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Introduction to Public Health

  • 2nd Edition - November 1, 2011
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Elizabeth Parker
  • Editor: Mary Louise Fleming
  • Language: English

A new edition providing a fundamental overview of public health and its key concepts. Introduction to Public Health, 2nd Edition is an Australian publication, designed for a… Read more

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A new edition providing a fundamental overview of public health and its key concepts.

Introduction to Public Health, 2nd Edition is an Australian publication, designed for a one-semester introductory public health subject.

This Australian public health textbook provides an overview of the field of public health and its key concepts. Its content has been thoroughly updated to reflect the nation’s current health policy and the changing health environment in Australia.

Concepts addressed in Introduction to Public Health, 2nd Edition also pertain to Australia and include the history of public health, health determinants, epidemiology, planning and evaluation, evidence-based practice, Indigenous health, epidemics and health promotion.

The text in this new edition is clear, straightforward and designed with public health students in mind. Learning tools like review questions, chapter summaries, reflection activities, case studies boxes, chapter learning objectives and major public health highlights feature throughout the book.

Comprehensive public health lecturer and student ancillaries for Introduction to Public Health, 2nd Edition include:
- Course and tutorial plan for use with a one semester subject in public health
- PowerPoint slides linked to tutorial plan
- Web links
- Multiple choice questions

Also for instructors only:
- Course and tutorial plan for use with a one semester subject in public health
- PowerPoint slides

Readership

Undergraduate students taking one-semester public health courses

Table of contents

Introduction

Section 1: History and Definitions of Public Health

Introduction

1. Defining health and public health

2. History and development of public health

3. Contemporary public health policy

Section 2: Risk and Determinants of Health

Introduction

4. Epidemiology

5. Biological and environmental determinants

6. Social and emotional determinants

Section 3: Ethics, Evidence and Practice

Introduction

7. Ethics and public health

8. Evidence-based practice

9. Planning and evaluation

Section 4: Public health interventions

Introduction

10. Disease control and management

11. Environmental Health

12. Emergency Planning and Response

13. Health promotion

Section 5: Contemporary issues

Introduction

14. Health and globalisation

15. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

16. The future for public health

Reflection: Public Health Achievements and Challenges in the 21st Century

Glossary

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 9, 2012
  • Language: English

About the editor

MF

Mary Louise Fleming

Professor Mary Louise Fleming is Public Health Consultant and Board Director, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. She has over 30 years’ experience in teaching and research in higher education, in public health and health promotion. Her research experience is in: action research; process, impact and outcome evaluation in health promotion; and public health intervention design, development and implementation. Mary Louise has worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization and for Commonwealth and state health departments, and has sat on National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) public health project grant review panels. She is a member of the Board of Wesley Medical Research and the Metro North Hospital and Health Service in Queensland. She is widely published in the area of health promotion and public health. Her current role recognises the need for innovative solutions to the health-care system of the future, and working with the health care system to realise gains in efficiency and effectiveness while focused on the patient at the centre of care.
Affiliations and expertise
Public Health Consultant and Board Director. Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland.

About the author

EP

Elizabeth Parker

Elizabeth Parker is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. She has teaching and research experience in public health and health promotion in Australia, and was formerly a senior manager in the Department of Public Health, Toronto, Canada. She is co-author, with Professor Mary Louise Fleming, of the book Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context. She holds a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Toronto.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, The Texas A&M University System, Lubbock, TX, USA