Public Health
Building Innovative Practice
- Linda J Jones - The Open University
- Jenny Douglas - The Open University
" analysis and use of information to improve health and wellbeing
" collaborative working to plan and implement programmes and interventions
" assessing evidence of effectiveness
" managing risk and reducing health inequalities
" reviewing and influencing public health policy.
Public Health: Building Innovative Practice provides students with knowledge and skills from which to build innovative practice. It is an ideal text for courses on public health and health promotion.
This is an excellent book which clearly sets out the essentials of public health practice. It will be on the reading list for several of our modules
Fantastic text with references to the Northern Ireland context which is a novelty
Really excellent. Will be a core book for our students.
A very easy to navigate book which covers the essential components of evidence based public health practice. There are numerous question points raised throughout the chapters which will make students critically think about issues. This book will be highly recommended as a text for the MSc Public Health award.
Provides the reader with a comprehensive overview to enhance understanding of public health. More appropriate for those with some knowledge of the principles of public health
An excellent contemporary collection of essential public health issues. All public health students will find this very useful.
Excellent, easy to read publication, covering the essentials of public health practice. It includes up to date and relevant case studies and statistics.
Excellent format for undergraduate students
Excellent text that covers the essentials of public health practice for a variety of nursing courses. I have recommended it as essential reading for the SCPHN and pre registration nursing courses.
Very readable
This book is a very readable text that will appeal to student nurses as it makes public health directly applicable to their programme, which they sometimes struggle with.
