New Books!

The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:

1. Community Development Approaches to Improving Public Health. Edited by Robert S. Ogilvie. London; New York: Routledge, 2013. Call number: RA445 .C646 2013. Table of contents and description available from publisher here.

2. Handbook for Public Health Social Work. Edited by the Public Health Social Work Section of the American Public Health Association; Robert H. Keefe, Elaine T. Jurkowski, managing editors. New York: Springer Pub., 2013. Call number: HV687.5.U5 H36 2013. Table of contents and description available from the publisher here

3. Community-Based Participatory Health Research: Issues, Methods, and Translation to Practice, Second Edition. By Daniel S. Blumenthal, Ralph J. DiClemente, Ronald Braithwaite, Selina Smith, editors. New York: Springer Pub., 2013. Call number: RA440.85 .C66 2013. Table of contents and description available from the publisher here

and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press, which require a free registration to download a pdf of the title:

4. Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health: Workshop Summary. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

5. The Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Preparedness Resources and Programs: Workshop Summary. Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

6. The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States: Workshop Summary. National Research Council. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.

Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.

You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).

If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.