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Essential public health : theory and practice / edited by Kirsteen Watson, Stephen Gillam, Jan Yates.

Contributor(s): Watson, Kirsteen, 1980- [editor.] | Gillam, Stephen [editor.] | Yates, Jan [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2024Edition: Third edition.Description: xi, 359 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781009378291.Subject(s): Public health | Community health services | Needs assessment | Medical careDDC classification: 362.1
Contents:
Health needs assessment / Stephen Gillam and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- Health information / John Battersby -- Epidemiology / Stephen Gillam and Mary Fortune -- Evidence based health care / Padmanabhan Badrinath and Stephen Gillam -- Decision-making and priority-setting / Kirsteen Watson and Stephen Gillam -- Improving quality of care / Nicholas Steel and Stephen Gillam -- Management, leadership and change / Kirsteen Watson and Jan Yates -- Improving population health / Peter Bradley and Jan Yates -- Screening / Jan Yates and Sue Cohen -- Health protection and communicable disease control / Beverley Griggs and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- The health of children and young people / Rebecca Roberts and Rajalakshmi Lakshman -- Adult public health and non-communicable disease / Sara Godward -- Public health and ageing / Lincoln Sargeant and Louise Lafortune -- Health inequalities and public health practice / Anne Swift -- Health policy / Richard Lewis and Stephen Gillam -- International development and public health / Gillian Turner and Jenny Amery -- Planetary health / James Smith.
Summary: "Essential reading for all those training and working in healthcare, social care and related disciplines, addressing how society can effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing. This new, fully revised edition will equip readers with a toolkit of public health skills to improve health and wellbeing for different populations"-- Provided by publisher.
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University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi Main Library
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Circ. RA 418 .E87 2024 (Browse shelf) Available JB
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health needs assessment / Stephen Gillam and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- Health information / John Battersby -- Epidemiology / Stephen Gillam and Mary Fortune -- Evidence based health care / Padmanabhan Badrinath and Stephen Gillam -- Decision-making and priority-setting / Kirsteen Watson and Stephen Gillam -- Improving quality of care / Nicholas Steel and Stephen Gillam -- Management, leadership and change / Kirsteen Watson and Jan Yates -- Improving population health / Peter Bradley and Jan Yates -- Screening / Jan Yates and Sue Cohen -- Health protection and communicable disease control / Beverley Griggs and Padmanabhan Badrinath -- The health of children and young people / Rebecca Roberts and Rajalakshmi Lakshman -- Adult public health and non-communicable disease / Sara Godward -- Public health and ageing / Lincoln Sargeant and Louise Lafortune -- Health inequalities and public health practice / Anne Swift -- Health policy / Richard Lewis and Stephen Gillam -- International development and public health / Gillian Turner and Jenny Amery -- Planetary health / James Smith.

"Essential reading for all those training and working in healthcare, social care and related disciplines, addressing how society can effectively prevent disease and promote health and wellbeing. This new, fully revised edition will equip readers with a toolkit of public health skills to improve health and wellbeing for different populations"-- Provided by publisher.

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