Issues in public health. / edited by Fiona Sim and Martin McKee
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TextSeries: Understanding public healthPublication details: New York: McGraw Hill, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 273p.: ills.; 24cmISBN: - 9780335244232
- 978033524422X
- 033524422X
- 9780335244225
- RA425.I88
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Includes glossary and index.
Content: Foundation of modern public health: The emergence of public health and the centrality of values -- Data on populations and mortality -- Understanding the burden of disease: Using the available data -- Inequalities in health -- The impact of healthcare on population health -- Assessing the impact on population health of policies on other sectors -- Major determinants of health: The changing nature of infectious disease -- Tobacco: Still a global public health priority -- Recognizing contemporary determinants of public health: Human rights, armed conflict and genetics -- Food, trade and health -- Drains, dustbins and diseases -- Sustainable development and climate change - the 'new' determinants of health.
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