Ebola
St. Martin’s Press in March published “Inferno: A Doctor’s Ebola Story.” Written by Stephen Hatch, MD, an infectious disease specialist, the book details Hatch’s own experience in Liberia during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak. Hatch describes the epidemic and his experiences, as well as the politics of Liberia and America’s role in the outbreak. For more information, visit http://us.macmillan.com.
Global health
Oxford University Press in February published “Governing Global Health: Who Runs the World and Why?” by Chelsea Clinton, PhD, MPH, MA, and Devi Sridhar, PhD, MA. Clinton and Sridhar analyze the impact of public-private partnerships as they work to fight AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, malaria, Ebola and other infectious diseases. “Governing Global Health” also assesses the partnerships as models for other global health challenges, as well as their holistic effectiveness. For more information, visit https://global.oup.com.
Neighborhood health
The 500 Cities Project, a production of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, published an interactive web application in March. The program allows users to view health data for 500 cities and neighborhoods around the U.S. to visualize chronic disease measures and risk factors. The data is available so public health professionals can target interventions for specific areas that need them most. For more information, visit https://www.cdc.gov/500cities.
County health
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin in March released the 2017 County Health Rankings Toolkit, allowing public health professionals to help counties take action to improve health outcomes. This year’s data include common points of interest such as child poverty, income inequality, access to dentists and primary care physicians, preventable hospital stays, access to healthy foods and environmental factors. The spotlight for 2017 is an analysis of recent rises in premature deaths. For more information, visit http://www.countyhealthrankings.org.
Infectious disease
The University of Minnesota School of Public Health in March released “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs.” Written by Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, “Deadliest Enemy” details the challenges of public health preparedness in the midst of global pandemics and outbreaks of infectious diseases. Osterholm, director of the university’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, also advises governments and other organizations on disease outbreaks and bioterrorism. For more information, visit http://www.sph.umn.edu.
Oral health
New Press in March published “Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health in America” by former Washington Post journalist Mary Otto. “Teeth” addresses the need for reform within the dental industry, citing poor oral hygiene as a major public health problem. The book also highlights the history of American dentistry and the socio-economic disparities that can occur via numerous case studies. For more information, visit http://thenewpress.com/books/teeth.
Foodborne disease
Elsevier in March released an updated version of “Foodborne Diseases,” edited by Christine Dodd, PhD, Tim Aldsworth, PhD and Richard Stein, MD, PhD. The third edition helps researchers and scientists prevent and manage illnesses from foodborne disease. New topics such as bioterrorism, antibiotic resistance and chemical toxicants are included in the updated edition to address the issues that have arisen in the past decade within the food industry. For more information, visit https://www.elsevier.com/books.
Mental health
Hathette Book Group in March released “No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America.” Written by New York Times bestselling author and journalist Ron Powers, the book describes the social history of mental health in America. “No One Cares About Crazy People” intertwines the history of public policies regarding mental health with stories of his own two son’s schizophrenia diagnoses. For more information, visit https://www.hachettebookgroup.com.
Environment
The Colorado School of Public Health Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center in March released “21st Century Oil & Gas & Public Health,” an online training toolkit. Public health professionals can use the resource to learn about the process of shale oil development and its impact on public health, or use it as a companion to the “Community Health and Shale Development Guidebook.” The toolkit allows users to access topics of interest or take the full course and receive a certificate of completion. For more information, visit http://www.aspph.org.
Research
Springer Nature in February released the new Springer Nature SciGraph, allowing members of the research community to analyze information from Springer Nature publications more easily. The SciGraph system aggregates information such as funders, research projects, grants, conferences, affiliations and publications. For more information, visit http://www.springernature.com.
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