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Fundamentals for public health practice / edited by Amanda Holland, [and 3 others].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2023Description: xvi, 376 pages : illusrtrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781526496256
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: ebook version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 362.10941 F962 23
LOC classification:
  • RA425 .F87 2023
NLM classification:
  • WA 11
Contents:
Introduction: overview of global health policy and health policy across the four UK nations -- The COVID-19 pandemic - lessons learnt and future practice -- Section 1: Health promotion and prevention -- Health promotion -- Health literacy -- Section 2: Early intervention -- Health child development -- The influence of early relationships on child development and long-term health and wellbeing -- Perinatal mental health -- Section 3: Inequalities in public health -- Inequalities in health -- The obesity epidemic -- Public health and the older person -- Substance use and public health -- Mental health -- Oral health -- Sexual health is public health -- Section 4: Safeguarding -- Safeguarding adults, 21st-century issues -- Safeguarding children and young people --- Domestic abuse -- Honour-based violence - a public health issue: protection, promotion and provision of services -- Section 5: Culture, equality and diversity -- Homelessness -- Gypsies and travellers -- Culture competence in care: working with black, Asian, minority ethnic and faith families -- Public health and the LGBTQ+ community.
Summary: "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." -- Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: overview of global health policy and health policy across the four UK nations -- The COVID-19 pandemic - lessons learnt and future practice -- Section 1: Health promotion and prevention -- Health promotion -- Health literacy -- Section 2: Early intervention -- Health child development -- The influence of early relationships on child development and long-term health and wellbeing -- Perinatal mental health -- Section 3: Inequalities in public health -- Inequalities in health -- The obesity epidemic -- Public health and the older person -- Substance use and public health -- Mental health -- Oral health -- Sexual health is public health -- Section 4: Safeguarding -- Safeguarding adults, 21st-century issues -- Safeguarding children and young people --- Domestic abuse -- Honour-based violence - a public health issue: protection, promotion and provision of services -- Section 5: Culture, equality and diversity -- Homelessness -- Gypsies and travellers -- Culture competence in care: working with black, Asian, minority ethnic and faith families -- Public health and the LGBTQ+ community.

"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." -- Provided by publisher

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