Fundamentals for Public Health Practice
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Fundamentals for Public Health Practice

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Fundamentals for Public Health Practice

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A comprehensive textbook providing a complete overview of the multifaceted nature of public health practice. It explores all aspects of public health from communities and wider society, child development and early relationships, inequalities in health, safeguarding, the rapidly changing nature of society and the significance of culture, equality and diversity. The book takes a life-span approach and makes direct links to the UK health and social care context and has been written for an interprofessional audience. It will be essential reading for health and social care students including nurses and midwives, allied health care professionals, social care workers, qualified health and social care practitioners and anyone who plays a role in understanding, promoting, and protecting public health. Key features:

  • Comprehensive, wide-ranging coverage
  • Addresses the realities of public health in a globalised world
  • Applied to the UK four nation context but also considers the global dimension of public health practice

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Year
2022
ISBN
9781529765182
Edition
1
Topic
Medicina
Subtopic
Infermieristica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. About the Editors
  7. About the Contributors
  8. Foreword
  9. 1 Introduction: Overview of Global Health Policy and Health Policy Across the Four UK Nations
  10. 2 The COVID-19 Pandemic – Lessons Learnt and Future Practice
  11. Section 1: Health Promotion and Prevention
  12. 3 Health Promotion
  13. 4 Health Literacy
  14. Section 2: Early Intervention
  15. 5 Healthy Child Development
  16. 6 The Influence of Early Relationships on Child Development and Long-term Health and Wellbeing
  17. 7 Perinatal Mental Health
  18. Section 3: Inequalities in Public Health
  19. 8 Inequalities in Health
  20. 9 The Obesity Epidemic
  21. 10 Public Health and the Older Person
  22. 11 Substance Use and Public Health
  23. 12 Mental Health
  24. 13 Oral Health
  25. 14 Sexual Health is Public Health
  26. Section 4: Safeguarding
  27. 15 Safeguarding Adults, 21st-century Issues
  28. 16 Safeguarding Children and Young People
  29. 17 Domestic Abuse
  30. 18 Honour-based Violence – A Public Health Issue: Protection, Promotion and Provision of Services
  31. Section 5: Culture, Equality and Diversity
  32. 19 Homelessness
  33. 20 Gypsies and Travellers
  34. 21 Culture Competence in Care: Working with Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Faith Families
  35. 22 Public Health and the LGBTQ+ Community
  36. Index