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Global public health : a new era / edited by Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beaglehole, R., Editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World health.
- Public health.
- Global Health.
- Developing Countries.
- Public Health Practice.
- Public Health--trends.
- Public Health.
- Medical Subjects:
- Global Health.
- Developing Countries.
- Public Health Practice.
- Public Health--trends.
- Public Health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 311 pages) : illustrations, portraits
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- New era
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2009
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Global Public Health: a new era is a comprehensive updated account of the international state of public health, including an agenda for improving the practice of the discipline across the world. It addresses three major issues:- the changing global context for public health- the state of public health theory and practice in developed and developing countries; and- strategies for strengthening the practice of public healthSection one surveys the complex old and new challenges facing public health practitioners, and then summarises the state of health globally using new data based on measures of
- Contents:
- 1: Global context for public health / Anthony McMichael and Robert Beaglehole
- 2: Current global health status / Colin Mathers and Ruth Bonita
- 3: Public health in the United Kingdom / Karen Lock and Fiona Sim
- 4: Public health in Sweden: facts, visions, and lessons / Stig wall, Gudrun Persson, and Lars Weinehall
- 5: Public health in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Martin McKee
- 6: Improving Canada's response to public health challenges: the creation of a new public health agency / Sylvie Stachenko, Barbara Legowski, and Robert Geneau
- 7: Public health in Latin America and the Caribbean / Cristiani Vieira Machado, Henri Jouval Jr, Jose Carvalho de Noronha, and Mario Roberto Dal Poz
- 8: Public health in Africa / David Sanders, Ehi Igumbor, Uta Lehmann, Wilma Meeus, and Delanyo Dovlo
- 9: Public health in China: history and contemporary challenges / Liming Lee and Jun Lv
- 10: Public health in India / Puja Thakker and K Srinath Reddy
- 11: Public health in Australia and New Zealand / Peter Davis, Vivian Lin, and Robin Gauld
- 12: Ethical issues / Daniel Wikler and Richard Cash
- 13: Putting the public into health: towards a more people-centered approach / Sarah Macfarlane and Alec Irwin
- 14: Strengthening public health for the new era / Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-58042-X
- 0-19-157531-3
- 9786613892874
- OCLC:
- 646050724
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