TY - BOOK AU - Scutchfield F.(ed.)|Keck, C.(ed.) TI - Principles of public health practice SN - 978-0-7668-2843-8 AV - WA 100 .S38 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Australia PB - Thomson Delmar Learning KW - Public Health|Health Promotion|Health prevention|Environmental Health N1 - Presents the current public health environment by introducing the basic concepts and development of public health practice, determinants of health status, and legal aspects on which public health practice is based. Addresses the contributions made to public health at the federal, state, and local levels and discusses the available tools to effectively manage a health department and its performance measurement and management. Public health also involves health promotion and disease prevention effectiveness that examines the use of analytical tools for use in public health and the evolving health system and also suggests a vision of the ideal health department of the future ER -