Issues in Public Health
Sim, Fiona; McKee, Martin
ISBN 10: 033524422X ISBN 13: 9780335244225
Published by Open University Press, 2011
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What is public health and why is it important? By looking at the foundations of public health, its historical evolution, the themes that underpin public health and the increasing importance of globalization, this book provides thorough answers to these important questions.
Written by experts in the field, the book discusses the core issues of modern public health, such as tackling vested interests head on, empowering people so they can make healthy decisions, and recognising the political nature of the issues. The new edition has been updated to identify good modern public health practice, evolving from evidence. New features include:
- Two new chapters on the expanding role of public health, covering the issues of sustainability and climate change, human rights, genetics and armed conflict
- Expanded UK and international examples
- Examination of the impact of globalization on higher and lower income countries
- Exploration of the tension between the population approach and the personal behaviour change model of health promotion
- A variety of activities to help understanding and learning of the topics
Series Editors: Rosalind Plowman and Nicki Thorogood.
About the Author: Fiona Sim is an experienced public health physician and a former programme director for specialist public health training in London. She has a longstanding interest in and commitment to the development of the multidisciplinary public health workforce.
Martin McKee is Professor of European Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, where he co-directs of the European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (ECOHOST), a WHO Collaborating Centre.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Issues in Public Health
Publisher: Open University Press
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 2nd Edition