Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice 3e

Fully revised and updated for the third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for all those working in this broad field. Structured to assist with practical tasks, translating evidence into policy, and providing concise summaries and real-world issues from across the globe, this literally provides a world of experience at your fingertips. Easy-to-use, concise and practical, it is structured into seven parts that focus on the vital areas of assessment, data and information, direct action, policy, health-care systems, personal effectiveness and organisational development. Reflecting recent advances, the most promising developments in practical public health are presented, as well as maintaining essential summaries of core disciplines. This handbook is designed to assist students and practitioners around the world, for improved management of disasters, epidemics, health behaviour, acute and chronic disease prevention, community and government action, environmental health, vulnerable populations, and more. This fantastic little handbook has had a group of excellent editors over the previous two editions and this third edition sees four well-known and rather different public health advocates and practitioners take over the reins...For whom would I recommend this book? Just about everybody! All practitioners and students of public health without question. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health For whom would I recommend this book? Just about everybody! All practitioners and students of public health without question ... My old copies of this book are scruffy and dog-eared and much loved. I can tell that in time this edition will be, too. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthPART 1: ASSESSMENT ; 1.1 Scoping public health problems ; 1.2 Priorities and ethics ; 1.3 Assessing health status ; 1.4 Assessing health needs ; 1.5 Assessing health impacts ; 1.6 Economic assessment ; PART 2: DATA AND INFORMATION ; 2.1 Understanding data, information, and knowledge ; 2.2 Information technology and informatics ; 2.3 Qualitative methods ; 2.4 Epidemiological approach and design ; 2.5 Statistical understanding ; 2.6 Inference, causality and interpretation ; 2.7 Finding and appraising evidence ; 2.8 Surveillance ; 2.9 Investigating clusters ; 2.10 Health trends: registers ; PART 3: DIRECT ACTION ; 3.1 Communicable disease epidemics ; 3.2 Environmental health risks ; 3.3 Protecting and promoting health in the workplace ; 3.4 Engaging communities in participatory research and action ; 3.5 Emergency response ; 3.6 Screening ; 3.7 Genetics ; 3.8 Health communication ; 3.9 Public health practice in primary care ; PART 4: POLICY ARENAS ; 4.1 Developing healthy public policy ; 4.2 Translating evidence to policy ; 4.3 Translating policy into indicators and targets ; 4.4 Translating goals, indicators, and targets into public health action ; 4.5 Media advocacy for policy influence ; 4.6 Influencing international policy ; 4.7 Public health in poorer countries ; 4.8 Regulation ; PART 5:HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS ; 5.1 Planning health services ; 5.2 Funding and delivering health care ; 5.3 Commissioning health care ; 5.4 Using guidance and frameworks ; 5.5 Using guidance and frameworks ; 5.6 Health care process and patient experience ; 5.7 Evaluating health-care technologies ; 5.8 Improving equity ; 5.9 Improving quality ; 5.10 Evaluating health care systems ; PART 6: PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS ; 6.1 Developing leadership skills ; 6.2 Effective meetings ; 6.3 Effective writing ; 6.4 Working with the media ; 6.5 Communicating risk. ; 6.6 Consultancy in a national strategy ; 6.7 Assessing and improving your own professional practice ; 6.8 Activism ; 6.9 Innovation ; PART 7: ORGANIZATIONS ; 7.1 Governance and accountability ; 7.2 Programme planning and project management ; 7.3 Business planning ; 7.4 Partnerships ; 7.5 Knowledge transfer ; 7.6 Health, sustainability, and climate change ; 7.7 Workforce ; 7.8 Effective public health action