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What can you contribute to improving and protecting the health of your community? Public health is becoming an increasingly central area of healthcare practice and people working in public health come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.
This practical and accessible book maps out the range of exciting and varied options open to people considering a career in public health, and provides helpful information on how to get there, either as a fully-fledged specialist or in an operational practitioner role. Designed especially for those wanting to learn about public heath, it looks at public health work in a range of settings, from health services to the commercial sector, and in a range of different roles, from health protection to public health intelligence.
Numerous personal accounts and case studies from highly experienced practitioners and specialists, as well as those new to their roles, illustrate what their roles involve and how have they had an impact on improving health and reducing inequality. This is the ideal book for anyone interested in putting public health at the centre of their working lives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
Duncan Selbie Foreword
Martin McKee Section 1: Introduction to this Book Introduction
Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Section 2: Functions Introduction
Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 2.1 Health Improvement
Richard Parish and Em Rahman 2.2 Health Intelligence
Alison Hill 2.3 Healthcare Public Health
Diane Bell and Jan Yates 2.4 Health Protection
Peter Sheridan, Lorna Wilcox, Ian Gray and Surindar Dhesi 2.5 Academic Public Health
Katie Cole, Muireann Kelly, Jane Wills and Helen Hogan 2.6 Global Public Health
Mala Rao Section 3: Settings Introduction
Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 3.1 Local Government
Anita Parkin, Clare Ebberson, Martin Seymour and Rebecca Hams 3.2 National Health Service (NHS)
Frances Fairman 3.3 Health Policy
Mohit Sharma 3.4 International and Global
Jenny Amery, Manpreet Singh and Manuelle Hurwitz 3.5 UK Voluntary & Community
Paul Lincoln, Claire Everett and Sue Lloyd Section 4: Getting into Public Health Introduction
Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright 4.1 Courses
Jane Wills and Helen Hogan 4.2 Public Health Specialist Training
Amy Potter 4.3 Personal and Professional Development
Em Rahman Section 5: How to Proceed from Here Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Advice from the PHORCaST team Conclusion
Fiona Sim and Jenny Wright Appendices List of useful professional organizations for public health
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Fiona Sim is a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a visiting chair at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. She is a former Head of Public Health Development at the Department of Health, where she was responsible for the national development of the public health workforce.
Jenny Wright is executive director of Solutions for Public Health, the largest NHS public health agency in the UK. She has been involved with the development of the public health competence framework and led the project developing and running the UK-wide public health careers website, Phorcast.
Zusammenfassung
What can you contribute to improving and protecting the health of your community? Public health is becoming an increasingly central area of healthcare practice and people working in public health come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.
This practical and accessible book maps out the range of exciting and varied options open to people considering a career in public health, and provides helpful information on how to get there, either as a fully-fledged specialist or in an operational practitioner role. Designed especially for those wanting to learn about public heath, it looks at public health work in a range of settings, from health services to the commercial sector, and in a range of different roles, from health protection to public health intelligence.
Numerous personal accounts and case studies from highly experienced practitioners and specialists, as well as those new to their roles, illustrate what their roles involve and how have they had an impact on improving health and reducing inequality. This is the ideal book for anyone interested in putting public health at the centre of their working lives.
Zusatztext
"I thought the book was both interesting and inspiring, and i am sure readers new to the discipline will be energised about joining the profession...In conclusion, this book will inspire people to join public health and also maximise the talents of those already in the profession by enabling them to find their ideal role."- Paul Fisher, Public Health Today
