''The growth of public health courses aimed at undergraduates has created a new need for textbooks that are appropriate and stimulating. Miranda Thurston has succeeded in producing something which strikes the right note. It is wide ranging in scope without being superficial and is accessible to the young learner. It is a sort of ''Wiki''. Just what the aspiring public health practitioner ordered.'' - Professor John R. Ashton C.B.E., President of the UK Faculty of Public Health.
Key Themes in Public Health comprises a series of introductory essays exploring key themes and concepts in public health.
Ranging from political and economic concern with improving population health and reducing health inequalities, to debates about how to protect populations from new health threats, as well as a concern with individual responsibility for lifestyles and behaviour, the themes discussed include: determinants of health, globalisation, evidence, cli
