Public Health Practice Course Resources

• Case Studies
• Additional Resources
• Web Sites Used in Public Health Practice Course

Case Studies

• History of Selected Public Health Events in Chicago, 1834-1999
• Snow on Cholera: Part 1
• Snow on Cholera: Part 2
• A Century of Progress in Public Health
• CDC History
• Building a Constituency for Public Health
• A Haze over Hickernoodle City: Biodefense Readiness in a Community

Additional Resources

These are materials available at various Internet web sites that supplement and extend the material in the text and the various modules of this course. A few of these resources require special software such as the Adobe Acrobat reader to view files that are in the PDF format or the latest version of RealPlayer for audio-visual materials such as video clips. Recent versions of the UIC network Services Kit come with these players. If you need to, you may obtain the latest Adobe Acrobat reader and/or RealPlayer software at no cost by clicking on the following images:  

All Modules

• Health, United States with Trends in the Health of Americans Chartbook (PDF format). USDHHS-PHS. Updated annually and available for download at the Health, United States Web Site
• The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life (PDf format). World Health Organization

What is Public Health? (Course Module 1, Text Chapter 1)

• Delta Omega Classics (classic public health manuscripts and reports, many from the 19th century)
• John Snow Web Site. UCLA Department of Epidemiology
• Maternal and Child Health Time Line: History, Legacy and Resources for Education and Practice. MCH Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration; 2006.
• Orientation to Public Health. Online introductory course developed by the New York-New Jersey Public Health Training Center; 2002.
• Principles of the Ethical Practice of Public Health. American Public Health Association
• Snow and Cholera. Slide and audio presentation developed by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health
• What Is Public Health? Association of Schools of Public Health and Pfizer Pharmaceutical Corporation

Understanding and Measuring Health (Course Module 2, Text Chapter 2)

• Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000. (also available as PDF document) Mokdad AH, Marks JS, Stroup DF, Gerberding JL. JAMA 2004;291(10)1238-1245.
• Community Indicators of Health-Related Quality of Life--United States, 1993-1997. MMWR 2000;49(13):281-285
• Diversity Data - Metropolitan Quality of Life Data. Harvard SPH Center for the Advancement of Health
• Health United States Web Site. National Center for Health Statistics. Washington DC; DHHS-PHS-CDC-NCHS. Updated annually and available for download (with Trends in the Health of Americans Chart Book)
• Healthy People 2000 web site for information on both Healthy People 2000 and Healthy People 2010. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDHHS; 2001
• Healthy People 2010: Understanding and Improving Health. US Department of Health and Human Services. Washington DC; DHHS-PHS; 2000
• Healthy People 2010; Leading Health Indicators. US Department of Health and Human Services. Washington DC; DHHS-PHS; 2000
• Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2010, Final Report. Institute of Medicine. Washington DC; National Academy Press; 1999
• State Health Facts. Kaiser Family Foundation

Public Health and the Health System (Course Module 3, Text Chapter 3)

• Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard. PowerPoint presentation examining US Health System Performance using several criteria and comparisons with other developed countries. Commonwealth Fund; 2006. 
• Commonwealth Fund State Scorecards. Interactive US map to view state-specific health system rankings and results compared to benchmarks and the number of lives and dollars each state could save by achieving benchmark levels of performance. Commonwealth Fund; 2007.
• Health United States Web Site. National Center for Health Statistics. Washington DC; DHHS-PHS-CDC-NCHS; 2007. Updated annually and available for download (withTrends in the Health of Americans Chart Book).
• Healthy People 2000 web site for information on both Healthy People 2000 and Healthy People 2010. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, USDHHS; 2001.
• Managed Care and Public Health (PDF format). Levi J. AJPH 2000;90(12):1823-1824
• Not-So-Strange Bedfellows; Public Health and Managed Care (PDF format). Koplan JP and Harris JR. AJPH 2000;90(12):1824-1826
• Medicine & Public Health: the Power of Collaboration (PDF format). Lasker RD. New York Academy of Medicine; 1997
• Public Health Expenditures Trends in public health expenditures; 1960-2000
• Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace, 2002 (PDF format). Kizer Foundation; 2002

Law, Government, and Public Health (Course Module 4, Text Chapter 4)

• Local Public Health Agency Infrastructure Chartbook NACCHO; 2001
• Outbreak at Watersedge: A Public Health Discovery Game. University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• State Health Agencies on the Web
• State Health facts online
• State Public Health Information Data Base and Queries 
• 2005 Profile of Local Health Departments (PDF format) NACCHO; 2006
• TOPOFF 2 Legal Handbook (PDF format) IDPH; 2003

Core Functions and Essential Public Health Services (Course Module 5, Text Chapter 5)

• Disaster in Franklin County. Online simulation; University of Minnesota School of Public Health
• Healthy People 2010 Toolkit: A Field Guide to Health Planning. Public Health Foundation; 1999
• Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP). NACCHO, 2000
• National Public Health Performance Standards Program. CDC Public Health Practice Program Office, 2000.
• Practice of Public Health. Turnock BJ. Chapter in Encyclopedia of Public Health by Breslow L, editor. New York NY; MacMillian; 2000
• Public Health Functions Web Site. Public Health Functions Project
• The Past and Future of Public Health Practice (PDF format) Fee E and Brown TM. AJPH 2000:909(5):690-691

Public Health Infrastructure (Course Module 5, Text Chapter 6)

• Healthy People 2010: Public Health Infrastructure Objectives; Washington DC; USDHHS-PHS; 2000
• Principles of Community Engagement. CDC Public Health Practice Program Office; Atlanta GA; 1997
• Public Health Infrastructure (report to Congress in PDF format) CDC;2001
• Public Health Workforce: An Agenda for the 21st Century (PDF format). USDHHS-PHS; Washington DC; 1997
• Public Health Workforce: Enumeration 2000 (PDF format). USDHHS-HRSA; Rockville MD; 2000

Public Health Interventions (Course Module 6, Text Chapter 7)

• An Ounce of Prevention...What Are the Returns? (PDF format) CDC; 1999
• Effectiveness of Disease and Injury Prevention. MMWR 1996;46:No4
• Evidence-Based Decision Making in Public Health (PDF format). Brownson et al; 1999.
• Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. MMWR 1999;48:RR-11
• Guide to Community Preventive Services
• National Guideline Clearinghouse. AHRQ-AMA-AAHP. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
• POD Game. Online simulation developed by the UIC School of Public Health; 2007
• Studying a Study Online. (online tutorial and review of methods for assessing evidence in studies and the health literature) Riegelman RK, GWU-SPH.

Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response (Course Module 7, Text Chapter 8)

• American Anthrax Outbreak of 2001. UCLA Department of Epidemiology
• Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Competencies for All Public Health Workers
• Bioterrorisk. Online simulation developed by the Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center; 2003
• CDC Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response web site. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (includes links to specific chemical and bioterrorism agents).
• Epidemiologic Information on Bioterrorism. UCLA Department of Epidemiology
• Public Health Emergency Response: A Guide for Leaders and Responders
• Public Health Emergency Response Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Public Health Directors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
• Public Health Incident Command System: A Guide for the Management of Emergencies or Other Unusual Incidents within Public Health Agencies (PDF documents). Center for Public Health Preparedness, University at Albany School of Public Health
• Table Top Exercises for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Local Public Health Agencies. Rand; 2006.
• Terrorism and Other Pubic Health Emergencies: A Reference Guide for the Media (PDF documents). US Department of Health and Human Services; 2005.

Public Health Challenges for the 21st Century (Text Chapter 9)

• Public Health: Costs of Complacency. Government Performance Project Governing Feb 2004.
• The Personal Predicament of Public Health. Smith JS. Chronicle of Higher Education; June 27, 2003.
• The Pitfalls of Bioterrorism Preparedness: The Anthrax and Smallpox Experiences. Cohen HW, Gould RM, and Sidel VW. AJPH 2004;94(10):1667-1671
• The Unfulfilled Promise of Public Health: Deja Vu All Over Again. Fee E and Brown T. Health Affairs 2002;21(6):31-43

Web Sites

Public Health Practice Course Resources last revised June 30, 2008 (bturnock)