Multidisciplinary Public Health: Understanding the Development of the Modern Workforce - Softcover

Wright, Jenny; Sim, Fiona; Ferguson, Katie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447300327 ISBN 13: 9781447300328

Publisher: Policy Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book is the most comprehensive and detailed look ever taken at the development and makeup of the public health workforce in England. It traces the history of public health in England through to the present day, covering policy changes and alterations in status and public recognition, as well as offering a reflection on the newest changes to the public health system in England and making useful comparisons with the rest of the United Kingdom. The result will be of use to scholars and practitioners alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Jenny Wright is a registered specialist in the public health sector. Fiona Sim is chair of the Royal Society for Public Health. Katie Ferguson is a senior public health officer in local government.

Review:

"Recent developments in public health are poorly understood by the public. Multidisciplinary Public Health provides a readable history, based on the authors’ own involvement, of one key change in modern public health—the incorporation of non-medical people into the mainstream public health workforce." (Virginia Berridge, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

"Public health in England has moved into uncharted territory. This timely and important history of the changing workforce is an indispensable guide to the challenges and unfinished business ahead."
  (David J. Hunter, Durham University)

“A key text, entertainingly and expertly written, for anyone who wants to be better informed about public health and the contemporary development of the workforce that delivers it. This book provides a welcome addition to the literature on public health in England.” (Baron Philip Hunt of King's Heath, former UK health administrator and Labour minister)

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1447300327
• ISBN 13: 9781447300328
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224