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Title Key concepts in public health / [edited by] Frances Wilson and Mzwandile Mabhala
Published Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : illustrations
Series SAGE key concepts
SAGE key concepts.
Contents The historical development of public health / Nicholas Fulton Phin -- Modern public health / Fiona Adshead and Allison Thorpe -- Determinants of health / Soumen Sengupta -- Public health theories / Ann Bryan -- Inequalities in health / Nicola Close -- Sociological concepts of public health / Andy Lovell -- Principles of epidemiology / Hamed A. Adetunji -- Public health and population dynamics / Mzwandile (Andi) Mabhala and Walid El Ansari -- Population and surveillance / Hamed A. Adetunji -- Public health law / Nicholas Fulton Phin -- Leadership development for public health practitioners / Frances Wilson and Kim Greening -- Social marketing / Allison Thorpe [and others] -- Economics of health / Hamed A. Adetunji -- Sustainable development and public health / Mzwandile (Andi) Mabhala and Peete Lesiamo -- Health literacy : the public health perspective / Mike Horah and Mzwandile (Andi) Mabhala -- Public health and the media / Pat Clarke -- Local strategies for public health implementation / Graham Holroyd -- Ethics of public health / Jill McCarthy -- Social exclusion and stigma / Elizabeth Mason-Whitehead -- Vulnerability / Jan Hardy and Tina Barrows -- Assessing public health need / Pat Rose -- Planning public health initiatives / Janine Talley -- Evaluating public health programmes / Elaine Hogard -- Health impact assessment / Rachel A. Wells -- Health protection / Nicholas Fulton Phin -- Immunisation / Michelle Falconer -- Public health and health promotion / Frances Wilson -- Screening and public health / Mzwandile (Andi) Mabhala -- Disease Prevention / Alan Massey -- Public Health and the natural environment / Kim Greening -- Environment and public health / Alex G. Stewart and Richard Jarvis -- Emergency and disaster planning / Walid El Ansari and Pat Deeny -- User involvement and influence / Edward Andersson and Walid El Ansari -- Collaborative and partnership working / Walid El Ansari -- Evidence-based practice / Gail Louw -- Public health and contemporary health issues / Mike Thomas -- Public health and physical activity -- Hayley Mills, Diane Crone, Walid El Ansari -- Public health and nutrition / Basma Ellahi -- Community food initiatives and public health / Basma Ellahi -- Commissioning and public health / Frances Wilson and Moyra Baldwin -- Public health and mental health / David Coyle -- Adherence to treatment : a person-centred approach / Dianne Phipps and Sara Bell -- Public health and the pre-school child / Jean Mannix and John Horley -- Public health and the schools community / Gabrielle Rabie -- Public health and young people / Gabrielle Rabie and Irene Cooke -- Public health and adults / Sue Phillips -- Student health / Walid El Ansari -- Public health and the older person / Irene Cooke and Jean Mannix -- Public health and homelessness / Judith Lydon and Scott Harrison -- Public health in the workplace / Alan Massey
Summary "Identifies key concepts used across the discipline of public health in order to give the reader a broad perspective of the core topics relevant to training and practice"--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Public health.
Public Health Practice
Public Health Administration -- methods
Public Health
public health.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
MEDICAL -- Public Health.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
Public health
Form Electronic book
Author Wilson, Frances
Mabhala, Mzwandile
LC no. 2008926948
ISBN 9781780341453
1780341458
9780857025081
0857025082
9781446216736
144621673X
9780412948794
0412948796
1446255565
9781446255568
1280299630
9781280299636
9786613554543
6613554545
Other Titles Public health