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Public Health and Society – Current Issues by Lillian D. Burke

Format: PDF eTextbooks
ISBN-13: 978-1284211306
ISBN-10: 1284211304
Delivery: Instant Download
Authors: Lillian D. Burke
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett

Public Health and Society: Current Issues analyzes current public health issues in a historical context, while relating them to individual lives. The text emphasizes the social determinants of health, social justice, and the climate crisis, by leading off with these important topics and then integrates them where appropriate throughout the text. Subsequent chapters explore gun violence, the opioid epidemic, tobacco, vaping, and alcohol use, COVID-19, mental health, environmental health chronic disease, emerging and reemerging diseases, and more. Personal vignettes humanize public health issues and make them resonate for readers.Short histories put current issues into historical context, for example, the opioid epidemic (Ch. 5) and alcohol and tobacco use (Ch.6) “In the News” articles bring public health topics up-to-date and underscore their modern relevance.Comprehensive and up-to-date data and references are included throughout the text.