Figure 10.1 Natural history of disease and levels of prevention (adapted from Gertsman, 2013, Figure 2.1, p. 37) Traditionally, epidemiology was mainly concerned with epidemics of communicable disease. Nowadays contemporary epidemiology…
Figure 17.1 Framework for analysis of the social determinants of migrant health (adapted from Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, 2007) Contemporary migration flows Contemporary migration includes permanent, temporary,…
Figure 6.1 A conceptual framework for determinants of health (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014) Behavioural determinants include a range of behaviours that may directly cause disease, such as…
Figure 8.1 Summary content of the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wording derived from summaries given in OHCHR. A simplified version of the UDHR is available at…
Figure 18.1 Concepts underpinning social change (adapted from Papa et al., 2006) These scholars further propose that communities or groups where the balance of the tension is situated within or…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 14 Healthy ageing Briony Dow, Elizabeth Cyarto and Frances Batchelor Learning objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to: define healthy ageing and describe…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 12 Health of children: the right to thrive Lisa Gibbs, Elise Davis and Simon Crouch Learning objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to:…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 13 Promoting adolescent wellbeing: health concerns, help-seeking and models of public health Jessica Heerde and Sheryl Hemphill Learning objectives After studying this chapter, you should be…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 9 Qualitative research methodology and evidence-based practice in public health Pranee Liamputtong Learning objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to: know what qualitative…
Figure 7.1 Nuffield Ladder of Intervention (Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 2014–15) Evidence for policy The notion of evidence-based policy is widely accepted, but what counts as evidence for policy? First,…
