Perspectives in Public Health

Part 1 Posing the problem - case studies in public health: past and present public health in Liverpool; tackling inequalities in health - public policy action; food as a public health issue; transport; why should public health include housing?; domestic violence; tobacco control - a losing battle?; children and young people; occupational health; population ageing; genetics. Part 2 Meeting the challenges - practice perspectives: multidisciplinary public health in practice; public health practice in health authorities; annual public health reports; primary care and health promotion; the practice of public health medicine - past, present, future; public health and clinical practice; public health nursing; public health scientists; the socially constructed dilemmas of academic public health.