Measuring health and wellbeing:

Building on the core competences for public health, this book focuses on key areas of surveillance and assessment of the population's health and wellbeing. It is concerned with assessing and describing the needs, health and wellbeing of specific populations, communities and groups. The authors...

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Other Authors: Harvey, John (Editor), Taylor, Vicki (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles SAGE Learning Matters 2013
Series:Transforming public health practice
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Building on the core competences for public health, this book focuses on key areas of surveillance and assessment of the population's health and wellbeing. It is concerned with assessing and describing the needs, health and wellbeing of specific populations, communities and groups. The authors also look at how to monitor these aspects of public health and explore qualitative and quantitative methods for measuring, analysing and interpreting health and wellbeing, needs and outcomes. Case studies, activities and research summaries are used throughout the book to help the reader understand how to apply theory to practice
Physical Description:140 pages illustrations
ISBN:9781526436023