Essential public health: theory and practice

How can society most effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing? That is the challenge addressed by this textbook. This new edition equips readers with a toolkit of key public health skills and approaches to improve health and wellbeing for different populations. It considers how t...

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Weitere Verfasser: Watson, Kirsteen 1980- (HerausgeberIn), Yates, Jan (HerausgeberIn), Gillam, Stephen (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2023
Ausgabe:Third edition
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge medicine (Series)
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Zusammenfassung:How can society most effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing? That is the challenge addressed by this textbook. This new edition equips readers with a toolkit of key public health skills and approaches to improve health and wellbeing for different populations. It considers how to tackle perennial public health challenges, effectively address the wider determinants of health, navigate health systems and engage in partnership working. Fully updated with contemporary examples, this new edition includes new content on sustainability and climate change, global health, leadership and management, mechanisms for measuring health and healthcare, addressing inequalities and promoting inclusivity. Essential reading for all those training and working in healthcare, social care and related disciplines, this book also shines a light on the work undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic by those working in public health. Online material includes supplementary information and interactive, self-assessment questions to test understanding and aid learning
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Health needs assessment / Stephen Gillam and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- Health information / John Battersby -- Epidemiology / Stephen Gillam and Mary Fortune -- Evidence based health care / Padmanabhan Badrinath and Stephen Gillam -- Decision-making and priority-setting / Kirsteen Watson and Stephen Gillam -- Improving quality of care / Nicholas Steel and Stephen Gillam -- Management, leadership and change / Kirsteen Watson and Jan Yates -- Improving population health / Peter Bradley and Jan Yates -- Screening / Jan Yates and Sue Cohen -- Health protection and communicable disease control / Beverley Griggs and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- The health of children and young people / Rebecca Roberts and Rajalakshmi Lakshman -- Adult public health and non-communicable disease / Sara Godward -- Public health and ageing / Lincoln Sargeant and Louise Lafortune -- Health inequalities and public health practice / Anne Swift -- Health policy / Richard Lewis and Stephen Gillam -- International development and public health / Gillian Turner and Jenny Amery -- Planetary health / James Smith
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 359 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009378260
DOI:10.1017/9781009378260

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