Issues in public health

Title:

Author:

Pomerleau, Joceline.

ISBN:

9780335227488

9780335218363

9781280947667

Publication Information:

Maidenhead ; New York, NY : Open University Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 225 p.) : ill.

Series:

Understanding public health

Understanding public health.

Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Overview -- Section 1 Foundation of modern public health -- Chapter 1 The emergence of public health and the centrality of values -- Chapter 2 Data on populations and mortality -- Chapter 3 The burden of disease and other summary measures of population health -- Chapter 4 Inequalities in health -- Chapter 5 The impact of health care on population health -- Chapter 6 The impact of health care on population health -- Section 2 Major determinants of health -- Chapter 7 The changing nature of infectious disease -- Chapter 8 Tobacco: a public health emergency -- Chapter 9 Food, trade and health -- Chapter 10 Drains, dustbins and diseases -- Glossary -- Index -- Last Page.

Abstract:

This book is for those who want to answer the question 'What is public health?'. Much of modern public health is about tackling strong vested interests head on, empowering people so they can make healthy decisions, and recognising the political nature of the issues. If a society is to achieve these things, it needs public health practitioners with the necessary knowledge, skills and vision. This book looks at the foundation of public health, its historical evolution, the themes that underpin public health, the increasing importance of globalization and the most important causes of avoidable disease and injury. These include: transport; tobacco; nutrition; infectious disease; and, waste disposal.

Subject Term:

Public health.

Medicine, Preventive.

Public Health -- Statistics.

Public Policy -- Statistics.

Socioeconomic Factors -- Statistics.

HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.

HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.

MEDICAL -- Diseases.

MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.

MEDICAL -- Health Policy.

MEDICAL -- Public Health.