The new public health

Tulchinsky, Theodore H. (author.). Bickford, Joan D., (author.). Fielding, Jonathan E., (author.). Varavikova, Elena, (author.).

Summary: The book provides a unified approach to public health appropriate for all masters' level students and practitioners-specifically for courses in MPH programs, community health and preventive medicine programs, community health education programs, community health nursing programs.

Record details

ISBN: 9780124157668 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0124157661 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
xxv, 884 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Amsterdam : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previous edition: London: Academic, 2009. "Elsevier science & technology books."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A history of public health -- Expanding the concept of public health -- Measuring and evaluating the health of a population -- Communicable diseases -- Noncommunicable conditions -- Family health -- Special community health needs -- Nutrition and food safety -- Environmental and occupational health -- Organization of public health systems -- Measuring costs : the economics of health -- Planning and managing health systems -- National health systems -- Human resources for health care -- Health technology, quality, law, and ethics -- Globalization of health.