| Description |
xx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. The global context for public health / Tony McMichael and Robert Beaglehole -- 2. Global health status at the beginning of the 21st century / Ruth Bonita and Colin D. Mathers -- 3. Public health in the United Kingdom / Sian Griffiths -- 4. Public health in Sweden: facts, vision and lessons / Stig Wall, Gudrun Persson and Lars Weinehall -- 5. Public health in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union / Martin McKee and Witold Zatonski -- 6. Public health in North America / F. Douglas Scutchfield and John M. Last -- 7. Public health in Latin America / José Noronha, Henri Jouval Jr. and Cristiani Machado -- 8. Public health in Africa / David Sanders, Delanyo Dovlo, Wilma Meeus and Uta Lehrmann -- 9. Public health in China: history and contemporary challenges / Liming Lee, Vivian Lin, Ruotao Wang and Hongwen Zhao -- 10. Public health in South Asia / T. Jacob John and Franklin White -- 11. Public health in Australia and New Zealand / Peter Davis and Vivian Lin -- 12. Bioterrorism: the extreme politics of public health / Richard Horton -- 13. Ethical issues in global public health / David Wikler and Richard Cash -- 14. Putting the public into public health: towards a more people-centred approach / John Raeburn and Sarah Macfarlane -- 15. Strengthening public health for the new era / Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita |
| Summary |
"The aim of Global Public Health: A New Era is to promote the practice of public health in all countries, with an emphasis on developing countries. It seems from the evidence that public health as a discipline and set activities has for too long been neglected. The reinvigoration of public health needs to be based on a realistic assessment of the challenges to be faced and the current state of public health practice globally. This is the justification for this book."--Publisher description (LoC) |
| Notes |
New Zealand editor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World health.
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Public health.
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Global Health.
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Developing Countries.
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Public Health Practice.
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Public Health -- trends.
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public health |
| Author |
Beaglehole, R.
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| LC no. |
2003271385 |
| ISBN |
0198515294 paperback |
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