Working in Public Health (eBook, PDF)

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

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136249662
• Artikelnr.: 47893775

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