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Public Health Local and Global Perspectives Third Edition NEW
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Public Health
Available July 2022 254 x 203 mm, 472 pp 9781009048569 | Paperback (also available as an eBook)
HEALTH Local and Global Perspectives
Edited by
PRANEE LIAMPUTTONG
Health Third Edition
Edited by Pranee Liamputtong, VinUniversity
Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives presents a comprehensive introduction to public health issues and concepts in the Australian and international contexts. It provides students with fundamental knowledge of the public health field, including frameworks, theories, key organisations and contemporary issues. The third edition features a new chapter on the public health workforce and the importance of advocacy in the profession and a thorough update that includes current research and case studies. Discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic and other contemporary public health issues offers students the opportunity to apply theory to familiar examples. Each chapter contextualises key concepts with spotlights and vignettes, reflective questions, tutorial exercises and suggestions for further reading. Written by an expert team of public health professionals, Public Health is an essential resource for public health students. •
Comprehensive introduction to public health issues
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Provides students with fundamental knowledge of the public health field, including frameworks, theories, key organisations and contemporary issues
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In-built pedagogy helps students link theory to practice and develop critical thinking skills
Contents 1. Public health: An introduction to local and global contexts Part I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 2. Historical and contemporary principles and practices of public health 3. Health promotion principles and practice: Addressing complex public health issues using the Ottawa Charter 4. Primary health care and community health 5. Public health ethics 6. Advocacy and the workforc Part II. Determinants of Health 7. Social determinants of health 8. Behavioural, nutritional and environmental determinants and public health 9. Individual decision-making in public health 10. Political determinants of public health 11. Human rights, social justice and public health Part III. Public Health and Research 12. Qualitative research methodology and evidence-based practice in public health 13. Assessing the health of populations: Epidemiology in public health 14. Planning and evaluation of public health interventions Part IV. Public Health Issues and Special Populations 15. The health of children: The right to thrive 16. Adolescence, health, social problems and public health 17. Healthy ageing 18. The health inequities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities: Strategies for change 19. The health of indigenous peoples 20. The health of migrants and refugees 21. Understanding health in rural settings 22. Drug use in Australia: A public health approach.
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