Issues in Public Health - Brossura

Sim, Fiona

Brossura

ISBN 10: 033524422X ISBN 13: 9780335244225

Casa editrice: Open University Press, 2011

Riassunto

What is public health and why is it important? By looking at the foundations of public health, its historical evolution, the themes that underpin public health and the increasing importance of globalization, this book provides thorough answers to these important questions.

Written by experts in the field, the book discusses the core issues of modern public health, such as tackling vested interests head on, empowering people so they can make healthy decisions, and recognising the political nature of the issues. The new edition has been updated to identify good modern public health practice, evolving from evidence. New features include:

• Two new chapters on the expanding role of public health, covering the issues of sustainability and climate change, human rights, genetics and armed conflict
• Expanded UK and international examples
• Examination of the impact of globalization on higher and lower income countries
• Exploration of the tension between the population approach and the personal behaviour change model of health promotion
• A variety of activities to help understanding and learning of the topics

Issues in Public Health is an ideal introductory text for higher education students studying public health in depth.

Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Contenuti:

List of figures
List of tables
Overview of the book
Introduction to the Second Edition

Section 1: Foundation of modern public health
The emergence of public health and the centrality of values
Data on populations and mortality
Understanding the burden of disease: using the available data
Inequalities in health
The impact of health care on population health
Assessing the impact on population health of policies in other sectors

Section 2: Major determinants of health
The changing nature of infectious disease
Tobacco: still a global public health priority
Recognising contemporary determinants of public health: human rights, armed conflict and genetics
Food, trade and health
Drains, dustbins and diseases
Sustainable development and climate change – the ‘new’ determinants of health

Glossary
Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Open University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 033524422X
• ISBN 13: 9780335244225
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 296