This excellent book could not be more timely‎.‎ It must now be apparent to almost everyone that we cannot go on as we have done in the past ‎.‎The authors set out a vision of a future in which we have rebalanced our relationship with the world around us‎.‎ They give us a sense of purpose and reason for hope that‎,‎ together‎,‎ we might be able to attain it‎.‎ Professor martin mckee cbe‎,‎ London school of hygiene and tropical medicine‎,‎ uk this book grounds the new approach to public health in systems thinking‎,‎ challenges mantras of modernity and prioritizes sustainability and wellbeing‎.‎ Read it and take the third public health revolution the next step forward‎.‎ Professor ilona kickbusch‎,‎ director global health programme‎,‎ the graduate institute‎,‎ geneva‎,‎ Switzerland with the emerging evidence from the human genome project that genes play little part in the genesis of most illness‎,‎ this is a particularly timely book it shows the central part that public health interventions must play in creating a healthy population‎.‎ Oliver James‎,‎ broadcaster‎,‎ journalist‎,‎ clinical psychologist and bestselling book author obesity‎,‎ depression‎,‎ addiction‎,‎ loss of wellbeing these are issues which sap the resources and spirit of modern practitioners‎.‎ Public health is being challenged by the existence of an ingenuity gap the gap between an interacting kaleidoscope of problems and our capacity to respond effectively‎.‎ This innovative text bridges the gap between current public health values and skills and those required to tackle future challenges‎.‎ The authors introduce the key models and theories of public health‎,‎ as well as the factors that have shaped its history and development‎.‎

• Category Type‎:‎ General
• Author‎:‎ Phil Hanlon‎,‎ Sandra Carlisle‎,‎ Andrew Lyon and Margaret Hannah
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780335243556
• Binding‎:‎ Paperback
• Book Language‎:‎ English
• Publisher‎:‎ Open University Press
• Number of Pages‎:‎ 208
• Dimensions ‎(‎HxWxD‎)‎‎:‎ 23.37 x 15.49 x 1.5 cm
• Series‎:‎ UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare
• Publication Year‎:‎ 2012
• Product Weight‎:‎ 0.37 kg
• Book Origin‎:‎ United Kingdom