Description
JONES and BARTLETT Health Systems Thinking by James A Johnson
This concise primer focuses on systems thinking as it spans the domains of health administration, public health, and clinical practice. Currently, the accrediting commissions within public health, health administration, and nursing are including systems thinking as part of the core competencies in their respective fields and professions. Meanwhile, academic programs do not have the materials, other than journal articles, to give students the requisite understanding of systems thinking as is expected of the next generation of health professionals. Health Systems Thinking: A Primer is designed to meet that void and serve as a supplemental reading for this important and timely topic.
Features and Benefits:
- Demonstrations of how systems thinking is used in an organization or practice is shown through examples, case studies, and interviews with leaders.
- Exercises help students gain experience in the use of systems thinking to analyze and solve problems.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Systems Thinking for Health
Chapter 2 Systems Thinking for Health Administration and Leadership
Chapter 3 Systems Thinking for Clinician Education, Leadership, and Practice
Chapter 4 Systems Thinking for Public and Global Health
Chapter 5 Systems Thinking Cases
About the Author:
James A. Johnson, PhD, MPA, MSc - Medical Social Scientist and Professor, School of Health Sciences, Central Michigan University, Michigan, Visiting Professor, St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies
James A. Johnson, PhD, MPA, MSc is a full professor in the School of Health Sciences at Central Michigan University where he teaches courses in comparative health systems, organizational behavior, and health systems thinking, as well as a course in international health systems and policy. Dr. Johnson is the former Chairman of the Department of Health Administration and Policy at the Medical University of South Carolina and former associate professor of family medicine.
He is a very active researcher and health science writer with over 100 journal articles and 19 books published. One book which is read worldwide, is titled, Comparative Health Systems: Global Perspectives where he and co-researchers analyzed the health systems of 20 different countries. He is also the co-author and editor with Leiyu Shi, Johns Hopkins University of the 4th edition of Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management and the recently published Health Systems Thinking. Eighteen of Professor Johnson’s books have been selected for the permanent collection of the National Library of Medicine.
Dr. Johnson is an elected Member of the Governing Council of the American Public Health Association (APHA). He is past-editor of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Journal of Healthcare Management and currently a Contributing Editor for the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, and global health editor for the Journal of Human Security and Resilience. He works closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland and ProWorld Service Corps in Belize, Central America on international projects and student involvement. He is a regular delegate to the World Health Congress and a member of the Global Health Council. His work and travels have taken him to over 45 countries thus far.
Dr. Johnson has been an invited lecturer at Oxford University (England); Beijing University (China); University of Dublin (Ireland); University of Colima (Mexico); St. George’s University (Grenada) and University of Pretoria (South Africa), as well as, universities, associations, and health organizations within the U.S., including visiting or adjunct professorships at University of Michigan, Auburn University, and St. George’s University (Grenada).
Additionally, he has served on many boards including the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Diabetes Trust Foundation; American Public Health Governing Council; Board of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA); Advisory Board of the Alliance for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Board President of Charleston Low Country AIDS Services; Advisory Board of the Joint Africa Working Group; Advisory Board of the Center for Collaborative Health Leadership; and Board of Advisors for Health Systems of America. Dr. Johnson completed his Ph.D. at Florida State University where he specialized in health policy and organization development.