Public Health: An action guide to improving health 2nd Revised edition 9780199238934
Product Edition:2nd Revised edition
Author: Walley, Sir John Wright, John
Book Name: Public Health: An action guide to improving health
Subject Name: Science

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Many of the health problems in the developing world can be tackled or prevented through public health measures such as essential health care improved living conditions water sanitation nutrition immunization and the adoption of healthy lifestyles. Public Health is an action guide to improving public/community health with a particular focus on low-middle income countries. It explains public health approaches to developing effective health services and preventive programmes.This Second Edition contains real examples illustrations and case histories to bring an important subject to life for the reader. The book covers the essential clinical services and preventive programmes including those for TB HIV/AIDS malaria diarrhoeal diseases and the integrated management of childhood and adult illnesses. Practical methods are given for assessing health needs and working with communities to develop health services and the development of hospital health centre and community health services particularly mother neonatal and child health services are explained. Additionally gender social and economic influences on communities' health are explored.The clear language that is used throughout the book to describe the key public health skills (such as epidemiology managing medicines communicable and non communicable disease control health financing and implementing health services and programmes) will be accessible and highly valuable to doctors community nurses and other health professionals whether in training or in practice as health officers and mangers of health services and programmes.Read more

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