Public Health: The Basics is the essential introduction to this evolving and vital subject.Accessible and engaging, the book takes readers through the key principles and themes that inform contemporary public health, encompassing both physical health and mental wellbeing. It spotlights the most pressing issues we’re facing today, from demographic changes and widening inequalities, to addictive behaviour, the importance of public policy and industry to our health and, of co...

This book discusses the core issues of modern public health, its themes, foundations and evolution and the impact of globalisation.

Including the voices of key protagonists in the development of the public health workforce, this book is an important addition to the history of public health in England. It charts events leading to the unique achievement, from 2003, of specialist status, equivalent to public health medical consultants, for those from non-medical backgrounds. Setting these changes in context it discusses implications for practitioners and the wider UK public health workforce. A lively and comprehensive rev...

Primeiro encontro, primeira dança… e primeiro beijo!Quando uma amiga a desafiou a responder "sim" a qualquer pergunta, a precavida Fern Chambers não imaginava que passaria quatro dias com o bonito Josh Adams.Josh era um milionário audacioso habituado a ficar pouco tempo fosse onde fosse… e com mulher nenhuma. Contudo Fern conseguia levá-lo a pensar na possibilidade de mudar de hábitos.De repente, Josh percebeu que talvez tivesse andado desde sempre à procura da bela...

Public health has always been central to the population’s health and wellbeing, and people working in public health come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. This practical and accessible book maps out comprehensively the range of exciting and varied options open to those considering a career in public health. Uniquely, it provides helpful information on how to become either a fully-fledged specialist or to work in an operational practitioner role.This second edition p...