{"product_id":"oxford-textbook-of-global-public-health-9780198816805","title":"Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health","description":"The \u003cem\u003eOxford Textbook of Global Public Health\u003c\/em\u003e is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. It offers a global and comprehensive perspective on wide-ranging public health needs and priorities in modern health care. Thoroughly revised and updated for the seventh edition, the book is split into three main topics. \u003cem\u003e'The Scope of Public Health'\u003c\/em\u003e covers the development of the discipline, determinants of health and disease, and policies, law, and ethics. The second volume focuses on \u003cem\u003eThe Methods of Public Health\u003c\/em\u003e, including the science of epidemiology, social science techniques, and environmental techniques. Finally, \u003cem\u003eThe Practice of Public Health\u003c\/em\u003e is fully explored, with sections on specific public health problems, ways of prevention and control, the varying needs of different populations, and the functions of public health services and professionals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree new editors have joined for this edition, Liming Li (China), Fran Baum (Australia), and Alastair H Leyland (UK), complimenting Quarraisha Abdool Karim (South Africa) and Roger Detels (USA), for a truly global perspective on public health. Featuring over 225 contributors from countries all over the world ensures that the book covers public health from all aspects, with vastly different health systems and priorities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing new chapters on gender identity and gender-based violence, environmental health and climate change, genomics and epidemiology, and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, the seventh edition of the \u003cem\u003eOxford Textbook of Global Public Health\u003c\/em\u003e remains the most comprehensive text on the subject and is a vital resource for public health practitioners and trainees, clinical epidemiologists, and students in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoger Detels, \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Research Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA\u003c\/em\u003e, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Scientific Director, CAPRISA, Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University, Pro Vice-Chancellor (African Health), University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e, Fran Baum, \u003cem\u003eMatthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Director of the Southgate Institute of Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e, Liming Li, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China\u003c\/em\u003e, Alastair H Leyland, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Director and Professor of Population Health Statistics, MRC\/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoger Detels is the Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Schools of Public Health and Medicine at the University of California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuarraisha Abdool Karim is the Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA, a Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (African Health) at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFran Baum is the Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Director of the Southgate Institute of Health at Flinders University in Australia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiming Li is a Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlastair H Leyland is the Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at the MRC\/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381955498258,"sku":"9780198816805","price":444.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c534597-b925-4891-bc8e-3c63cd8706fc.jpg?v=1728700348","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/oxford-textbook-of-global-public-health-9780198816805","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}