Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice

Oxford Medical Handbooks

by David Pencheon (Editor), David Melzer (Editor), Muir Gray (Editor)

This is a practical public health book - written by public health practitioners for public health practitioners. It introduces learning practitioners to the early phases of approaching a public health issue, details why an issue is important and exactly how it can be analysed and addressed. It deals not only with the technical issues, but crucially with how those technical issues can be implemented in order to improve the health of the population directly, or via one of many important causal pathways (quality of health care design and delivery). It is written by experienced, internationally known practitioners of public health.

Genres: Medicine

728 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2006

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Faff on a cycle. This is a textbook that needs a textbook-sized outlet and some more engaging writers who don't misspell 'bahaviour'. So much corporate manager-speak, ugh. Everything valuable in here belongs to something else, like epidemiology.

[Luis Garrido · Rating 3 out of 5]

half the book is irrelevant

[James Redmore · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very comprehensive yet concise text of the major public health areas that both Master of Public Health students or Public Health Trainees would require. Includes references which go into greater depth in all areas. Highly recommend as an adjunct to more comprehensive textbooks on public health (general), health protection, health economics, medical statistics and qualitative research methods.

[Kei · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book a long time ago when I was still in medical school in 2005-2010 (so most likely its older version). Definitely a must-read textbook for medical students, junior physicians, or medical doctors.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential reading for any public health practitioner (our very own religious text, essentially).

[Monique Moermond · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of information, but because of the very small letters in my version, it was not easy to read.