Introduction to Public Health

Introduction

Section 1: History and Definitions of Public Health

Introduction

1. Defining health and public health

2. History and development of public health

3. Contemporary public health policy

Section 2: Risk and Determinants of Health

Introduction

4. Epidemiology

5. Biological and environmental determinants

6. Social and emotional determinants

Section 3: Ethics, Evidence and Practice

Introduction

7. Ethics and public health  

8. Evidence-based practice

9. Planning and evaluation

Section 4: Public health interventions

Introduction

10. Disease control and management

11. Environmental Health

12. Emergency Planning and Response

13. Health promotion

Section 5: Contemporary issues

Introduction

14. Health and globalisation

15. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

16. The future for public health

Reflection: Public Health Achievements and Challenges in the 21st Century

Glossary