Introduction to Public Health for Chiropractors

Public health is of concern to practicing chiropractors, as well as chiropractic students. The vast majority of chiropractors utilize public health concepts every day as an integral part of patient care. For instance, they give advice on risk factors that should be avoided and protective factors to be added by their patients to enhance healing and prevent illness. Pubic health is also part of the curriculum at all chiropractic colleges and is tested by the National Board. No public health textbooks are available that are specifically designed for the chiropractor. Consequently, college instructors are forced to make-do with class notes and generic texts that do not address the specific issues relevant to chiropractic. This book will not only be of interest to chiropractic students, but also practicing chiropractors because it will provide information they can utilize to provide better care by positively intervening with their patients and their communities regarding public health matters. 

Chapter1 Introduction to Public Health, Public Health Agencies, and the APHA
Chapter2 Basic Concepts in Public Health
Chapter3 Public Health Research Methods
Chapter4 Environmental Health
Chapter5 Food and Nutrition
Chapter6 Care for Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Implications for Public Health
Chapter7 Unintentional and Intentional Injuries
Chapter8 Infectious Disease
Chapter9 Prevention of Chronic Diseases
Chapter10 Physical Fitness
Chapter11 Public Health Impact of Musculoskeletal Conditions
Chapter12 Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Chapter13 Pediatrics in Public Health
Chapter14 Aging, Public Health and Chiropractic
Chapter15 Population Health
Chapter16 Health Care System
Chapter17 Public Health- a Personal Responsibility?
Chapter18 Integration of chiropractic into the public health system in the new millennium: Practical application of public health to chiropractic practice