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Sim, Fiona and McKee, Martin. Issues in Public Health, Second Edition. UK: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011.

Issues in Public Health, Second Edition

Authors: Fiona Sim and Martin McKee

Published:  2011

ISBN: 9780335244232 033524422X
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  • Front cover
  • Half title
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Overview of the book
  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • SECTION 1: Foundation of modern public health
  • 1. The emergence of public health and the centrality of values
  • 2. Data on populations and mortality
  • 3. Understanding the burden of disease: using the available data
  • 4. Inequalities in health
  • 5. The impact of health care on population health
  • 6. Assessing the impact on population health of policies in other sectors
  • SECTION 2: Major determinants of health
  • 7. The changing nature of infectious disease
  • 8. Tobacco: still a global public health priority
  • 9. Recognizing contemporary determinants of public health: human rights, armed conflict and genetics
  • 10. Food, trade and health
  • 11. Drains, dustbins and diseases
  • 12. Sustainable development and climate change – the ‘new’ determinants of health
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Adverts
  • Back cover