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Essential public health : theory and practice

A textbook covering the essentials of public health in theory and practice
Print Book, English, 2007
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007
xiii, 335 pages : illustrations + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
9780521869720, 9780521689830, 0521869722, 052168983X
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pt. 1. Public health toolkit
Demography
Epidemiology
Evidence-based health care
Improving population health
Screening
Health needs assessment
The health status of the population
Health cars evaluation
Decision-making in health care
Wealth protection and communicable disease control
pt. 2. The challenges of public health in practice
The health of children and young people / Rachel Crowther and Sarah Stewart-Brown
Adult public health / Veena Rodrigues
Public health and ageing / Lincoln Sergeant and Carol Brayne
Tackling health inequalities / Chrissie Pickin
Health policy / Richard Lewis
Quality measurement and improvement in health care / Nicholas Steel
International development and public health / Jenny Amery
Public health, the future, be part of it ... / David Pencheon