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020 _a978-0-7668-2843-8
050 _aWA 100 .S38 2003
100 _aScutchfield F.(ed.)|Keck, C.(ed.)
245 0 _aPrinciples of public health practice
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aAustralia
_bThomson Delmar Learning
_c2003
300 _axviii, 556p.
500 _aPresents 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.
650 _aPublic Health|Health Promotion|Health prevention|Environmental Health
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