Introduction to Public Health

Table of Contents:
Introduction Section 1: History and Definitions of Public Health Introduction 1. Defining health and public health 2. History and development of public health 3. Contemporary public health policy Section 2: Risk and Determinants of Health Introduction 4. Epidemiology 5. Biological and environmental determinants 6. Social and emotional determinants Section 3: Ethics, Evidence and Practice Introduction 7. Ethics and public health 8. Evidence-based practice 9. Planning and evaluation Section 4: Public health interventions Introduction 10. Disease control and management 11. Environmental Health 12. Emergency Planning and Response 13. Health promotion Section 5: Contemporary issues Introduction 14. Health and globalisation 15. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 16. The future for public health Reflection: Public Health Achievements and Challenges in the 21st Century Glossary

About the Author :
Elizabeth Parker is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. She has teaching and research experience in public health and health promotion in Australia, and was formerly a senior manager in the Department of Public Health, Toronto, Canada. She is co-author, with Professor Mary Louise Fleming, of the book Health promotion: principles and practice in the Australian context. She holds a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Toronto. Professor Mary Louise Fleming is Public Health Consultant and Board Director, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology. She has over 30 years' experience in teaching and research in higher education, in public health and health promotion. Her research experience is in: action research; process, impact and outcome evaluation in health promotion; and public health intervention design, development and implementation. Mary Louise has worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization and for Commonwealth and state health departments, and has sat on National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) public health project grant review panels. She is a member of the Board of Wesley Medical Research and the Metro North Hospital and Health Service in Queensland. She is widely published in the area of health promotion and public health. Her current role recognises the need for innovative solutions to the health-care system of the future, and working with the health care system to realise gains in efficiency and effectiveness while focused on the patient at the centre of care.