Title: Key concepts in public health /
Authors: Wilson, Frances; Mabhala, Mzwandile
Publisher: SAGE,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Public health; Public Health Practice; Public Health Administration methods
Abstract: This work identifies 50 key concepts used across the discipline of public health, and gives the reader a broad perspective on the core topics relevant to training and practice - from epidemiology to health promotion and from ethics to leadership.
Contents: The historical development of public health / Nicholas Fulton Phin -- Modern public health / Fiona Adshead and Allison Thorpe -- Determinants of health / Soumen Sengupta -- Public health theories / Ann Bryan -- Inequalities in health / Nicola Close -- Sociological concepts of public health / Andy Lovell -- Principles of epidemiology / Hamed A. Adetunji -- Public health and population dynamics / Mzwandile (Andi) Mabhala and Walid El Ansari -- Population and surveillance / Hamed A. Adetunji -- Public health law / Nicholas Fulton Phin -- Leadership development for public health practitioners / Frances Wilson and Kim Greening -- Social marketing / Allison Thorpe [and others] -- Economics of health / Hamed A. Adetunji -- Sustainable development and public health / Mzwandile (Andi) Mabhala and Peete Lesiamo -- Health literacy : the public health perspective / Mike Horah and Mzwandile (Andi) Mabhala -- Public health and the media / Pat Clarke --^