"This is a useful resource for public, academic, and consumer-health libraries." -
Booklist Online"This is a useful resource for public, academic, and consumer-health libraries." -
Booklist Online"Public health covers a wide range of programs and disciplines. This encyclopedia provides an overview of the field for lay readers. . . . Useful." -
ARBA"An engaging section on controversies will be of particular interest to students . . . . VERDICT A straightforward selection for undergraduates studying health sciences or public health." -
Library Journal"[Provides] an effective focus to select and distill topics from a wide-ranging, multifaceted discipline into a useful reference work for undergraduates, graduates, and teaching faculty, along with the general public. . . . . Summing Up: Recommended. All levels." -
ChoiceSally Kuykendall, PhD, is professor of health services at Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, PA, and an independent evaluator of public health programs.