{"product_id":"9783032158710","title":"Artificial Intelligence in Public Health","description":"\u003ch1\u003eArtificial Intelligence in Public Health\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eWu, Min\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explains how artificial intelligence (AI) works and helps readers adopt, use, and evaluate AI applications in public health. It serves as an introduction to AI literacy for beginners without a prerequisite for a math or information technology background. The conceptual frameworks for AI in public health also serve well for future agentic AI design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the help of this textbook, instructors will be able to teach students the fundamental concepts and skills to identify unmet needs in public health and implement AI as part of their solutions. This book addresses evaluation issues for AI in public health that other books have not. The meta-AI homework with grading metrics provides metacognitive approaches for AI-human interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book features 11 chapters organized in six parts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I introduces AI and explains why we need it in public health (AI literacy courses).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II explains design\/evaluation models of AI applications in public health.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III discusses big data in public health, which is the foundation of AI applications (data awareness courses).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV focuses on case studies of usage of AI applications in public health (e.g., EquiRisk (Equity aware risk stratifications), PMCO-AI (Personalized Motivation, Capability and Opportunity empowered by AI), and PAPO (Policy Aware Personalized Opportunities))\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart V concerns living with AI, including education of the public health workforce.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart VI discusses the future of AI in public health, including challenges and opportunities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtificial Intelligence in Public Health\u003c\/em\u003e is timely and essential reading for public health students and staff interested in improving their AI literacy and embracing this disruptive technology that could transform the field. It can be used as a core text for students in public health informatics BS\/MS\/PhD or certificate programs. It can also be used as a secondary text for students in BS\/MS programs in schools of public health or students in health informatics\/biomedical informatics programs with a public health concentration. Practitioners in public health agencies at different levels (federal, state, county, city, town, community) and researchers in public health informatics may also find the book useful for their work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-04-17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783032158710\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-032-15872-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 285\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45228883345548,"sku":"9783032158710","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032158710.jpg?v=1776946369","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032158710","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}