Full Description
Understanding Health 4th edition introduces students to the core issues concerning individual and community health. It examines public health, health promotion, social determinants of health and primary health care as a means of achieving greater fairness, social justice and health equity.The new edition provides an update of important new developments in determinants thinking with new material on how to take action on the social determinants of health giving practical strategies for improving health practice and health outcomes. In essence, the book provides the basis for students to explore the theories which influence health policy and practice models and helps them to understand how to put them into their own practice.
Contents
PART 1Health 3. Primary Health Care 4. Public Health 5. Population Health 6. Global Health 7. Health Promotion PART 2: MEASURING HEALTH8. Health and Well-being Data9. Epidemiology 10. Evidence in Public Health PART 3: SHAPING AND IMPROVING HEALTH11. Determinants of Behaviours 12. Social Determinants and the Health of Australia's First Peoples13. Ecology and Health Michael 14. Human Rights and Health 15. Marginalised populations PART 4: STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH PRACTICE16. Social Marketing 17. Health Education for Empowerment 18. Program Planning and Evaluation 19. Policy for Health 20. Organisational Change
