Open Educational Resources (OER): Public Health

"This course is designed for students of all fitness levels, and provides an introduction to the study of fitness and wellness, as well as their relationship to a healthy lifestyle. Students assess their own lifestyle and are motivated to incorporate physical fitness and wellness principles into daily living." Offered by Lumen and developed by faculty at the Extended Learning Institute of Northern Virginia Community College.

"Readers will learn about the nature of health, health education, health promotion and related concepts. This will help to understand the social, psychological and physical components of health."
(Attribution CC BY)

"This open textbook for Concepts of Fitness and Wellness at Georgia Highlands College was created through a Round Seven ALG Textbook Transformation Grant." (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA)

Designed with undergraduate students in mind, this text covers basic nutritional concepts. (Attribution CC BY)

This book is written for students who are not majoring in nutrition, but want to learn about the fundamental aspects of nutrition and how it applies to their own lives. No prior knowledge of college level chemistry, biology, or physiology is assumed. Nutrition is a science-based discipline, so all the material included is backed up by rigorous scientific research, but it is presented in a clear, easy-to-understand fashion without requiring a background in science. (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA)

This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.

This book is designed as a text and learning resource for undergraduate students. The book covers basic nutrition and metabolism, information literacy, energy balance, nutrition across life stages, dietary supplements, an in-depth look at each of the macronutrients, and major functions of vitamins and minerals.

This book highlights the ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in the practice of public health. It is also a tool to support instruction, debate, and dialogue regarding public health ethics. Although the practice of public health has always included consideration of ethical issues, the field of public health ethics as a discipline is a relatively new and emerging area. There are few practical training resources for public health practitioners, especially resources which include discussion of realistic cases which are likely to arise in the practice of public health. This work discusses these issues on a case to case basis and helps create awareness and understanding of the ethics of public health care. The main audience for the casebook is public health practitioners, including front-line workers, field epidemiology trainers and trainees, managers, planners, and decision makers who have an interest in learning about how to integrate ethical analysis into their day to day public health practice. The casebook is also useful to schools of public health and public health students as well as to academic ethicists who can use the book to teach public health ethics and distinguish it from clinical and research ethics.

Developed by Oregon State University Public Health professor, this book provides "a basic introduction to epidemiologic methods and epidemiologic thinking." May serve as a framework for additional activities and readings. (Attribution BY NC)