Perspectives in Public Health
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-85775-209-0 (ISBN)
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Description
This text examines the contribution to public health made by a variety of professional groups in the health service and local government. It straddles the worlds of policy and practice to provide a view of contemporary public health. Contributors include: John Ashton, Michaela Benzeval, David Colin-Thorne, June Crown, Anne Davies, Tony Elson, Sian Griffiths, John Grimley-Evans, Walter Holland, Philip Hunt, David Hunter, Tony Jewell, Nikke Joule, Graham Jukes, Tim Lang, Ros Levenson, Siobhan McCartney, Aiden Macfarlane, Geoff Mathews, Donald Reid, Jill Russell and Susie Stewart.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 305 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85775-209-0 (9781857752090)
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Sian Griffiths | David J. Hunter
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Content
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.