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Since the 1990s many scholars in public health have been using the term population health. [16]: 3 There are no medical specialties directly related to population health. [15]: 4 Valles argues that consideration of health equity is a fundamental part of population health. Scholars such as Coggon and Pielke express concerns about bringing ...
The Sociology of Health and Illness. Polity. ISBN 0-7456-2828-1. Conrad, Peter (2008). The Sociology of Health and Illness. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4292-0558-0. Porter, Dorothy (1999). Health, Civilization, and the State A History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern Times. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-12244-3.
Perspectives in Public Health is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the field of public health. It is practice oriented and is published on behalf of the Royal Society for Public Health by SAGE Publications .
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to public health: . Public health has been defined as "the science and art of preventing disease", prolonging life and improving quality of life through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations (public and private), communities and individuals.
Public health law examines the authority of the government at various jurisdictional levels to improve public health, the health of the general population within societal limits and norms. [1] Public health law focuses on the duties of the government to achieve these goals, limits on that power, and the population perspective.
Ecosocial theory, first proposed by name in 1994 by Nancy Krieger of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, [1] is a broad and complex theory with the purpose of describing and explaining causal relationships in disease distribution.
Behavior change, in context of public health, refers to efforts put in place to change people's personal habits and attitudes, to prevent disease. [1] Behavior change in public health can take place at several levels and is known as social and behavior change (SBC). [2]
Doctors, anthropologists, and medical anthropologists used these terms to describe the resources, other than the help of health professionals, which European or Latin American peasants used to resolve any health problems. The term was also used to describe the health practices of aborigines in different parts of the world, with particular ...