Working in Public Health

An introduction to careers in public health
Herausgeber: Sim, Fiona; Wright, Jenny

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What can you contribute to improving and protecting the health of your community? Public health is becoming an increasingly central area of healthcare practice and people working in public health come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. This practical and accessible book maps out the range of exciting and varied options open to people considering a career in public health, and provides helpful information on how to get there, either as a fully-fledged specialist or in an operational practitioner role. Designed especially for those wanting to learn about public heath, it looks at public health work in a range of settings, from health services to the commercial sector, and in a range of different roles, from health protection to public health intelligence. Numerous personal accounts and case studies from highly experienced practitioners and specialists, as well as those new to their roles, illustrate what their roles involve and how have they had an impact on improving health and reducing inequality. This is the ideal book for anyone interested in putting public health at the centre of their working lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9780415624558
• ISBN-10: 041562455X
• Artikelnr.: 39595691

Autorenporträt

Fiona Sim is a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a visiting chair at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. She is a former Head of Public Health Development at the Department of Health, where she was responsible for the national development of the public health workforce. Jenny Wright is executive director of Solutions for Public Health, the largest NHS public health agency in the UK. She has been involved with the development of the public health competence framework and led the project developing and running the UK-wide public health careers website, Phorcast.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Duncan Selbie Foreword Martin McKee Section 1: Introduction to
this Book Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Section 2: Functions
Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 2.1 Health Improvement Richard
Parish and Em Rahman 2.2 Health Intelligence Alison Hill 2.3 Healthcare
Public Health Diane Bell and Jan Yates 2.4 Health Protection Peter
Sheridan, Lorna Wilcox, Ian Gray and Surindar Dhesi 2.5 Academic Public
Health Katie Cole, Muireann Kelly, Jane Wills and Helen Hogan 2.6 Global
Public Health Mala Rao Section 3: Settings Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny
Wright 3.1 Local Government Anita Parkin, Clare Ebberson, Martin Seymour
and Rebecca Hams 3.2 National Health Service (NHS) Frances Fairman 3.3
Health Policy Mohit Sharma 3.4 International and Global Jenny Amery,
Manpreet Singh and Manuelle Hurwitz 3.5 UK Voluntary & Community Paul
Lincoln, Claire Everett and Sue Lloyd Section 4: Getting into Public Health
Introduction Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 4.1 Courses Jane Wills and Helen
Hogan 4.2 Public Health Specialist Training Amy Potter 4.3 Personal and
Professional Development Em Rahman Section 5: How to Proceed from Here
Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Advice from the PHORCaST team Conclusion Fiona
Sim and Jenny Wright Appendices List of useful professional organizations
for public health