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Author:   Robert Beaglehole (Emeritus Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand) ,  Ruth Bonita (Emeritus Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780199236626

ISBN 10:   0199236623
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   09 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Anthony McMichael & Robert Beaglehole: The global context for public health 2: Colin D. Mathers & Ruth Bonita: Current global health status 3: Karen Lock & Fiona Sim: Public health in the UK 4: Stig Wall, Gudrun Persson & Lars Weinehall: Public health in Sweden: facts, visions and lessons 5: Martin McKee: Public health in central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union 6: Sylvie Stachenko, Barbara Legowski & Robert Geneau: Improving Canada's response to public health challenges: the creation of a new public health agency 7: Cristiani Vieira Machado, Henri Jouval Jr, José Carvalho de Noronha, and Mario Roberto Dal Poz: Public health in Latin America 8: David Sanders, Ehi Igumbor, Uta Lehmann, Wilma Meeus & Delanyo Dovlo: Public health in Africa 9: Liming Lee & Jun Lv: Public Health in China: history and contemporary challenges 10: K. Srinath Reddy, Sania Nishtar & Puja Thakker: Public health in South Asia 11: Peter Davis, Vivian Lin & Robin Gauld: Public health in Australia and New Zealand 12: Daniel Wikler & Richard Cash: Ethical issues in global public health 13: Sarah B Macfarlane & Alexander Irwin: Putting the public into public health: towards a more people-centred approach 14: Robert Beaglehole & Ruth Bonita: Strengthening public health for the new era

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This book presents a very comprehensive account of public health from a global perspective. BMA Medical Book Competition

This book presents a very comprehensive account of public health from a global perspective. * BMA Medical Book Competition *

Author Information

Robert Beaglehole trained in medicine, epidemiology, and public health in New Zealand, England, and the USA before becoming a public health physician. He was Professor of Community Health at the University of Auckland, New Zealand (1988-1999) before joining the WHO in 2000. He directed the Department of Chronic Disease and Health Promotion at the WHO between 2004 and 2007. He developed an integrated and stepwise approach to the prevention and control of chronic diseases and led the development of the Bangkok Charter on Health Promotion in a Globalized World. He is now co-director of International Pubic Health Consultants, based in Auckland, New Zealand, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Lancet. With Ruth Bonita, he was jointly awarded the ONZM by the Government of New Zealand for their contribution to public health. From 1999-2005, Ruth Bonita was Director of the Department of Surveillance in the Noncommunicable Disease Cluster at the WHO, Geneva, and in the office of the Assistant Director General, Evidence for Information and Policy during 2005. During her time at WHO, she was involved with mapping the advancing epidemics of stroke and other chronic diseases, and the major risk factors which predict them. Her current interests are supporting the development of national prevention and surveillance activities in low and middle income countries, in an effort to prevent chronic diseases and reduce their impact on families, communities, and health systems. She is part of the International Advisory Board for Global Health Action (online). She is now co-director of International Pubic Health Consultants, based in Auckland, New Zealand. With Robert Beaglehole, she was jointly awarded the ONZM by the Government of New Zealand for their contribution to public health.

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