Reinventing Public Health Policies and Practices for a Healthy Nation

Lu Ann Aday, Ph.D., (editor) is the Lorne Bain Distinguished Professor in Public Health and Medicine at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Her principal research interests have focused on equity of access to health and health care for vulnerable populations. She is a member of the editorial advisory board of the Association of University Professionals in Health Administration (AUPHA) and Health Administration Press. She is the author of At Risk in America (2nd ed), Designing and Conducting Health Surveys (2nd ed), and Evaluating the US Health Care System (2nd ed).

Figures, Tables, and Exhibits vii

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

The Editor xxiii

The Contributors xxv

1 Analytic Framework 1
Lu Ann Aday

2 Fundamental Determinants of Population Health 35
Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Janet S. de Moor, M. David Low, Barbara J. Low

3 Sustainable Development 65
Sondip K. Mathur, Carl S. Hacker, Lu Ann Aday

4 Human Development 106
Barbara J. Low, M. David Low, Kathryn M. Cardarelli, Janet S. de Moor

5 Economic Development 183
Luisa Franzini, J. Michael Swint, Yuki Murakami, Rafia S. Rasu

6 Community Development and Public Health 237
Cynthia Warrick, Dan Culica, Beth E. Quill, William D. Spears, Rachel Westheimer Vojvodic

7 Toward a Healthy (Re)Public 285
Lu Ann Aday, Beth E. Quill, Hardy D. Loe Jr., Charles E. Begley

Name Index 333

Subject Index 000

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