Essential public health : theory and practice / edited by Kirsteen Watson, Jan Yates, Stephen Gillam.

Other author Watson, Kirsteen, 1980- editor.
Other author Gillam, Stephen, editor.
Other author Yates, Jan, editor.
Format Electronic
EditionThird edition.
PublicationCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Description1 online resource (xi, 359 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
Subjects

Contents Health needs assessment / Stephen Gillam and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- Health information / John Battersby -- Epidemiology / Stephen Gillam and Mary Fortune -- Evidence based health care / Padmanabhan Badrinath and Stephen Gillam -- Decision-making and priority-setting / Kirsteen Watson and Stephen Gillam -- Improving quality of care / Nicholas Steel and Stephen Gillam -- Management, leadership and change / Kirsteen Watson and Jan Yates -- Improving population health / Peter Bradley and Jan Yates -- Screening / Jan Yates and Sue Cohen -- Health protection and communicable disease control / Beverley Griggs and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- The health of children and young people / Rebecca Roberts and Rajalakshmi Lakshman -- Adult public health and non-communicable disease / Sara Godward -- Public health and ageing / Lincoln Sargeant and Louise Lafortune -- Health inequalities and public health practice / Anne Swift -- Health policy / Richard Lewis and Stephen Gillam -- International development and public health / Gillian Turner and Jenny Amery -- Planetary health / James Smith.
Abstract "Essential reading for all those training and working in healthcare, social care and related disciplines, addressing how society can effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing. This new, fully revised edition will equip readers with a toolkit of public health skills to improve health and wellbeing for different populations"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2023).
Issued in other formPrint version: Essential public health 3. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009378291
LCCN 2023024102
ISBN9781009378260 electronic book
ISBN1009378260 electronic book
ISBNpaperback

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