Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-22748-8
Verlag: Open University Press
This book looks at the foundation of public health, its historical evolution, the themes that underpin public health, the increasing importance of globalization and the most important causes of avoidable disease and injury. These include:
- Transport
- Tobacco
- Nutrition
- Infectious disease
- Waste disposal
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Overview of the book
Section 1: Foundation of modern public health
The emergence of public health and the centrality of values
Data on populations and mortality
The burden of disease and other summary measures of population health
Inequalities in health
Impact of healthcare on population health
Assessing the impact on population health of policies in other sectors
Section 2: Major determinants of health
The changing nature of infectious disease
Tobacco: a public health emergency
Food, trade and health
Drains, dustbins and diseases
Glossary
Index.