The future public health /
By: Hanlon, Phil.
Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2012Description: xx, 181 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780335243556 (pbk.); 9780335243556:; 033524355X (pbk.).Subject(s): Public health | Public health -- ForecastingDDC classification: 362Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 362 HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0078793 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Towards the future public health -- The development of public health in the UK -- Public health today -- Inequalities in health: an enduring problem -- Public health, modern culture and well-being -- Modern public health challenges -- obestity and addiction -- Population growth and ageing -- Public health and the challenge of sustainability -- An integrative framework for the future public health -- Applying the integrative framework to the major public health challenges and the future NHS -- A fifth wave for public health and the future public health practitioner.
This is a public health text aimed at bridging the gap between current public health values and skills and those required to tackle future challenges. It introduces key models and theories of public health, as well as those challenges that have shaped its history and development.