Measuring health and wellbeing /

Building on the core competences for public health, this book focuses on key areas of surveillance and assessment of the population's health and wellbeing. It is concerned with assessing and describing the needs, health and wellbeing of specific populations, communities and groups. The authors...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Sage Publications
Other Authors: Harvey, John (Public health consultant) (Editor), Taylor, Vicki (Physician) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE : Learning Matters, 2013.
Series:Transforming public health practice.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Building on the core competences for public health, this book focuses on key areas of surveillance and assessment of the population's health and wellbeing. It is concerned with assessing and describing the needs, health and wellbeing of specific populations, communities and groups. The authors also look at how to monitor these aspects of public health and explore qualitative and quantitative methods for measuring, analysing and interpreting health and wellbeing, needs and outcomes. Case studies, activities and research summaries are used throughout the book to help the reader understand how to apply theory to practice.
Physical Description:1 online resource (140 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-135) and index.
ISBN:9781526436023 (ebook) :