Public Health Explored : [electronic book] : 50 Stories to Change the World /
By: Ashton, John.
Contributor(s): Levin, Lowell S [author]
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Publisher: St Albans : Critical Publishing, 2021Description: 1 online resource (134 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781913453954.Subject(s): Public health -- Political aspectsDDC classification: 362.1 Online resources: Access ebook here Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Endorsement -- Table of contents -- About the Authors -- Lowell Levin: A Tribute by Joanna Stuart -- Introduction -- Section 1 Concepts -- Aphorism 1: Defining the problem -- Aphorism 2: On forgetting your principles -- Aphorism 3: The world is a fast flowing river -- Aphorism 4: Elephants on a train in Africa -- Aphorism 5: Elephants and the prevention of infant deaths -- Aphorism 6: Eating an elephant -- Aphorism 7: The age of Hygieia -- Aphorism 8: William Morris on health
Aphorism 9: 'Doing health': reclaiming the 'H' word -- Aphorism 10: Foreseeing and forestalling -- Section 2 Issues -- Aphorism 11: A fish is the last one to see the water -- Aphorism 12: Not invented here -- Aphorism 13: Listen to the community -- Aphorism 14: Beware of healthism -- Aphorism 15: Go to the people -- Aphorism 16: Conspiracies against the laity -- Aphorism 17: We're doing it already -- Aphorism 18: Prophets are never recognised in their own country -- Aphorism 19: Professionals should be on tap, not on top -- Aphorism 20: Primum non nocere -- Section 3 Getting started
Aphorism 21: Less is usually more -- Aphorism 22: Starting where they are -- Aphorism 23: Caveat emptor -- Aphorism 24: Don't follow the yellow brick road -- Aphorism 25: Community organisers beware -- Aphorism 26: Self-fulfilling prophecy kills -- Aphorism 27: Columbus on the need for strategy -- Aphorism 28: Politics is medicine on a large scale -- Aphorism 29: Starting a rumour -- Aphorism 30: Edwin Chadwick and The Times -- Section 4 Making a difference -- Aphorism 31: The half-life of evidence -- Aphorism 32: Proof and evidence -- Aphorism 33: The art and science of public health
Aphorism 34: On strategic underview -- Aphorism 35: The hidden health care system -- Aphorism 36: Be careful what you are selling -- Aphorism 37: The conspiracy of silence -- Aphorism 38: Achieving change -- Aphorism 39: Let the dough rise slowly -- Aphorism 40: A sense of place -- Section 5 Reflections -- Aphorism 41: Public health is an investment -- Aphorism 42: William Henry Duncan's establishment -- Aphorism 43: On growing potatoes -- Aphorism 44: Life and risk -- Aphorism 45: The importance of humour -- Aphorism 46: Killing with kindness -- Aphorism 47: Every silver lining has a cloud
Aphorism 48: Making things happen -- Aphorism 49: Success and failure -- Aphorism 50: The dilemma of capital cities -- References -- Index