Public health and preventive medicine

By 2030, the world will be short of approximately 15 million health workers - a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare systems going.

Written by a team of medical experts, this market-leading dictionary offers clear and authoritative definitions for all aspects of medical science.

Healthcare public health is concerned with the application of population sciences to the design, organisation, and delivery of healthcare services, with the ultimate aim of improving population health.

Healthcare public health is concerned with the application of population sciences to the design, organisation, and delivery of healthcare services, with the ultimate aim of improving population health.

Why do some countries and populations suffer from poverty and ill health, whilst others are more prosperous and healthy?

Why do some countries and populations suffer from poverty and ill health, whilst others are more prosperous and healthy?

In people with South Asian ancestry, the cardiovascular diseases of stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is pandemic.

In people with South Asian ancestry, the cardiovascular diseases of stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is pandemic.

The world we live in is hugely unequal.

The world we live in is hugely unequal.

From childhood to millennials and beyond, it is essential we take a life-course approach to occupation and work when in pain.

From childhood to millennials and beyond, it is essential we take a life-course approach to occupation and work when in pain.

Commercial gambling is a recent historical phenomenon.

Evidence indicates a correlation between early intervention and improved response in psychiatric disorders.

Evidence indicates a correlation between early intervention and improved response in psychiatric disorders.

Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world.

Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world.

Commercial gambling is a recent historical phenomenon.

In a world beset by serious and unconscionable health disparities, by dangerous contagions that can circle our globalized planet in hours, and by a bewildering confusion of health actors and systems, humankind needs a new vision, a new architecture, new coordination among renewed systems to ensure central health capabilities for all.

In a world beset by serious and unconscionable health disparities, by dangerous contagions that can circle our globalized planet in hours, and by a bewildering confusion of health actors and systems, humankind needs a new vision, a new architecture, new coordination among renewed systems to ensure central health capabilities for all.

The literature on management and organization studies suggests the time is right for a focus on 'care and compassion'.

The literature on management and organization studies suggests the time is right for a focus on 'care and compassion'.

To successfully conduct an epidemiological study, academic subject knowledge must be combined with careful consideration of the practical elements involved.

To successfully conduct an epidemiological study, academic subject knowledge must be combined with careful consideration of the practical elements involved.

At the moment, over 65 million people are forcibly displaced from their homes.

At the moment, over 65 million people are forcibly displaced from their homes.

Clinicians and scientists are increasingly recognising the importance of an evolutionary perspective in studying the aetiology, prevention, and treatment of human disease; the growing prominence of genetics in medicine is further adding to the interest in evolutionary medicine.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a respiratory disease caused primarily by infection with the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.

What is it like to live with an illness?

What is it like to live with an illness?

The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology.

As a backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (2016-2030), the United Nations pointed out that more than 6 million children still died before the age of five by 2015.

As a backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (2016-2030), the United Nations pointed out that more than 6 million children still died before the age of five by 2015.

The 'bible' of occupational health, Fitness for Work is the most in-depth and comprehensive resource available on the relationship between ill health and employment.

The 'bible' of occupational health, Fitness for Work is the most in-depth and comprehensive resource available on the relationship between ill health and employment.

Screening programmes involve the systematic offer of testing for populations or groups of apparently healthy people to identify individuals who may be at future risk of a particular medical condition or disease, with the aim of offering intervention to reduce their risk.

Screening programmes involve the systematic offer of testing for populations or groups of apparently healthy people to identify individuals who may be at future risk of a particular medical condition or disease, with the aim of offering intervention to reduce their risk.

Over the past fifty years we have seen an enormous demographic shift in the number of people migrating to urban areas, proliferated by factors such as industrialisation and globalisation.

Over the past fifty years we have seen an enormous demographic shift in the number of people migrating to urban areas, proliferated by factors such as industrialisation and globalisation.

As many medical and healthcare researchers have a love-hate relationship with statistics, the second edition of this practical reference book may make all the difference.

Researchers measure the effectiveness of new interventions using randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Researchers measure the effectiveness of new interventions using randomized controlled trials (RCTs).

Now in its Fourth Edition, An Introduction to Medical Statistics continues to be a 'must-have' textbook for anyone who needs a clear logical guide to the subject.

A human disaster is defined as a hazardous event that overwhelms the capacity of the local community to respond to the needs of the affected population.

A human disaster is defined as a hazardous event that overwhelms the capacity of the local community to respond to the needs of the affected population.

Fully revised and updated for the fourth edition, the award-winning Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for practitioners in the field.

Fully revised and updated for the fourth edition, the award-winning Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for practitioners in the field.

The importance of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health is being increasingly recognised.

The importance of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease and the maintenance of good health is being increasingly recognised.

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