A timely discussion of global public health
Looks at the current state of public health theory and practice
Presents major global health challenges facing public health practitioners
Reviews practice of public health in all major regions of the world
Suggests the way forward
Description
Global Public Health: a new era addresses three major issues: the changing global context for public health; the state of public health practice in developed and developing countries; and strategies for strengthening the practice of public health in the twenty-first century. This book is in three parts. The first part has two aims. Firstly, it surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public health practitioners. Secondly, it summarises the state of health globally using new data based on measures developed by the World Health Organization and other groups to better describe population health status and trends.
Part two presents the first detailed review of the global state of public health. It analyses the public health situation in all regions of the world. Six chapters cover Europe, North and Latin America, and Australia and New Zealand. Three chapters cover China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. The lessons from these chapters are surprisingly similar: the challenges are great; the public health workforce and infrastructure have long been neglected; and much needs to be done to reinvigorate the practice of public health.
The third section covers several cross cutting themes: the impact of the new public health threat from bioterrorism and its implications for the future of public health practice; the developing field of international public health ethics; and the central and neglected role of the public in strengthening the practice of public health. The final chapter summarises the major themes of the book and explores the opportunities for building the capacity of the public health workforce to respond to the major global health needs. Despite the enormity of the challenges facing public health practitioners, especially in developing countries, the tone adopted in the final section of this book is relatively optimistic.
Contents/contributors
1 Tony McMichael & Robert Beaglehole: The global context for public health
2 Ruth Bonita & Colin D Mathers: Global health status at the beginning of the twenty-first century
3 Sian Griffiths: Public Health in the United Kingdom
4 Stig Wall, Gudrun Persson & Lars Weinehall: Public health in Sweden: facts, vision and lessons
5 Martin McKee & Witold Zatonski: Public health in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
6 F Douglas Scutchfield & John Last: Public health in North America
7 Jose Noronha, Henri Jouval Jr. & Cristiani Machado: Public Health in Latin America
8 David Sanders, Delanyo Dovlo, Wilma Meeus & Uta Lehmann: Public health in Africa
9 Liming Lee, Vivian Lin, Ruotao Wang & Hongwen Zhao: Public health in China: History and contemporary challenges
10 T Jacob John & Franklin White: Public health in South Asia
11 Peter Davis & Vivian Lin: Public health in Australia and New Zealand
12 Richard Horton: Bioterrorism: The extreme politics of public health
13 Dan Wickler & Richard Cash: Ethical issues in global public health
14 John Raeburn & Sarah Macfarlane: Putting the public into public health: Towards a more people-centred approach
15 Robert Beaglehole & Ruth Bonita: Strengthening public health for the new era
Looks at the current state of public health theory and practice
Presents major global health challenges facing public health practitioners
Reviews practice of public health in all major regions of the world
Suggests the way forward
Description
Global Public Health: a new era addresses three major issues: the changing global context for public health; the state of public health practice in developed and developing countries; and strategies for strengthening the practice of public health in the twenty-first century. This book is in three parts. The first part has two aims. Firstly, it surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public health practitioners. Secondly, it summarises the state of health globally using new data based on measures developed by the World Health Organization and other groups to better describe population health status and trends.
Part two presents the first detailed review of the global state of public health. It analyses the public health situation in all regions of the world. Six chapters cover Europe, North and Latin America, and Australia and New Zealand. Three chapters cover China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. The lessons from these chapters are surprisingly similar: the challenges are great; the public health workforce and infrastructure have long been neglected; and much needs to be done to reinvigorate the practice of public health.
The third section covers several cross cutting themes: the impact of the new public health threat from bioterrorism and its implications for the future of public health practice; the developing field of international public health ethics; and the central and neglected role of the public in strengthening the practice of public health. The final chapter summarises the major themes of the book and explores the opportunities for building the capacity of the public health workforce to respond to the major global health needs. Despite the enormity of the challenges facing public health practitioners, especially in developing countries, the tone adopted in the final section of this book is relatively optimistic.
Contents/contributors
1 Tony McMichael & Robert Beaglehole: The global context for public health
2 Ruth Bonita & Colin D Mathers: Global health status at the beginning of the twenty-first century
3 Sian Griffiths: Public Health in the United Kingdom
4 Stig Wall, Gudrun Persson & Lars Weinehall: Public health in Sweden: facts, vision and lessons
5 Martin McKee & Witold Zatonski: Public health in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
6 F Douglas Scutchfield & John Last: Public health in North America
7 Jose Noronha, Henri Jouval Jr. & Cristiani Machado: Public Health in Latin America
8 David Sanders, Delanyo Dovlo, Wilma Meeus & Uta Lehmann: Public health in Africa
9 Liming Lee, Vivian Lin, Ruotao Wang & Hongwen Zhao: Public health in China: History and contemporary challenges
10 T Jacob John & Franklin White: Public health in South Asia
11 Peter Davis & Vivian Lin: Public health in Australia and New Zealand
12 Richard Horton: Bioterrorism: The extreme politics of public health
13 Dan Wickler & Richard Cash: Ethical issues in global public health
14 John Raeburn & Sarah Macfarlane: Putting the public into public health: Towards a more people-centred approach
15 Robert Beaglehole & Ruth Bonita: Strengthening public health for the new era