| Description |
1 online resource (561 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- About the authors -- Introduction -- Part I Background:The basics -- 1 What is public health? Definitions and applications -- 2 The historical development of public health: Landmarks in the field -- 3 Health in Australia today: Health status, the health-care system and the place of public health -- Part II Conceptual andanalytical toolkit: Key concepts and frameworks -- 4 Distribution of health and its determinants: Changing concepts and models |
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5 Explaining differences and determinants: Environment, society and behaviour -- 6 Public health interventions: From quarantine to the rise of 'evidence-based practice' -- 7 Health systems and policy: Making sense of the complex mosaic -- Part III Public health infrastructure: Building blocks and the system of delivery -- 8 Who delivers public health? Contemporary policies and players -- 9 Legislative authority for public health action: How governments and societal expectations intersect -- 10 Public health intelligence: Information and the research base for action |
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11 Human and financial resources: Essential foundations for action -- Part IV Public health action: Key interventions from past to present -- 12 Surveillance and disease control: From data to intervention -- 13 Health protection: From the physical environment to ecological health -- 14 Preventive services: Linking public health and personal health care -- 15 Health promotion: From lifestyles to societal determinants of health -- 16 Health maintenance and improvement for vulnerable populations: From needs to rights -- Part V Public health challenges: Emerging issues and responses |
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17 Public health governance: Politics of participation, decision-making and accountability -- 18 Futures of public health: Where to now for the organised effort? -- 19 A final note on ethical practice -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Australian core public health functions -- Appendix B: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -- Appendix C: Commonwealth Department of Health structure, 1921-2012 -- Appendix D: Commonwealth population health divisions, 1961-2012 -- Appendix E: Approaches and theories for health promotion -- Appendix F: Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986 (extract) |
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Appendix G: Evidence-based public health: Recommendations from Taskforce on Community Preventive Services -- Appendix H: Examples of public health laws in Australia -- Appendix I: Examples of new diseases identified in humans since 1975 -- Appendix J: Core environmental health services provided by departments of health and environment protection agencies -- Appendix K: Vaccine start dates in Australia -- Appendix L: Common food- or water-borne pathogens -- Useful resources -- Sources for definitions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
A comprehensive introduction to public health in Australia, now in its second edition. Taking an applied approach, it offers a systematic overview of the key theories, methods, priorities and players in the field |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Public health -- Australia
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Public health
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Smith, James
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Fawkes, Sally
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Robinson, Priscilla
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Gifford, Sandy
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| ISBN |
1743435789 |
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9781743435786 |
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9781743314319 |
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1743314310 |
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