Population Health: A Primer

• A concise and affordable option.  This short, reasonably priced text provides an easy way to integrate a population health perspective into a variety of courses.
• Practical application. Case studies in each unit illustrate how these approaches can be applied in practice.
• Important pedagogical features including learning objectives, frameworks, case studies with discussion questions, interactive glossary, tables and boxes that provide valuable guidance and resources for students.
• Enriched eBook that offers interactive digital lessons with knowledge checks, interactive glossary, and flashcards.
• Helpful Instructor’s Resources.  Insightful instructor’s guide and test bank provide additional resources for instructors and facilitate integrating the book into a range of courses.

NOTE:  Population Health:  A Primer includes important background for understanding COVID-19 including:

• Unit 1: Ro (R naught) its meaning and importance for predicting and controlling a pandemic
• Unit 2: One Health and the emergence of pandemics such as SARS and influenza from animals including an influenza pandemic case study
• Unit 3: Pandemics and WHO authority to declare a “public health emergency of international concern”