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Global public health : a new era / [edited by] Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World health.
- Public health.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : 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:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; About the Editors; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 The Global Context for Public Health; 2 Current Global Health Status; 3 Public Health in the United Kingdom; 4 Public Health in Sweden: Facts, Visions, and Lessons; 5 Public Health in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union; 6 Improving Canada's Response to Public Health Challenges: The Creation of a New Public Health Agency; 7 Public Health in Latin America and the Caribbean; 8 Public Health in Africa
- 9 Public Health in China: History and Contemporary Challenges10 Public Health in India; 11 Public Health in Australia and New Zealand; 12 Ethical Issues; 13 Putting the Public into Public Health: Towards a More People-Centred Approach; 14 Strengthening Public Health for the New Era; Index
- 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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