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Public Health Practice in Australia: The organised effort

It highlights common threads that underlie seemingly disparate activities, ideas and entities that comprise the ‘organised effort' of public health practice. The emphasis is on securing and maintaining the conditions in society that enable people to live healthy and fulfilling lives.

The authors examine the impact of social, economic, environmental and political factors on the health of individuals, communities and populations. Taking an applied, multidisciplinary approach, they outline the strategies and tools that public health practitioners use to improve health outcomes:

identifying infrastructure needs in the workforce, public and private sector organisations, and in regulation gathering, analysing and using health data

applying interventions in health policy, provision of health services and health promotion

Public Health Practice in Australia draws on current international and Australian research and it is extensively illustrated with case studies and data. It not only examines the past and present but considers our common future by looking at the tools we have to understand long-term trends, alternative scenarios and dynamics shaping futures. It is a valuable resource for students and professionals across the health sciences including public health, medicine, environmental health, health promotion, health information management and health administration.

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