Book Review: The New Public Health 3rd Edition

[摘要] The book entitled “The New Public Health 3rd Edition” edited and authored by Professor Theodore Tulchinsky and Dr Elena Varavikova describes some of the key global health challenges and attainments of the twenty-first century. The New Public Health 3rd Edition consists of 16 chapters with the page count 912 and associated Index of terms. The first chapter describes the history of public health from the characteristics of prehistoric societies, medieval period, period of renaissance and revolutions up to the twentieth century (1). The contents of the second chapter of book include expanding to: the concept and evolution of public health, health and diseases, natural history of disease, society health, modes of prevention, demographic and epidemiologic transitions, interdependence of health services, defining public health, selective primary care, risk approach, case of action, political economy and health, social, behavioral and political sciences, health field concepts, value of medical care in public health, health targets, individual and community participation in health, human ecology and health promotion, defining public health standards, integrative approaches to public health, achievements, future and new public health. Remaining segments of the book are concepts devoted to: measuring, monitoring and evaluating the health of the population and include: the life expectancy, social epidemiology, sentinel events, burden of disease, years of potential life lost, standardization of rates, potential errors in measurement, screening of disease, notification of disease, special registries and reporting systems, disease classification, hospital information system, assessing the health of the individual, assessment of public health, health care financing and organization, and the health information to knowledge to policy of the public health (2).

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] public health;new public health;twenty-first century;global health;population;public health systems