Oxford Textbook of Public Health: latest edition

Today, I wan to let you all know a latest version of Public Health Textbook.  It is a core Textbook of Public Health Subject. Please take your time reading  its  summary. It’s interesting !!!

List of editors;

Roger Detels, Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA,
Robert Beaglehole, Professor Emeritus, University of Auckland, New Zealand,
Mary Ann Lansang, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila, and
Martin Gulliford, Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, King’s College London, UK

 

TheNew In this Edition
New chapters that broaden the scope of the book, and recognise recent developments in the field include: globalization; water and sanitation; leadership in public health; community-based intervention trials; gene environment interactions; obesity and physical inactivity; urbanization; and minorities and indigenous populationsrelevance to practice has been increased, with more material on health needs assessment, clinical epidemiology, and the practical aspects of public health

The addition of two new co-editors, Mary Ann Lansang and Martin Gulliford, brings new perspectives to the established text

Increased use of figures and tables throughout the book, as visual aids and data to support the text

Companion CD included with the book, containing the entire text including figures in colour

Increased attention on disease and infection, with new chapters examining tuberculosis, malaria, hepatitis and liver disease, and emerging diseases

A new section looks at the future of public health in the 21st century

This fifth edition of the ever-popular Oxford Textbook of Public Health has been thoroughly updated, and remains the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. Two new editors, Mary Ann Lansang and Martin Gulliford, join the established editor team of Roger Detels and Robert Beaglehole, representing a truly global outlook from four continents. The contributors are drawn from across the world, offering perspectives from vastly different health systems, with ranging public health needs and priorities. With contributors including Dr Margaret Chan, Director of the World Health Organization, this book offers a globally comprehensive picture of modern health.The book retains its approach of dividing the complex, dynamic subject of public health into three topics. First, the scope of public health is covered, looking at the development of the discipline, determinants of health and disease, public health policies, and law and ethics. The second volume focuses on the methods of public health, including the main science behind the discipline – epidemiology. Environmental factors, information systems, and social science techniques are also considered. Finally, the third volume puts the theory into practice, examining specific public health problems and options for prevention and control. As well as identifying these issues by system or disease, there is also an awareness of the unique needs of particular population groups. The book concludes with an analysis of the functions of public health, and a look at the future of public health in the 21st century.The picture of world health has moved on dramatically since the publication of the fourth edition in 2002. This new edition includes substantial new material on the impact of private support of public health; globalization; water and sanitation; leadership; community-intervention trials; disease and infection; gene environment interactions; obesity and physical inactivity; urbanization; minorities and indigenous populations; health needs assessment; clinical epidemiology; and the practice of public health. This ensures that the Oxford Textbook of Public Health remains the most comprehensive, accessible text for both students and practitioners in public health and epidemiology.

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New In this Edition:
New chapters that broaden the scope of the book, and recognise recent developments in the field include: globalization; water and sanitation; leadership in public health; community-based intervention trials; gene environment interactions; obesity and physical inactivity; urbanization; and minorities and indigenous populations