Introduction to Public Health - E-Book

by Elizabeth Parker DVM, Mary Louise Fleming PhD, MA, BEd, Dip Teach (Editor)

Overview

This text introduces students to the core concepts and principles of public health: the nature and scope of public health; its history; an introduction to health determinants and epidemiology; evidence-based practice in public health and understanding public health data plus more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780729580915
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	11/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

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.
Professor Mary Louise Fleming is Public Health Consultant and Board Director, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. She has over 30 years’ experience in teaching and research in higher education, in public health and health promotion. Her research experience is in: action research; process, impact and outcome evaluation in health promotion; and public health intervention design, development and implementation. Mary Louise has worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization and for Commonwealth and state health departments, and has sat on National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) public health project grant review panels. She is a member of the Board of Wesley Medical Research and the Metro North Hospital and Health Service in Queensland. She is widely published in the area of health promotion and public health. Her current role recognises the need for innovative solutions to the health-care system of the future, and working with the health care system to realise gains in efficiency and effectiveness while
focused on the patient at the centre of care.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Section 1: History and Definitions of Public Health

Introduction

1. Defining health and public health

2. History and development of public health

3. Contemporary public health policy

Section 2: Risk and Determinants of Health

Introduction

4. Epidemiology

5. Biological and environmental determinants

6. Social and emotional determinants

Section 3: Ethics, Evidence and Practice

Introduction

7. Ethics and public health  

8. Evidence-based practice

9. Planning and evaluation

Section 4: Public health interventions

Introduction

10. Disease control and management

11. Environmental Health

12. Emergency Planning and Response

13. Health promotion

Section 5: Contemporary issues

Introduction

14. Health and globalisation

15. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

16. The future for public health

Reflection: Public Health Achievements and Challenges in the 21st Century

Glossary