Amid ongoing shifts world economic and political systems, the promise for future public health is more tenuous than ever. Will the today's economic systems sustain tomorrow's health? Will future generations inherit fair access to health and health care? The best hope for the health of future generations is the establishment of a well-grounded, global public health system for today. To that end, Global Public Health: Ecological Foundations addresses both the challenges and cooperative solutions of contemporary public health, all within a framework of social justice, environmental sustainability, and global cooperation. With an emphasis upon ecological foundations, this text approaches public health principles-history, foundations, topics, and applications-with a community-first perspective. By achieving global reach through cooperative, local interventions, this text illustrates that through the practice of public health we can also maintain the health of our world. Blending established wisdom with new perspectives, Global Public Health will stimulate better understanding of how the different streams of public health can work more synergistically to promote global health equity. It is a foundation on which future public health measures can be built and succeed.
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Blending established wisdom with new perspectives, Global Public Health will stimulate better understanding of how the different streams of public health can work more synergistically to promote global health equity. It is a foundation on which future public health measures can be built and succeed.
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Preface ; 1. History, Aims and Methods of Public Health ; 2. Ecology and Public Health - The Science Base ; 3. Philosophical and Ethical Foundations of Public Health ; 4. Community Foundations of Public Health ; 5. Assessing Population Health ; 6. Integrated Approaches to Disease Prevention and Control ; 7. Air, Water and Food ; 8. Public Health Organization and Function in Evolving Health Systems ; 9. Global Ecology and Emerging Health Challenges ; Epilogue
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Global Public Health: Ecological Foundations is stunning proof of the power of global thought and focused scholarship. It is simultaneously ambitious in scope and simple in approach, and the result is the definitive textbook for anyone studying public health at any level. I warmed to this book from the first page and could not put it down.
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"Global Public Health: Ecological Foundations is stunning proof of the power of global thought and focused scholarship. It is simultaneously ambitious in scope and simple in approach, and the result is the definitive textbook for anyone studying public health at any level. I warmed to this book from the first page and could not put it down." -- Hugh H. Tilson, MD, DrPH Professor of Public Health Leadership, Epidemiology, and Health Policy Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina "People across the globe are more connected now than ever before. This important new work by White, Stallones, and Last clearly articulates the power of this connectedness and the potential to improve health across the levels of an ecological framework. The authors effectively communicate the core principles of public health and relate these to a variety of critical global health issues." -- Ross C. Brownson, PhD Professor and co-director, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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Selling point: Ecological approach to public health Selling point: Full global scope, including developing countries Selling point: Describes integrative approaches that are locally applicable Selling point: Community-centric approach to public health
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Franklin White, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC, FFPH, is President of Pacific Health & Development Sciences, Inc., in Victoria, British Columbia, and Adjunct Professor at University of Victoria and Dalhousie University. Lorann Stallones, PhD, MPH, is Professor of Psychology and Director, Graduate Degree Program in Public Health at Colorado State University, Colorado School of Public Health. John M. Last, MD, DPH, FRACP, FRCPC, FFPH, FACPM is Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa; he is the author of Public Health and Human Ecology and A Dictionary of Public Health, and former editor in chief of Public Health and Preventive Medicine ("Maxcy-Rosenau-Last"), and A Dictionary of Epidemiology .
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Selling point: Ecological approach to public health Selling point: Full global scope, including developing countries Selling point: Describes integrative approaches that are locally applicable Selling point: Community-centric approach to public health
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199751907
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press Inc
Vekt
670 gr
Høyde
240 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
384

Biographical note

Franklin White is President of Pacific Health & Development Science, Inc., in Victoria, British Columbia. Lorann Stallones is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Colorado Injury Control Research Center at Colorado State University. John M. Last is Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa.