Introduction to Public Health

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Paperback
Published: NOV-2008
ISBN 10: 0-7295-3890-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-7295-3890-9
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE


By
Mary Louise Fleming, PhD, MA, BEd, Dip Teach, Head of the School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
Elizabeth Parker, EdD, MSW, BA, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
Elizabeth Parker, EdD, MSW, BA, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Social Work at the Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland

Description
This text introduces students to the core concepts and principles of public health: the nature and scope of public health; its history; an introduction to health determinants and epidemiology; evidence-based practice in public health and understanding public health data plus more.

Audience:
Undergraduate students taking one-semester public health courses


 
Last update: 24 Nov 2011