PHA-Exch> New edition of The New Public Health from Oxford University Press

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: "Oxford University Press"


The New Public Health, Third Edition
*Australia's most authoritative and comprehensive guide to the new public
health
*

Now in its third edition,* The New Public Health *is fully revised to
reflect current changes in the theory and practice of the new public health
within a global context.  It provides a clear vision of what a healthy,
equitable and sustainable global society would look like and what changes
need to be implemented to achieve this vision.

*Fran Baum *is Professor and Head of the Department of Public Health,
Flinders University; Commissioner for the WHO Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health; and was recently inducted as a Fellow of the AHPA in
recognition of her significant contribution to health promotion in
Australia.

*What's new in the third edition?*

   - Revised chapter structure that reflects recent changes in the theory
   and practice of the new public health and allows for a clear progression of
   the arguments
   - Coverage of climate change, growing inequity in public health and
   the rapid process of economic globalisation
   - Boxes throughout the text contain current case examples,
   highlighting health promotion and global health inequity
   - Extensive coverage of recent developments in thinking about the
   social determinants of health
   - Coverage of the role of medicine and behavioural change in the
   delivery of public health
   - Online Resource Centre (online January 2008), featuring photographs
   and figures from the book, and web links for students
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Attached is a sample chapter, "Sustainable Infrastructures for Health and
Well-being", from the new edition, which will be available in January 2008.

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