Public Health

This specialisation will enable you to reflect on and cultivate the behaviours you require to become an effective public health professional –whether as an academic, practitioner, clinician, manager or leader.The specialisation is shaped into four courses covering the origins of public health, health improvement, behaviour change, and health protection. The specialisation will draw upon learning from the Statistics for Public Health and Epidemiology for Public Health specialisations, and builds the foundations of public health knowledge.

This book presents a comprehensive theory of the ethics and political philosophy of public health surveillance based on reciprocal obligations among surveillers, those under surveillance, and others potentially affected by surveillance practices.

This book presents a comprehensive theory of the ethics and political philosophy of public health surveillance based on reciprocal obligations among surveillers, those under surveillance, and others potentially affected by surveillance practices.

by Russell S Kirby (Author), Sarah Verbiest (Author)
Offering the keen insight and expertise of a new author team and new contributors, the Fourth Edition of Kotch's Maternal and Child Health: Problems, Programs, and Policy in Public Health continues to offer a comprehensive, trusted introduction to the field of maternal and child health (MCH), while addressing the traditional MCH topics in a modern context that includes race/ethnicity, an expanded family focus, and a broadened approach that will appeal to health professionals both in and outside of public health practice

Dermatological diseases are extremely common around the globe, and a systematic understanding of these conditions and their relationships with various epidemiological factors could provide insights to help governments and private institutions address the challenges they need to overcome in order to improve global health.

Vor drei Jahrzehnten begann sich Public Health an Universitäten und Hochschulen in Deutschland zu etablieren, und die Entwicklung des Faches kann heute allgemein als Erfolgsgeschichte gedeutet werden. Dennoch ist Public Health noch immer kein selbstverständlicher Teil des akademischen Fächerkanons, und auch das Verhältnis zur Politik ist unklar: Einerseits treten Public Health-Akteure dafür ein, dass Gesundheit in allen Politikbereichen berücksichtigt werden soll („Health in all Policies“), andererseits gilt zu viel Politiknähe als Gefahr für die wissenschaftliche Profilbildung.

by Stephen Holland (Author)
The ethics and governance of health information is a major contemporary problem. The central dilemma is between the social utility gained by exploiting health data for public health purposes, and privacy concerns about collecting and using personal information