Essential Public Health (Paperback, CD-ROM, 1st)

Forewords: Tony Jewell, CMO Wales; Professor John Danesh; Introduction; Part I. The Public Health Toolkit: 1. Demography; 2. Epidemiology; 3. Evidence-based health care; 4. Improving population health; 5. Screening; 6. Health needs assessment; 7. The health status of the population; 8. Health care evaluation; 9. Decision-making in health care; 10. Health protection and communicable disease control; Part II. The Challenges of Public Health in Practice: 11. The health of children and young people Rachel Crowther and Sarah Stuart-Brown; 12. Adult public health Veena Rodrigues; 13. Public health and aging Carol Brayne and Lincoln Sergeant; 14. Tackling health inequalities Chrissie Pickin; 15. Health policy Richard Lewis; 16. Quality measurement and improvement in health care Nick Steel; 17. International development and public health Jenny Amery; Conclusion: Public health - the future - be part of it David Pencheon.