Designed for a one-semester introductory public health subject, Introduction to Public Health 2E provides an overview of the field of public health and its key concepts such as the history of public health, health determinants, epidemiology, planning and evaluation, evidence-based practice, indigenous health, epidemics and health promotion. The second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect current health policy and the changing Australian health environment. Each chapter is designed with the student in mind and includes chapter learning objectives, review questions, chapter summaries, reflection activities, case studies boxes and major public health highlights.

Table of Contents

Introduction Section 1: History and Definitions of Public Health Introduction 1. Defining health and public health 2. History and development of public health 3. Contemporary public health policy Section 2: Risk and Determinants of Health Introduction 4. Epidemiology 5. Biological and environmental determinants 6. Social and emotional determinants Section 3: Ethics, Evidence and Practice Introduction 7. Ethics and public health 8. Evidence-based practice 9. Planning and evaluation Section 4: Public health interventions Introduction 10. Disease control and management 11. Environmental Health 12. Emergency Planning and Response 13. Health promotion Section 5: Contemporary issues Introduction 14. Health and globalisation 15. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 16. The future for public health Reflection: Public Health Achievements and Challenges in the 21st Century Glossary

About the Author

Professor Mary Louise Fleming is Head of the School of Public Health at the Queensland University of Technology. She has over 20 years' experience in teaching and research in higher education as well as public health and health promotion. Her research experience is in action research; process, impact and outcome evaluation in health promotion; and public health interventions. Mary Louise has worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization and Commonwealth and state health departments and has sat on National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) public health project grant review panels. She has been widely published in the area of health promotion. Elizabeth Parker is an Adjunct Associate Professor, and formerly Director of Academic Programs, in the School of Public Health at the Queensland University of Technology. She has teaching and research experience in public health and health promotion, and was a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee for the Health Promotion Journal of Australia. She worked as a senior manager in the Toronto Department of Public Health, and has acted as a consultant on projects for the Australian Government and Queensland Health.