List of tables and figures
Abbreviations and acronyms
About the authors
Introduction
PART I BACKGROUND: THE BASICS
1 What is public health? Definitions and applications
2 The historical development of public health: Landmarks in the
field
3 Health in Australia today: Health status, the health-care system
and the place of public health
PART II CONCEPTUAL AND ANALYTICAL TOOLKIT: KEY CONCEPTS AND
FRAMEWORKS
4 Distribution of health and its determinants: Changing concepts
and models
5 Explaining differences and determinants: Environment, society and
behaviour
6 Public health interventions: From quarantine to the rise of
'evidence-based practice'
7 Health systems and policy: Making sense of the complex mosaic
PART III PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING BLOCKS AND THE
SYSTEM OF DELIVERY
8 Who delivers public health? Contemporary policies and players
9 Legislative authority for public health action: How governments
and societal expectations intersect
10 Public health intelligence: Information and the research base
for action
11 Human and financial resources: Essential foundations for
action
PART IV PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION: KEY INTERVENTIONS FROM PAST TO
PRESENT
12 Surveillance and disease control: From data to intervention
13 Health protection: From the physical environment to ecological
health
14 Preventive services: Linking public health and personal health
care
15 Health promotion: From lifestyles to societal determinants of
health
16 Health maintenance and improvement for vulnerable populations:
From needs to rights
PART V PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES: EMERGING ISSUES AND RESPONSES
17 Public health governance: Politics of participation,
decision-making and accountability
18 Futures of public health: Where to now for the organised
effort?
19 A final note on ethical practice
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Australian core public health functions
Appendix B: Millennium Development Goals
Appendix C: Commonwealth Department of Health structure,
1921-2012
Appendix D: Commonwealth population health divisions, 1961-2012
Appendix E: Approaches and theories for health promotion
Appendix F: Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 1986 (extract)
Appendix G: Evidence-based public health: Recommendations form
Taskforce on Community Preventive Services
Appendix H: Examples of public health laws in Australia
Appendix I: Examples of new diseases identified in humans since
1975
Appendix J: Core environmental health services provided by Health
Departments and environment protection agencies
Appendix K: Vaccine start dates in Australia
Appendix L: Common food- or water-borne pathogens
Useful resources
Sources for definitions
Bibliography
Index
VIVIAN LIN is Professor of Public Health at La Trobe University,
Vice President for Scientific Affairs for the International Union
for Health Promotion and Education and Senior Editor for Health
Policy for Social Science and Medicine. She has held senior
positions in a range of health authorities and non-government
organisations across Australia, and is the co-author of Health
Planning (2001) and co-editor of Evidence-based Health Policy
(2003).
JAMES SMITH is an independent public health planning consultant and
public health policy adviser to local government and its peak
bodies. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of
Public Health and Human Biosciences at La Trobe University and in
the School of the Environment at Flinders University. He is a past
President of Environmental Health Australia and former
Editor-in-Chief of the journal Environmental Health.
SALLY FAWKES is Senior Lecturer in Health Promotion and Leadership
at La Trobe University where she teaches post-graduate subjects in
public health policy, health promotion, and law and management in
health. She has extensive national and international experience in
health promotion policy development and practice. She serves on the
boards of Women's Health Victoria and the International Network of
Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services.
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