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Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice

Publication Year:
2020
Edition:
4th
Author:
Kawachi, Ichiro; Lang, Iain; Ricciardi, Walter
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN:
978-0-19-880012-5
Doody Core Title Score:
  • 2.67 (Public Health) Doodys Essential Title
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Fully revised and updated for the fourth edition, the award-winning Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for practitioners in the field.

Structured into practical sections addressed towards professional competencies and translating evidence into policy, this Handbook provides concise summaries and covers real issues from across the globe, providing a world of experience at your fingertips.

Easy-to-use, concise, and practical, this Handbook is divided into seven parts that focus on the vital areas of this broad discipline. Reflecting recent advances, the most promising developments in the practice of public health are presented, along with essential summaries of the core disciplines. Specific sections are devoted to the development of professional competencies including negotiation, communicating risk to the public, community action, and translating evidence into policy.

Written by an international team of experts, and considering both social and scientific advances since the previous edition, this Handbook will assist students, trainees and practitioners around the world with its enriched information on the management of disasters, epidemics, health behavior, acute and chronic disease prevention, community and government action, environmental heath, vulnerable populations, and more.
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Kawachi, Ichiro; Lang, Iain; Ricciardi, Walter
ISBN:
978-0-19-880012-5
Specialty:
  • Health Administration
Language:
English
Edition:
4th
Pages:
688
Publication Year:
2020
Doody Core Title Score:
  • 2.67 (Public Health) Doodys Essential Title

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