LibGuides: PUBH: Public Health: Health Topics

Public Health Topics

Behavioral and Social Science

Biostatistics and Informatics

Community Health

Environmental Health

Epidemiology

Global Health

Health Policy and Management

Health Promotion and Communication

Maternal and Child Health

Minority Health and Disparities

Natural disasters and public health

Food safety

Water

Climate crisis

Disability and health

Occupational Safety and Health

Oral Health

Social Determinants of Health

Immunizations

Tobacco

Infectious Diseases

Motor Vehicle Safety

Disparities
Social Determinants of Health (Healthy People 2030)
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.

A Community Toolkit for Addressing Health Misinformation from the Office of the Surgeon General
This resource is here to provide a set of tools for you to understand, identify, and stop misinformation,
and help others do the same. Only then will we be able to work toward a better information environment—one that empowers us to
build a healthier, kinder, and more connected world.

Preventable by Andy Slavitt
Call Number: RA644.C67 S52 2021
ISBN: 9781250770165
Publication Date: 2021
From former head of Obamacare Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of the United States' failed response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Apollo's Arrow by Nicholas A. Christakis
Call Number: RA644.C67 C47 2020
ISBN: 9780316628211
Publication Date: 2020
A piercing and scientifically grounded look at the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and how it will change the way we live.
Uncontrolled Spread by Scott Gottlieb
ISBN: 9780063080010
Publication Date: 2021
The former FDA commissioner outlines how the United States must prepare for future pandemics by learning from the mistakes made handling the Covid-19 outbreak.

Opioid Crisis and the Need for Compassion in Pain Management
An article from the American Journal of Public Health, August 2017.