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Essential Public Health

Theory and Practice

Stephen Gillam editor Jan Yates editor Kirsteen Watson editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Dec '23

Should be back in stock very soon

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Effectively preventing disease and promoting health is a challenge addressed by this essential book for anyone working in healthcare.

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.How can society most effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing? That is the challenge addressed by this textbook. This new edition equips readers with a toolkit of key public health skills and approaches to improve health and wellbeing for different populations. It considers how to tackle perennial public health challenges, effectively address the wider determinants of health, navigate health systems and engage in partnership working. Fully updated with contemporary examples, this new edition includes new content on sustainability and climate change, global health, leadership and management, mechanisms for measuring health and healthcare, addressing inequalities and promoting inclusivity. Essential reading for all those training and working in healthcare, social care and related disciplines, this book also shines a light on the work undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic by those working in public health. Online material includes supplementary information and interactive, self-assessment questions to test understanding and aid learning.

ISBN: 9781009378291

Dimensions: 246mm x 189mm x 18mm

Weight: 810g

360 pages

3rd Revised edition