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Measuring Health and Wellbeing
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Edited by Harvey, John
Edited by Taylor, Vicki
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This book helps students to develop the fundamental skill of public health practitioners which is to measure health (and wellbeing) and ill-health, alongside the social determinants of health. Three main areas are covered: understanding and application of epidemiological concepts...; interpretation of data and presentation of information; and understanding of the sources of information and the role of the various agencies who contribute to the whole. Case studies help identify how epidemiology and social science skills can be applied to real issues and the book will equip public health practitioners to use data confidently in their day-to-day practice.
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Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
19+ years |
| Reading Age |
19+ years |
| Library of Congress |
Health Status Indicators, Public Health - methods, Quality of life - Research - Methodology, Health status indicators - Evaluation, Public health - Methodogy |
| NBS Text |
Medicine: Textbooks & Study Guides |
| ONIX Text |
College/higher education |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
The value of this book is twofold in the context of a newly defined Framework. First, it brings to life these competencies in a very practical way with theoretical descriptions, case studies, guided activities designed to apply what the reader has learnt and a couple of references to more in-depth material. Second, it is context specific and designed for evidence development for Public Health at a local level in the UK. -- Christine Stone 20140218 |
| UK Review |
Bertrams Star Rating: 2 stars (out of 5) |
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Author's Bio
John H. Harvey is Professor of Psychology at the University of Iowa. Formerly, he taught at Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and Texas Tech Universities and was Educational Affairs Officer at the American Psychological Association (APA) from 1981 to 1982. He is a social psychologist specializing in the study of close relationships, attribution and account making, and loss and trauma phenomena. He is a Fellow of Division 8 of the APA and was a Fulbright Research Fellow studying loss in Romania in the spring of 1998. He has authored and/or edited over 20 books and has published 130 articles and chapters. He was editor of Contemporary Psychology from 1992 to 1998 and was founding editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and the Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss. With Sage, he published the book Perspectives on Loss and Trauma: Assaults on the Self in 2002. Vicki has worked in the NHS since 1985 in a number of public health roles and is now a freelance consultant. She currently is project manager for the Public Health Practitioner Training Scheme based at NHS Education South Central. She has over 20 years experience in health promotion and public health and has taught on a number of Master's programmes in public health and health promotion (including London Southbank University, Kings College). In addition Vicki has been an Associate Lecturer with the Open University Business School since 1994, teaching on a range of Management and Leadership courses including the MBA Programme.
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