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Key topics in public health : essential briefings on prevention and health promotion / edited by Linda Ewles ; foreword by David J. Hunter.

Contributor(s):

Ewles, Linda [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005Description: xviii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0443100268
9780443100260

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

613 22

LOC classification:

RA427.8 .K49 2005

Contents:

1. Cancer / Selena Gray -- 2. Coronary heart disease and stroke / Klim McPherson -- 3. Diabetes / Christine Hine -- 4. Smoking / Doreen McIntyre -- 5. Obesity / Dympna Pearson -- 6. Physical activity / Chris Riddoch -- 7. Injury prevention / Gail Errington and Elizabeth Towner -- 8. Teenage pregnancy / Catherine Dennison and Alison Hadley -- 9. Sexually transmitted infections / Susan Laverty and R. Nichalas Pugh -- 10. Alcohol use and misuse / Richard Velleman and Lorna Templeton -- 11. Drug use and misuse / Richard Velleman and Lorna Templeton -- 12. Mental health and mental health promotion / Linda Seymour and Elizabeth Gale -- 13. Tackling inequalities in health / David Evans -- 14. Helping individuals to change behaviour / Pip Mason.

Review: "This book provides a 'starting at square one' essential briefing on the 'must do' key public health topics: those which are at the forefront of national and local policy. The book provides a sound platform from which to launch off into further reading of evidence briefings, policy documents and other resources."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book provides a 'starting at square one' essential briefing on the 'must do' key public health topics: those which are at the forefront of national and local policy. The book provides a sound platform from which to launch off into further reading of evidence briefings, policy documents and other resources."--BOOK JACKET.

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