Introduction to Public Health eBook
3rd Edition
Published on 14. August 2015
400 pages
978-0-7295-8344-2 (ISBN)
Description
This third edition of Introduction to Public Health by Fleming and Parker continues to cement itself as a highly-respected resource for public health students. This title provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the key concepts and principles of public health from a multidisciplinary perspective. This highly anticipated new edition of Introduction to Public Health addresses topical issues, including epidemiology, ethics and evidence-based practice. Parker and Fleming also includes a new focus on infectious diseases and disease presence. The inclusion of the new chapter 'Public health and social policy' will help broaden the readers' understanding of the influence policy has on public health.
Evolve resources for students and instructors:
- Student Quiz Evolve resources for instructors only:
- PowerPoint slides
- Lesson and tutorial plans
- Image bank (tables and figures from book)
- New chapter: 'Public health and social policy'
- Focus on infectious diseases and disease prevention
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Elizabeth Parker | Mary Louise Fleming
Introduction to Public Health
Book
08/2015
3rd Edition
Churchill Livingstone
€75.32
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Persons
Elizabeth Parker is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. She has teaching and research experience in public health and health promotion in Australia, and was formerly a senior manager in the Department of Public Health, Toronto, Canada. She is co-author, with Professor Mary Louise Fleming, of the book Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context. She holds a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Toronto.
Content
Section 1 History, definitions and public health policy
Introduction
1 Defining health and public health
2 History and development of public health
3 Public health policy
4 Social policy and public health
Section 2 Determinants of health
Introduction
5 Epidemiology
6 Biological and environmental determinants
7 Social and emotional determinants
Section 3 Ethics, evidence and practice
Introduction
8 Ethics and public health
9 Evidence-based practice
10 Planning and evaluation
Section 4 Health protection and promotion
Introduction
11 Disease control and management
12 Environmental health
13 Disaster preparedness and public health
14 Health promotion
Section 5 Contemporary issues
Introduction
15 Globalisation and health
16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
17 Grand challenges for public health
Glossary
Index
