A-Z of Public Health

Glenn Laverack is seen as a leader in health promotion and empowerment and has a distinguished career in public health for more than 25 years working in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the Pacific regions. He formerly worked as the TDR Coordinator (Empowerment) at the WHO in Geneva and as a senior research fellow at the Southgate Institute, Flinders University, Australia. Dr Laverack is currently an honorary professor at the University of Southern Denmark and has a wide range of publications including books in English, Portugese, Russian and German. His Ph.D. investigated the accommodation of community empowerment within top-down public health programming in the South Pacific. He has a significant range of professional experience in cross-cultural settings that facilitates a broad insight at both a theoretical and practice level.

This book covers 75 main entries and many other definitions, terms and theories. Each main entry provides the reader with a precise definition, a theoretical interpretation and, if appropriate, examples of the practical application. At the end of each entry is a listing of three key texts to provide further sources of information … This book takes a new and refreshing approach to the theory and practice of public health. Its pocket-size format makes it a handy sourcebook.

• 1. activism2. Addiction3. adulthood and later life4. Advocacy5. asset-based community development6. Autonomy7. baby friendly8. behaviour change9. capacity building10. child protection11. climate change12. communicable disease13. Community14. counter tactics15. critical education16. Definition17. Disability18. Empowerment19. environmental health20. Epidemiology21. evidence based22. fear-based campaigns23. female genital cutting24. food poverty25. gender mainstreaming26. Globalization27. Health28. health economics29. health impact assessment30. health in all policies31. health information systems32. health networks33. health policy34. health promotion35. human resources for health36. Hygiene37. indigenous peoples38. inequalities agenda39. Injury40. Journalism41. knowledge, attitude and practice42. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender43. Lifestyle44. Malnutrition45. maternal, newborn and child health46. men's health47. mental health48. needs assessment49. non-communicable disease50. overweight and obesity51. Participation52. participatory rural appraisal53. peer education54. policy change55. population growth56. Power57. prevention paradox58. Prostitution59. Reformers60. risk communication61. risk factors62. Schools63. sexual health64. social determinants of health65. social entrepreneurship66. social movements67. theory of change68. tobacco control69. upstream and downstream70. Violence71. Volunteerism72. women's health73. workplace health74. Youth75. zero-sum.