Elizabeth Parker, Ignacio Correa-Velez

Introduction to Public Health (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Fleming, Mary Louise

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to Public Health is a foundation, introductory text addressing the principles and practice of public health. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective, the text defines the discipline of public health, the nature and scope of public health activity and the challenges that face public health in the 21st century. Designed for undergraduate health science and nursing students, the text helps readers with their understanding of the nature and scope of public health and the challenges facing the field into the future.

• Positions public health concepts within an Australian and New Zealand context
• Chapter case studies and examples to help illustrate key points
• Chapter reflection and review questions to assist readers with their application to practise
• Logical structure enabling those new to public health to grasp complex concepts and apply to current health practice
• New-A suite of video interviews with leading public health experts who each share a broad contextual overview of public health now and into the future

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Instructor Resources

• Image Bank (tables and figures from the book)
• Case studies
• Video interviews

Students Resources

• Student Quiz

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier HealthScience EN
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780729587341
• Artikelnr.: 62285041

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Definitions, determinants and challenges
Section 2: Policy, ethics and evidence
Section 3: Public health strategies
Section 4: Section 4 Contemporary issues