Du Bois, Richard Doll, and D. A. Henderson. The inspiring stories in The Struggle for Public Health offer insights on past advances and the potential for future solutions that could save lives and improve the quality of life for millions of people. Author Biography Fred C. Pampel (BOULDER, CO) is a professor emeritus of sociology and research at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. Table of Contents Introduction1. The Obnoxious Bureaucrat: Edwin Chadwick and the Fight against Filth2. The Disease Detective: John Snow, Cholera, and Infected Drinking Water3. The Progressive Chemist: Harvey Wiley and Food Safety4. The Social Activist: Lillian Wald and Public Health Nursing5. The Social Epidemiologist: W. E. B. Du Bois, Racial Inequality, and Health6. The Data Analyst: Richard Doll and Smoking7. The International Manager: D. A. Henderson and the Global Eradication of SmallpoxEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex Review [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—NATURE Promotional The fascinating stories of public health innovators who overcame immense obstacles to improve the health of millions. Details ISBN1421447932 Author Fred C. Pampel Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English Year 2024 ISBN-10 1421447932 ISBN-13 9781421447933 Format Hardcover UK Release Date 2024-05-07 Publication Date 2024-03-12 Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Subtitle Seven People Who Saved the Lives of Millions and Transformed the Way We Live Country of Publication United States Audience General US Release Date 2024-03-12 Place of Publication Baltimore, MD AU Release Date 2024-03-11 Pages 336 DEWEY B Alternative 9781421447940 Illustrations 17 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161425987;

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