Oxford handbook of public health practice Charles Guest

Previous edition: 2006

Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-610) and index

Part 1. Assessment. 1.1 Scoping public health problems ; 1.2 Priorities and ethics in health care ; 1.3 Assessing health status ; 1.4 Assessing health needs ; 1.5 Assessing health impacts ; 1.6 Economic assessment -- Part 2. Data and information. 2.1 Understanding data, information, and knowledge ; 2.2 Information technology and informatics ; 2.3 Qualitative methods ; 2.4 Epidemiological approach and design ; 2.5 Statistical understanding ; 2.6 Inference, causality, and interpretation ; 2.7 Finding and appraising evidence ; 2.8 Surveillance ; 2.9 Investigating clusters ; 2.10 Health trends: registers

Part 3. Direct action. 3.1 Communicable disease epidemics ; 3.2 Environmental health risks ; 3.3 Protecting and promoting health in the workplace ; 3.4 Engaging communities in participatory research and action ; 3.5 Emergency response ; 3.6 Assuring screening programmes ; 3.7 Genetics ; 3.8 Health communication ; 3.9 Public health practice in primary care -- Part 4. Policy arenas. 4.1 Developing healthy public policy ; 4.2 Translating evidence to policy ; 4.3 Translating policy into indicators and targets ; 4.4 Translating goals, indicators, and targets into public health action ; 4.5 Media advocacy for policy influence ; 4.6 Influencing international policy ; 4.7 Public health in poorer countries ; 4.8 Regulation

Part 5. Health care systems. 5.1 Planning health services ; 5.2 Funding and delivering health care ; 5.3 Commissioning health care ; 5.4 Controlling expenditures ; 5.5 Using guidance and frameworks ; 5.6 Health care process and patient experience ; 5.7 Evaluating health care technologies ; 5.8 Improving equity ; 5.9 Improving quality ; 5.10 Evaluating health care systems -- Part 6. Personal effectiveness. 6.1 Developing leadership skills ; 6.2 Effective meetings ; 6.3 Effective writing ; 6.4 Working with the media ; 6.5 Communicating risk ; 6.6 Consultancy in a national strategy ; 6.7 Improving your professional practice ; 6.8 Activism ; 6.9 Innovation -- Part 7. Organizations. 7.1 Governance and accountability ; 7.2 Programme planning and project management ; 7.3 Business planning ; 7.4 Partnerships ; 7.5 Knowledge transfer ; 7.6 Health, sustainability, and climate change ; 7.7 Workforce ; 7.8 Effective public health action -- Endmatters: A chronology of public health practice ; Public health organizations, websites, and other resources ; Abbreviations and glossary ; Bibliography ; Index

Fully revised and updated for the third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for all those working in this broad field. Structured to assist with practical tasks, translating evidence into policy, and providing concise summaries and real-world issues from across the globe, this literally provides a world of experience at your fingertips. Easy-to-use, concise and practical, it is structured into seven parts that focus on the vital areas of assessment, data and information, direct action, policy, health-care systems, personal effectiveness and organisati