Global Public Health

Amid ongoing shifts world economic and political systems, the promise for future public health is more tenuous than ever. Will the today's economic systems sustain tomorrow's health? Will future generations inherit fair access to health and health care? The best hope for the health of future generations is the establishment of a well-grounded, global public health system for today. To that end, Global Public Health: Ecological Foundations addresses both the challenges and cooperative solutions of contemporary public health, all within a framework of social justice, environmental sustainability, and global cooperation. With an emphasis upon ecological foundations, this text approaches public health principles-history, foundations, topics, and applications-with a community-first perspective. By achieving global reach through cooperative, local interventions, this text illustrates that through the practice of public health we can also maintain the health of our world. Blending established wisdom with new perspectives, Global Public Health will stimulate better understanding of how the different streams of public health can work more synergistically to promote global health equity. It is a foundation on which future public health measures can be built and succeed. Global Public Health: Ecological Foundations is stunning proof of the power of global thought and focused scholarship. It is simultaneously ambitious in scope and simple in approach, and the result is the definitive textbook for anyone studying public health at any level. I warmed to this book from the first page and could not put it down. Hugh H. Tilson, Professor of Public Health Leadership, Epidemiology, and Health Policy, Gillings School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, USA People across the globe are more connected now than ever before. This important new work by White, Stallones, and Last clearly articulates the power of this connectedness and the potential to improve health across the levels of an ecological framework. The authors effectively communicate the core principles of public health and relate these to a variety of critical global health issues. Ross C. Brownson, Professor and co-director, Prevention Research Center in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USAPREFACE ; 1. HISTORY, AIMS AND METHODS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ; 2. SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ; 3. PHILOSOPHICAL AND ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ; 4. COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ; 5. HEALTH OF POPULATIONS: HEALTH SITUATION ANALYSIS & PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE ; 6. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ; 7. AIR, WATER AND FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY ; 8. PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION IN EVOLVING HEALTH SYSTEMS ; 9. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND EMERGING HEALTH CHALLENGES ; EPILOGUE