{"product_id":"essential-public-health-theory-and-practice-paperback-softback-9781009378291","title":"Essential Public Health; Theory and Practice (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009378291","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEssential Public Health\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTheory and Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEffectively preventing disease and promoting health is a challenge addressed by this essential book for anyone working in healthcare.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKirsteen Watson (Edited by), Jan Yates (Edited by), Stephen Gillam (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009378291, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 18.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.81 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow can society most effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing? That is the challenge addressed by this textbook. This new edition equips readers with a toolkit of key public health skills and approaches to improve health and wellbeing for different populations. It considers how to tackle perennial public health challenges, effectively address the wider determinants of health, navigate health systems and engage in partnership working. Fully updated with contemporary examples, this new edition includes new content on sustainability and climate change, global health, leadership and management, mechanisms for measuring health and healthcare, addressing inequalities and promoting inclusivity. Essential reading for all those training and working in healthcare, social care and related disciplines, this book also shines a light on the work undertaken during the COVID-19 pandemic by those working in public health. Online material includes supplementary information and interactive, self-assessment questions to test understanding and aid learning.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Michael Marmot\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction Stephen Gillam, Jan Yates and Kirsteen Watson\u003cbr\u003e 1. Health needs assessment Stephen Gillam and Padmanabhan Badrinath\u003cbr\u003e 2. Health information John Battersby\u003cbr\u003e 3. Epidemiology Stephen Gillam and Mary Fortune\u003cbr\u003e 4. Evidence-based health care Padmanabhan Badrinath and Stephen Gillam\u003cbr\u003e 5. Decision-making and priority-setting Kirsteen Watson and Stephen Gillam\u003cbr\u003e 6. Improving quality of care Nicholas Steel and Stephen Gillam\u003cbr\u003e 7. Management, leadership and change Kirsteen Watson and Jan Yates\u003cbr\u003e 8. Improving population health Peter Bradley and Jan Yates\u003cbr\u003e 9. Screening Jan Yates and Sue Cohen\u003cbr\u003e 10. Health protection and communicable disease control Beverley Griggs and Padmanabhan Badrinath\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Introduction Jan Yates, Kirsteen Watson and Stephen Gillam\u003cbr\u003e 11. The health of children and young people Rebecca Roberts and Rajalakshmi Lakshman\u003cbr\u003e 12. Adult public health and non-communicable disease Sara Godward\u003cbr\u003e 13. Public health and ageing Lincoln Sargeant and Louise Lafortune\u003cbr\u003e 14 Health inequalities and public health practice Anne Swift\u003cbr\u003e 15. Health policy Richard Lewis and Stephen Gillam\u003cbr\u003e 16. International development and public health Gillian Turner and Jenny Amery\u003cbr\u003e 17. Planetary health James Smith.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Epidemiology \u0026amp; medical statistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Epidemiology \u0026amp; medical statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Epidemiology%20\u0026amp;%20medical%20statistics%20%5BMBNS%5D%22\"\u003eMBNS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52458370466072,"sku":"9781009378291","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009378291i.jpg?v=1785371770","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/essential-public-health-theory-and-practice-paperback-softback-9781009378291","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}