9780199688463

Public health: a very short introduction


by Virginia Berridge
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN:9780199688463
Year:2016
Edition: 1st
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Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level, there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organizations such as the European Union have public health funding and policies. But what do we mean when we speak about 'public health'?

In this Very Short Introduction, Virginia Berridge explores the areas which fall under the remit of public health and explains how the individual histories of different countries have come to cause great differences in the perception of the role and responsibilities of public health organizations. Thus, in the United States, litigation on public health issues is common, but state involvement is less, while some Scandinavian countries have a tradition of state involvement or even state ownership of industries such as alcohol in connection with public health. In its narrowest sense, public health can refer to the health of a population, the longevity of individual members, and their freedom from disease, but it can also be anticipatory, geared to the prevention of illness, rather than simply the provision of care and treatment.

In the way, public health deals with healthy as well as sick people it is, therefore, a separate concept from health services, which deal with the sick population. Drawing on a wide range of international examples, Berridge demonstrates the central role of history in understanding the amorphous nature of public health today.

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