Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives

Public Health: Local and Global Perspectives provides students with a comprehensive overview of Australian and international public health issues and contexts. It introduces the discipline of public health and aims to deepen students' understanding of the determinants of health, historical and theoretical perspectives of public health, current health research and evidence-based practice. This fully revised and expanded edition includes new chapters on ethics in public health, planning and evaluation, individual behavioural change, gender-based health inequalities and public health approaches to drug use. Each chapter features a strong pedagogical foundation, including learning objectives, key terms, illustrative case studies, tutorial exercises, further reading and comprehensive summaries that equip students with a deeper understanding of key concepts. Written by an accomplished author team led by Pranee Liamputtong, Public Health remains an essential learning resource.

About the Author

Pranee Liamputtong is a medical anthropologist and Professor of Public Health at the School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University. Previously, Pranee held a personal chair in public health in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University, Melbourne until January 2016. She also previously taught in the School of Sociology and Anthropology and worked as a public health research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health, La Trobe University. Liamputtong has a particular interest in issues related to cultural and social influences on child-bearing, child-rearing and women's reproductive and sexual health. She works mainly with refugee and migrant women in Melbourne and with women in Asia (mostly in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam). She has published several books and a large number of articles in these areas.