| Description |
1 volume |
| Contents |
1. Public health: An introduction to local and global contexts -- Part I. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives 2. Public health: Historical and contemporary principles and practices -- 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. Public health: advocacy and the workforce -- 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 |
| Summary |
"Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives is a comprehensive introduction to public health issues and concepts in the Australian and international context. 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 has been thoroughly updated to include 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." -- Back cover |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes biographical references and index |
| Subject |
Public health
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Public health -- Australia
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Medicine & Nursing.
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Family & Health.
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| Author |
Liamputtong, Pranee, 1955-, editor
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| ISBN |
9781009048569 |
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1009048562 |
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