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This fully updated edition will help students and professionals develop an understanding of the core health promotion theories.
Epidemiology is integral to public health. This book introduces the principles, methods and application of epidemiology for improving health and survival. It is designed for self-directed learning by students and all who work in public health and health-related areas, including health economists, health policy analysts, and health services managers. Using this book will help you to practice the application of basic epidemiological methods to measure health outcomes, identify risk factors for a negative outcome, and evaluate health interventions and health services. The book helps to distinguish between strong and poor epidemiological evidence, an ability that is fundamental to promoting evid...
This book is a must-read that addresses the changing roles and needs of students and lecturers from a wide range of health and social care backgrounds.
The ‘Pocket Guide to Health Promotion’ is a short, punchy and practical guide to health promotion aimed at students and practitioners.
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Longstanding evidence of the links between the environment, development and human health has led to a recognition of the need for public health policy to address sustainable development in low, middle and high income countries. One of the great challenges for public health practitioners is to understand and try to modify the relationship between the environment and health. This book examines the underlying concepts and history of environmental public health including the key factors: • Air pollution • Chemical contamination • Climate hazards • Housing and the built environment This book has been fully revised to discuss recent international environmental conventions and legislation i...
Global health is a relatively new but rapidly expanding field, recognizing the important challenges that global changes are posing for human health.
No single discipline can provide a full account of why health care is the way it is. Introducing an accessible overview of health services and drawing on medicine, sociology, economics, history and epidemiology, this book provides a series of conceptual frameworks which help to clarify some of the complexity that confronts the inexperienced observer. Helping to determine what influences and shapes health services, it also examines some of the key processes involved in providing healthcare, considering three levels: individual patients, health care organizations such as hospitals, and regional or national institutions such as governments. This second edition has been updated to include recent...
“This is the best textbook on health policy.” Prof Uta Lehmann, Director, School of Public Health, University of Western Cape, South Africa “The third edition of this excellent text reinforces its position as the best text that applies public policy concepts and theories to health policy.” Prof Martin Powell, Professor of Health and Social Policy, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, UK “This book is essential reading for anyone wanting guidance on managing the politics of the health policy process.” Prof Jeremy Shiffman, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Health Policy, Johns Hopkins University, USA Described as the best book in its field, this extensively...