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.