Tackling Health Inequalities - Reinventing the Role of Environmental Health

This book discusses environmental health in the context of public health, the role of the profession, issues of visibility and opportunities for impact in today's policy landscape

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Environmental health as a public health profession
3. Tackling health inequalities
4. Public health policymaking
5. Environmental health (in)visibility
6. The future of environmental health in public health
7. Conclusions

About the author

Surindar Dhesi is a lecturer and course leader of the MSc Science of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment at the University of Birmingham. She is also an active Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Summary

This book discusses environmental health in the context of public health, the role of the profession, issues of visibility and opportunities for impact in today’s policy landscape

Product details

• Authors: Surindar Dhesi, KISHEN DHESI, Surindar Kishen Dhesi, Surindar (University of Birmingham Kishen Dhesi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138095748
• ISBN: 978-1-138-09574-8
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Routledge Focus on Environmental Health; Routledge Focus on Environmental Health
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; England, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine