Public Health Policy and Practice

The economic difficulties that the country was facing when this book was published in 1979 highlighted the widely publicised malaise in the health service, and exposed the limitation of a set of ideals developed by the NHS in the years after the Second World War. Although this work offered no easy s..

This comprehensive text explores the nature of public health and the role, scope, limits, utility, and tensions found in law, legal approaches, and policy relating to public health in relation to UK law as well as relevant EU and international law...

_x005F_x000D_ Community engaged research (CER) has emerged as an evidence-based approach to better address the complex issues that affect the health of marginalized populations. This book presents chapters written by leading community-engaged researchers across disciplines. It provides a training cu..

Written by a health physicist from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this book informs us about what we should know ahead of time and the best ways to respond to a nuclear or radiological incident either as an emergency responder or community/family member. It details protocols fo..

In a digital world in which lay people have an increasingly strong voice in the public sphere, how can health organisations best exert influence to contain the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases? This book considers the challenges facing public health experts in communicating information eff..

The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health addresses emerging issues and conceptualizations in global health, expanding upon the critical priorities in this rapidly evolving field. It provides an authoritative overview for students, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers concerned with pu..

This important volume is designed to help medical educators working in today’s changing and challenging circumstances by giving an overview of best practices and research in medical education around the world...

This important volume is designed to help medical educators working in today’s changing and challenging circumstances by giving an overview of best practices and research in medical education around the world...

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters._x005F_x000D_ Childhood obesity is a major public health crisis nationally and internationally. This insightful compendium provides valuable information and assesses the research foundations behind several school initiatives to help combat the epi..

Ageing is often thought of as a process that relates to problems, deficits, and taboos, and less to pleasure, change, growth and diversity. It is treated as a separate life stage and not a process throughout the lifecycle. Sexuality and sexual health are important parts of the lives of older people,..

Ageing is often thought of as a process that relates to problems, deficits, and taboos, and less to pleasure, change, growth and diversity. It is treated as a separate life stage and not a process throughout the lifecycle. Sexuality and sexual health are important parts of the lives of older people,..

Rapid changes in healthcare and public health offer tremendous opportunities to focus on process improvement. Public Health departments/agencies are increasingly interested in working collaboratively with hospitals and other community partners in order to promote knowledge and improve collective imp..