The new public health / Fran Baum
- Bib ID:
- 669088
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Baum, Frances
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- South Melbourne, Vic. : Oxford University Press, 2002
- xvi, 607 pages : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0195515528 (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- Pt. 1. Approaches to public health.
- 1. Understanding health: definitions and perspectives.
- 2. A history of public health.
- 3. The new public health evolves.
- Pt. 2. Political economy of public health.
- 4. Politics and ideologies: the invisible hands of public health.
- 5. Globalisation and health.
- Pt. 3. Researching public health.
- 6. Research for a new public health.
- 7. Epidemiology and public health.
- 8. Survey research methods in public health.
- 9. Qualitiative research methods.
- 10. Evaluation of community-based health promotion.
- Pt. 4. Patterns of health, illness, and mortality.
- 11. Changing health and illness profiles in the twentieth century: global and Australian perspectives.
- 12. Social patterning of health.
- 13. Health: an unequally distributed resource.
- Pt. 5. Unhealthy environments: global and Australian perspectives.
- 14. Global physical threats to the environment and public health.
- 15. Urbanisation, population, communities and environments: global trends.
- Pt. 6. Healthy choices: individuals, behaviour, and communities.
- 16. Medical interventions.
- 17. Behavioural health promotion and its limitations.
- 18. Health development and empowerment: communities and individuals.
- 19. Organisational development: towards health-promoting organisations.
- 20. Public health policy.
- Pt. 7. Healthy societies and environments.
- 21. Healthy economic policies.
- 22. Cities, suburbs, and communities: how might they change to support the environment and human health?
- 23. Towards a more equitable society.
- 24. Healthy cities, Local Agenda 21, and healthy settings.
- 25. The politics, organisation, and sustainability of new public health initiatives.
- Pt. 8. Public health in the twenty-first century.
- 26. Linking the local, national, and global.
- App. 1. Public health keywords.
- App. 2. Public health websites.
- Notes:
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- Previous ed.: 1998.
- Previous edition titled: The new public health : an Australian perspective
- Includes bibliographical references:( p. 548-594) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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