📗 Libro en inglés ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH: CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

You won t find a better textbook on public health than this Comprehensive authoritative up to date informative and very readable A must for all public health reading lists Emeritus Professor Mike Daube Faculty of Health Sciences Curtin University Perth Western Australia In Issues in Public Health you will find detailed evidence based contemporary discussion about the wide range of public health challenges facing public health professionals around the world Mary Lyons Senior Lecturer in Public Health Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine UK An essential resource for anyone looking to understand the foundations of public health and its ongoing evolution Dr Sandro Galea Dean and Robert A Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health USA What is public health By looking at the foundations of public health its historical and contemporary evolution and the themes that underpin public health this book provides detailed answers to this important question and encourages you to develop your critical thinking skills Written by experts in the field the book discusses the core issues of modern public health such as tackling vested interests head on empowering people so they can make healthy decisions and acknowledging the political n