REVIEW OF “OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF PUBLIC HEALTH”

Autores

  • Claudia Arab Medicina (Cardiologia), Universidade Federal de São Paulo.
  • Thaiany Pedrozo Campos Antunes Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica, Departamento de Saúde da Coletividade, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC.
  • Renata Thais de Almeida Barbosa Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica, Departamento de Saúde da Coletividade, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC.
  • Tânia Brusque Crocetta Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica, Departamento de Saúde da Coletividade, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC.
  • Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra Laboratório de Delineamento de Estudos e Escrita Científica, Departamento de Saúde da Coletividade, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC.
  • Celso Ferreira Medicina (Cardiologia), Universidade Federal de São Paulo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7322/jhgd.88978

Resumo

The fifth edition of the “ Oxford textbook of public health” , edited by Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang and Martin Gulliford, consists of 12 sections grouped into three volumes: scope, methods, and practices of public health. This edition deals with the development and application of science of disease prevention, increased longevity and health promotion by community action, to promote the physical, psychological and mental well-being of subjects, involving technology, social sciences, and politics. Each chapter describes public health problems, how to avoid them by early identification, suggestions, presentation of strategies for solving these problems, and evaluations of actions’ effectiveness. The entire book addresses public health in developed, emerging, and developing countries. Volume I presents the history of public health, determinants of health and disease, policies, laws and their ethics. In the first section, public health actions are described in different countries.

Referências

Detels R, Beaglehole R, Lansang MA, Gulliford M (Eds). Oxford Textbook of Public Health. 5th ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2011. 1769 p.

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2014-12-17

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v. 24 n. 3 (2014)

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