Research Catalog

Title

Knowledge management in public health / edited by Jay Liebowitz, Richard A. Schieber, Joanne D. Andreadis.

Publication

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2010], ©2010.

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Additional Authors

• Liebowitz, Jay, 1957-
• Schieber, Richard A.
• Andreadis, Joanne D.

Description

xxi, 208 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Medical informatics
• Public health
• Information Management
• Knowledge management
• Public Health Informatics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / William H. Foege -- Sect. I. Knowledge Management: Today and Beyond -- 1. The Quick Basics of Knowledge Management / Jay Liebowitz -- 2. Knowledge Management and Public Health: A Winning Combination / Jay Liebowitz, Richard A. Schieber and Joanne D. Andreadis -- 3. Extending Cross-Generational Knowledge Flow Research in Edge Organizations / Jay Liebowitz and Emil Ivanov -- 4. Knowledge Retention Trends and Strategies for Knowledge Workers and Organizations / Masud Cader and Jay Liebowitz -- Sect. II. Knowledge Management Applications in Public Health -- 5. Examples of Knowledge Management in Public Health / Angela M. Fix, Sterling Elliott and Irene Stephens -- 6. Building Knowledge Management in an International Health NGO / Richard Iams and Patricia Ringers -- 7. Trying to Revive an Anemic System: A Case Study from USAID's Nutrition Division / Laura Birx -- 8. Formulating KM Strategies at the Local Level: A New Approach to Knowledge Sharing in Large Public Health Organizations / Richard Van West-Charles and Arthur J. Murray -- 9. Knowledge Management: A Mechanism for Promoting Evidence- Informed Public Health Decision Making / Maureen Dobbins, Paula Robeson, Kara Decorby, Heather Husson, Daiva Trillis, Edwin Lee and Lori Greco -- 10. myPublicHealth: Utilizing Knowledge Management to Improve Public Health Practice and Decision Making / Debra Revere, Paul F. Bugni, Liz Dahlstrom and Sherrilynne S. Fuller -- 11. Connections: Sharing Experience to Advance Public Health Practice / Ellen Wild and Debra Bara -- 12. The Association of Public Health Laboratories: From Surveys toward Knowledge Management, a Voyage to Cythera / Robert Rej and Neha Desai.

ISBN

• 9781439806005 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1439806004 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009021574

OCLC

• ocn359166930
• 359166930
• SCSB-8854332

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries