Introduction to Public Health

by Elizabeth Parker DVM, Ignacio Correa-Velez MBBS, PhD, Mary Louise Fleming PhD, MA, BEd, Dip Teach (Editor)

Overview

Introduction to Public Health is a foundation, introductory text addressing the principles and practice of public health. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective, the text defines the discipline of public health, the nature and scope of public health activity and the challenges that face public health in the 21st century. Designed for undergraduate health science and nursing students, the text helps readers with their understanding of the nature and scope of public health and the challenges facing the field into the future.

• Positions public health concepts within an Australian and New Zealand context
• Chapter case studies and examples to help illustrate key points
• Chapter reflection and review questions to assist readers with their application to practise
• Logical structure enabling those new to public health to grasp complex concepts and apply to current health practice
• New—A suite of video interviews with leading public health experts who each share a broad contextual overview of public health now and into the future

Additional resources on Evolve

eBook on VitalSource

Instructor Resources

• Image Bank (tables and figures from the book)
• Case studies
• Video interviews

Students Resources

• Student Quiz

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780729543057
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	04/08/2019
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

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.

Ignacio Correa-Velez is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. He has a background in general practice, family medicine and public health. He teaches public health practice, chronic conditions prevention and management, and refugee/migrant health. Ignacio’s research interests include refugee health and settlement, health inequities, broad determinants of health, human rights, and global health. From February 2019, Ignacio will join the Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT) as co-CEO (Impact and Innovation).

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

Section 1 History, definitions and public health policy

Introduction

1 Defining health and public health

2 History and development of public health

3 Public health policy

4 Social policy and public health

Section 2 Determinants of health

Introduction

5 Epidemiology

6 Biological and environmental determinants

7 Social and emotional determinants

Section 3 Ethics, evidence and practice

Introduction

8 Ethics and public health

9 Evidence-based practice

10 Planning and evaluation

Section 4 Health protection and promotion

Introduction

11 Disease control and management

12 Environmental health

13 Disaster preparedness and public health

14 Health promotion

Section 5 Contemporary issues

Introduction

15 Globalisation and health

16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

17 Grand challenges for public health

Glossary

Index

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Introduction to Public Health is a foundation, introductory text addressing the principles and practice of public health.