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Browse select books and ebooks from the SCC Library

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Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual, Fourth Edition

This full-color, new fourth edition is fully revised and updated to support readers' exploration of the field of public health nursing and the unique responsibilities and challenges that come with being a public health nurse. 

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Health Program Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

This guide aligns with foundational public health competencies required by increasingly rigorous certification and accreditation standards. 

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The Bedside Communication Handbook

The art of good communication is an essential skill that every healthcare professional must master in this increasingly demanding and challenging healthcare climate.

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Short Course in Medical Terminology

This workbook-textbook is intended to teach the language of medicine in an engaging and meaningful way and is written to represent the real world so that you can move seamlessly from the classroom to actual practice.  

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Side Effects

In the shadow of the pandemic , how do we make a healthcare system that is affordable, effective and fair?

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Social Media and Adolescent Health

Social media has been fully integrated into the lives of most adolescents in the U.S., raising concerns among parents, physicians, public health officials, and others about its effect on mental and physical health. 

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Health, Illness, and Society

Updated Second Edition provides a comprehensive yet concise introduction to medical sociology. 

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Promoting the Health of the Community

A community health worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has an unusually close understanding of the community served. 

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Check out select streaming videos below and search for more from the library's video databases

Watch Streaming Videos from the SCC Library

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Providing Maternity Care for All Future Moms

Preventive educational program for new moms that offers a path to healthy babies.

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Children of the Vine

This documentary is an unsettling investigation into Monsanto's controversial herbicide "Roundup" and its impact on public health. 

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Diagnosing Healthcare

An exploration of health care with human rights at the center that offers innovative solutions for all humanity.

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E.R. Overcrowding: A Public Health Crisis

Emergency room overcrowding has been a health care problem for years but now health experts say it is reaching crisis levels. 

Spotlight on Gale OneFile: Nursing and Allied Health Database

Spotlight on Gale Nursing and Allied Health Database

Including nearly 400 titles, this collections current and authoritative content will be of use to both nursing professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Screenshot Gale OneFile Nursing and Allied Health Database