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Introduction to public health /

Contributor(s): Parker, Elizabeth Anne [editor.] | Fleming, Mary Louise [editor.] | Correa-Velez, Ignacio [editor.].
Publisher: Chatswood, New Soth Wales, Australia : Elsevier Australia, 2019Edition: 4 edition.Description: xviii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780729543057; 9780729543057:; 0729543056.Subject(s): Public health | Health Policy | Australia | New ZealandDDC classification: 362.1
Contents:
Defining health and public health / Mary Louise Fleming -- Public health challenges / Mary Louise Fleming -- Epidemiology / Catherine M. Bennett -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health / Ray Mahoney -- Public health policy / Elizabeth Parker and Anthony Carpenter -- Public health and social policy / Greg Marston -- Ethics and public health / Trish Gould -- Evidence-based practice / Mary Louise Fleming and Gerry Fitzgerald -- Individual and interpersonal strategies for public health / Mary Louise Fleming and Gerry Fitzgerald -- Communities and organisational strategies / Louise Baldwin and Mary Louise Fleming -- Enabling environments for health / Melissa R. Haswell and Hilary Bambrick -- Refocusing public health : emphasising health promotion and protection / Elizabeth Parker and Louise Baldwin -- Contemporary practice / Elizabeth Parker and Louise bAldwin -- Global health / Ignacio Correa-Velez -- Disasters, emergencies and terrorism / Gerry Fitzgerald, Richard Franklin and Peter Leggat -- COncluding remarks / Mary Louise Fleming, Ignacio Correa-Velez and Louise Baldwin.
Summary: This textbook introduces students to the core concepts and principles of public health, the nature and scope of public health, its history, provides an introduction to health determinants and epidemiology, evidence-based practice in public health, understanding public health data, and more.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining health and public health / Mary Louise Fleming -- Public health challenges / Mary Louise Fleming -- Epidemiology / Catherine M. Bennett -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health / Ray Mahoney -- Public health policy / Elizabeth Parker and Anthony Carpenter -- Public health and social policy / Greg Marston -- Ethics and public health / Trish Gould -- Evidence-based practice / Mary Louise Fleming and Gerry Fitzgerald -- Individual and interpersonal strategies for public health / Mary Louise Fleming and Gerry Fitzgerald -- Communities and organisational strategies / Louise Baldwin and Mary Louise Fleming -- Enabling environments for health / Melissa R. Haswell and Hilary Bambrick -- Refocusing public health : emphasising health promotion and protection / Elizabeth Parker and Louise Baldwin -- Contemporary practice / Elizabeth Parker and Louise bAldwin -- Global health / Ignacio Correa-Velez -- Disasters, emergencies and terrorism / Gerry Fitzgerald, Richard Franklin and Peter Leggat -- COncluding remarks / Mary Louise Fleming, Ignacio Correa-Velez and Louise Baldwin.

This textbook introduces students to the core concepts and principles of public health, the nature and scope of public health, its history, provides an introduction to health determinants and epidemiology, evidence-based practice in public health, understanding public health data, and more.

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