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Public health : a very short introduction / Virginia Berridge.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 482.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 138 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199688463 (pbk.) :
  • 019968846X (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 362.1 23
LOC classification:
  • RA5 .B47 2016
NLM classification:
  • 2016 I-465
  • WA 11.1
Contents:
What is public health? -- Current challenges -- The origins of public health into the 1700s -- Sanitation to education 1800-1900s -- The rise of lifestyle 1900-1980s -- Tropical and international public health -- Present and future in the light of history.
Summary: Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations such as the European Union have public health funding and policies. But what do we mean when we speak about 'public health'? In this Very Short Introduction Virginia Berridge explores the areas which fall under the remit of public health, and explains how the individual histories of different countries have come to cause great differences in the perception of the role and responsibilities of public health organisations.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index.

What is public health? -- Current challenges -- The origins of public health into the 1700s -- Sanitation to education 1800-1900s -- The rise of lifestyle 1900-1980s -- Tropical and international public health -- Present and future in the light of history.

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations such as the European Union have public health funding and policies. But what do we mean when we speak about 'public health'? In this Very Short Introduction Virginia Berridge explores the areas which fall under the remit of public health, and explains how the individual histories of different countries have come to cause great differences in the perception of the role and responsibilities of public health organisations.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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