Essential for understanding and mobilizing public health efforts.
Authors
Rogelio Velez Mendoza, Donald W.M. Juzwishin, Lindsay McLaren
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- Pages
- 496
- Published in
- Calgary, CA
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Half Title Page 2
- Full Title Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Contents 6
- List of Figures 8
- List of Tables 11
- Abbreviations 13
- Acknowledgements 14
- Introduction | What Is Public Health, and Why Does It Matter? 16
- 1 | Who Is the Public in Public Health? 34
- 2 | Priorities and Concerns of Provincial Governments: A Historical Public Health Landscape 48
- 3 | Albertans’ Health over Time: What We Know (and Why We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know) 76
- 4 | Public Health Governance: A Journey of Expansion and Tension 108
- 5 | The Non-Profit Sector: Trials and Tribulations of the Alberta Public Health Association 152
- 6 | Public Health Education: Power and Politics in Alberta Universities 178
- 7 | Stories from First Nation Communities in Alberta: Reconciliation Involves All of Us 206
- 8 Health Protection — Climate Change, Health, and Health Equity in Alberta 254
- 9 | Mobilizing Preventive Policy 282
- 10 | Health Promotion and the Ottawa Charter in Alberta: A Focus on Maternal and Child Health 312
- 11 | Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery: Lessons from Trains, Fires, Tornadoes and Floods 336
- 12 | Social Determinants of Health in the Alberta Government: Promising and Pernicious Historical Legacies 354
- 13 | Public Health Leadership: Courage, Conflict, and Evolving Understanding of Power 380
- Conclusion 406
- Appendix A 422
- Appendix B 445
- Index 482
- Back Cover 498
