Public Health Practice in Australia: The Organised Effort

Table of contents

• Public Health Practice in Australia - The Organised Effort i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• List of Tables and Figures vii
• Abbreviations and Acronyms xi
• Introduction xv
• Part 1 - Background: the Basics 1
• 1: What is Public Health? Definitions and Applications 3
• 2: The Historical Development of Public Health: Landmarks in the Field 21
• 3: Health in Australia Today: Health Status, Health Care System and the Place of Public Health 37
• Part 2 - Conceptual and Analytical Toolkit: Key Concepts and Frameworks 59
• 4: Distribution of Health and Its Determinants: Changing Concepts and Models 61
• 5: Explaining Differences and Determinants: Environment, Society and Behaviour 80
• 6: Public Health Interventions: from Quarantine to the Rise of 'Evidence-Based Practice' 100
• 7: Health Systems and Policy: Making Sense of the Complex Mosaic 127
• Part 3 - Public Health Infrastructure: Building Blocks and the System of Delivery 153
• 8: Who Delivers Public Health? Contemporary Policies and Players 155
• 9: Legislative Authority for Public Health Action: How Governments and Societal Expectations Intersect 185
• 10: Public Health Intelligence: Information and the Research Base for Action 204
• 11: Human and Financial Resources: Essential Foundations for Action 227
• Part 4 - Public Health Action: Key Interventions from Past to Present 251
• 12: Surveillance and Disease Control: from Data to Intervention 253
• 13: Health Protection: from the Physical Environment to Ecological Health 272
• 14: Preventive Services: Linking Public Health and Personal Health Care 295
• 15: Health Promotion: from Lifestyles to Societal Determinants of Health 322
• 16: Health Maintenance and Improvement for Vulnerable Populations: from Needs to Rights 344
• Part 5 - Public Health Challenges: Emerging Issues and Responses 363
• 17: Public Health Governance: Politics of Participation, Decision-Making and Accountability 365
• 18: Futures of Public Health: Where to Now for the Organised Effort? 387
• 19: A Final Note on Ethical Practice 408
• Appendices 413
• Appendix A - Australian Core Public Health Functions 415
• Appendix B - Millennium Development Goals 419
• Appendix C - Approaches and Theories for Health Promotion 421
• Appendix D - Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986 (Extract) 424
• Appendix E - Evidence-Based Public Health: Recommendations from Taskforce on Community Preventive Services 426
• Appendix F - Examples of Public Health Laws in Australia 429
• Appendix G - Examples of New Diseases Identified in Humans Since 1975 431
• Appendix H - Core Environmental Health Services Provided by Departments of Health and Environment Protection Agencies 437
• Appendix I - Common Food- or Water-Borne Pathogens 440
• Appendix J - Environmental Indicators 442
• Appendix K - Top 15 Priority Review Topics 445
• Useful Resources 447
• Bibliography 451
• Index 484

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