UID:
edocfu_9960119356502883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 332 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1-107-23225-2
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1-139-41184-5
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9786613685377
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1-139-42022-4
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1-139-42431-9
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1-139-42227-8
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1-280-77498-3
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1-139-42324-X
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1-139-41818-1
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1-139-05944-0
Series Statement:
Cambridge medicine
Content:
How can society most effectively prevent disease and promote health? That is the challenge addressed by this textbook. Public health is the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society. The 'science' is concerned with making a diagnosis of a population's health problems, establishing their cause and determining effective interventions. The 'art' lies in creatively addressing these problems. Essential Public Health captures both the art and science of the field. This second edition has been fully updated with contemporary examples and includes new chapters on sustainability and change, management and leadership. Examples are taken from health systems throughout the world, giving readers a wider perspective of the challenges faced. This is essential reading for all trainees in health care, social care and related disciplines. An internet companion includes supplementary information and interactive, self-assessment questions to test understanding and aid learning.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Essential Public Health: Theory and Practice -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword to the second edition -- Foreword to the first edition -- Foreword to the first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Historical background -- Health care's contribution in context -- Domains of public health -- Public health and today's NHS -- The structure of this book -- REFERENCES -- Part 1: The public health toolkit -- 1: Management, leadership and change -- Key points -- The nature of management -- Theories of leadership -- Theories of change -- The psychology of change -- Organisational behaviour and motivation -- Professional and clinical leadership -- Management, leadership and change in public health practice -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 2: Demography -- Key points -- Introduction -- Population structure -- Population trends -- Reasons for population trends -- Life expectancy -- Health transitions -- Disease and disability -- Methodological issues in demography -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 3: Epidemiology -- Key points -- Introduction -- The history of epidemiology -- Time, place, person - disease variation -- Quantifying differences in risk -- Summary -- Types of epidemiological study -- Interpreting results of epidemiological studies -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 4: The health status of the population -- Key points -- Introduction -- Measuring mortality -- Measuring morbidity -- Self-reported health status, risk factors and determinants of health -- Conclusion -- Summary exercise -- REFERENCES -- 5: Evidence-based health-care -- Key points -- Introduction - what is evidence-based health-care? -- The tools necessary for EBHC -- Limitations to EBHC -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 6: Health needs assessment -- Key points -- Theoretical perspectives -- Health needs assessment (HNA) in practice -- Conclusion.
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REFERENCES -- 7: Decision making in the health-care sector- the role of public health -- Key points -- Introduction -- A framework for setting priorities -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 8: Improving population health -- Key points -- Disease prevention -- Approaches to prevention -- Health promotion -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 9: Screening -- Key points -- Introduction -- Should we establish a new screening programme? -- Examples of effective screening programmes -- Evaluating screening programmes -- Monitoring screening programmes -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 10: Health protection and communicable disease control -- Key points -- Introduction -- Patterns of communicable disease -- Identifying threats, planning and monitoring control measures - surveillance -- Containing infection - outbreak investigation -- Environmental public health -- Preparing for emergencies -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 11: Improving quality of care -- Key points -- Introduction -- What is quality and can it be measured? -- Dimensions of quality and their evaluation -- Is there a problem with quality? -- How can quality of care for populations be improved? -- System-level approaches to quality improvement -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Part 2: Contexts for public health practice -- Introduction to Part 2 - what do we mean by contexts in public health? -- 12: The health of children and young people -- Key points -- Children and their health -- Main causes of mortality and morbidity in children -- Determinants of health in children -- Health promotion and health policy for children -- Health policy for children -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 13: Adult public health -- Key points -- Introduction -- Determinants of health -- Causes of mortality and morbidity -- Health promotion -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 14: Public health and ageing -- Key points -- Introduction.
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The demography of old age -- Ageing and health -- Prevention -- Health and social care -- End-of-life care -- Policy responses -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 15: Health inequalities and public health practice -- Key points -- What are health inequalities? -- Why are health inequalities important for public health practice? -- What causes health inequalities? -- Policy approaches to tackling health inequalities -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 16: Health policy -- Key points -- Introduction -- What do we mean by policy? -- The context for policy making -- Implementation as part of the policy process -- Recent English health policy -- Better health as well as better health services? Public health policy developments -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 17: International development and public health -- Key points -- Introduction -- The links between poverty and health -- The global burden of disease -- Key health issues and effective interventions -- How can improvements in health be delivered? -- Improving health through health-care -- Measuring progress, increasing success -- Post 2015-priorities for poverty reduction and international health -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- 18: Sustainable development- the opportunities and the challenges for the public's health -- Key points -- Sustainable development - our greatest challenge - and our greatest opportunity -- Creating a sustainable future - how does public health fit in? -- Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Glossary -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-60176-2
Language:
English
