Public Health

Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives is a comprehensive introduction to public health issues and concepts in the Australian and international context. It provides students with fundamental knowledge of the public health field, including frameworks, theories, key organisations and contemporary issues.

The third edition features a new chapter on the public health workforce and the importance of advocacy in the profession, and has been thoroughly updated to include current research and case studies. Discussion of the Covid-19 pandemic and other contemporary public health issues offers students the opportunity to apply theory to familiar examples.

Each chapter includes spotlights and vignettes to put concepts into context, reflective questions to promote deeper thinking, tutorial exercises and further reading suggestions.

Written by an expert team of public health professionals, Public Health is an essential resource for students.

About the Editor

Pranee Liamputtong is a medical anthropologist and Professor of Behaviour Science at Vin University, Vietnam.