Global public health : a new era / edited by Robert Beaglehole.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beaglehole, R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Physical Description:

xx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Global Public Health: a new era addresses three major issues: the changing global context for public health; the state of public health practice in developed and developing countries; and strategies for strengthening the practice of public health in the twenty-first century.

Part one surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public health practitioners and summarises the state of health globally using new data to describe population health status and trends. Part two presents the first detailed review of the global state of public health. The challenges are great; the public health workforce and infrastructure have long been neglected; and much needs to be done to reinvigorate the practice of public health. Part three covers several cross cutting themes: the impact of the new public health threat from bioterrorism and its implications for the future of public health practice, the developing field of international public health ethics, and the central and neglected role of the public in strengthening the practice of public health. The final chapter summarises the major themes of the book and explores the opportunities for building the capacity of the public health workforce to respond to the major global health needs. Despite the enormity of the challenges facing public health practitioners, especially in developing countries, the final section of this book is optimistic.

Contents:

1 The global context for public health / Tony McMichael, Robert Beaglehole 1

2 Global health status at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Ruth Bonita, Colin D Mathers 24

3 Public health in the United Kingdom / Sian Griffiths 54

4 Public health in Sweden: Facts, vision and lessons / Stig Wall, Gudrun Persson, Lars Weinehall 69

5 Public health in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Martin McKee, Witold Zatonski 87

6 Public health in North America / F Douglas Scutchfield, John M Last 105

7 Public health in Latin America / Jose Noronha, Henri Jouval Jr., Cristiani Machado 120

8 Public health in Africa / David Sanders, Delanyo Dovlo, Wilma Meeus, Uta Lehmann 135

9 Public health in China: History and contemporary challenges / Liming Lee, Vivian Lin, Ruotao Wang, Hongwen Zhao 156

10 Public health in South Asia / T Jacob John, Franklin White 172

11 Public health in Australia and New Zealand / Peter Davis, Vivian Lin 191

12 Bioterrorism: The extreme politics of public health / Richard Horton 209

13 Ethical issues in global public health / Daniel Wikler, Richard Cash 226

14 Putting the public into public health: Towards a more people-centred approach / John Raeburn, Sarah Macfarlane 243

15 Strengthening public health for the new era / Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198515294

OCLC:

51000021