A-Z of Public Health

2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-42616-1
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 271 g

Reihe: Professional Keywords

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the many definitions, theories and approaches in public health. It is an important book for students and practitioners who are interested in public health, and for those who are keen to improve it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Laverack, Glenn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. activism.- 2. Addiction.- 3. adulthood and later life.- 4. Advocacy.- 5. asset-based community development.- 6. Autonomy.- 7. baby friendly.- 8. behaviour change.- 9. capacity building.- 10. child protection.- 11. climate change.- 12. communicable disease.- 13. Community.- 14. counter tactics.- 15. critical education.- 16. Definition.- 17. Disability.- 18. Empowerment.- 19. environmental health.- 20. Epidemiology.- 21. evidence based.- 22. fear-based campaigns.- 23. female genital cutting.- 24. food poverty.- 25. gender mainstreaming.- 26. Globalization.- 27. Health.- 28. health economics.- 29. health impact assessment.- 30. health in all policies.- 31. health information systems.- 32. health networks.- 33. health policy.- 34. health promotion.- 35. human resources for health.- 36. Hygiene.- 37. indigenous peoples.- 38. inequalities agenda.- 39. Injury.- 40. Journalism.- 41. knowledge, attitude and practice.- 42. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.- 43. Lifestyle.- 44. Malnutrition.- 45. maternal, newborn and child health.- 46. men's health.- 47. mental health.- 48. needs assessment.- 49. non-communicable disease.- 50. overweight and obesity.- 51. Participation.- 52. participatory rural appraisal.- 53. peer education.- 54. policy change.- 55. population growth.- 56. Power.- 57. prevention paradox.- 58. Prostitution.- 59. Reformers.- 60. risk communication.- 61. risk factors.- 62. Schools.- 63. sexual health.- 64. social determinants of health.- 65. social entrepreneurship.- 66. social movements.- 67. theory of change.- 68. tobacco control.- 69. upstream and downstream.- 70. Violence.- 71. Volunteerism.- 72. women's health.- 73. workplace health.- 74. Youth.- 75. zero-sum.

Über Autor(innen)

Glenn Laverack is seen as a leader in health promotion and empowerment and has a distinguished career in public health for more than 25 years working in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the Pacific regions. He formerly worked as the TDR Coordinator (Empowerment) at the WHO in Geneva and as a senior research fellow at the Southgate Institute, Flinders University, Australia. Dr Laverack is currently an honorary professor at the University of Southern Denmark and has a wide range of publications including books in English, Portugese, Russian and German. His Ph.D. investigated the accommodation of community empowerment within top-down public health programming in the South Pacific. He has a significant range of professional experience in cross-cultural settings that facilitates a broad insight at both a theoretical and practice level.