AI SearchEcological public health : | reshaping the conditions for good health / (Record no. 110164)
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| fixed length control field | 02553cam a22002538a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 111031s2012 enka b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781844078325 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | SDU |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | RA565 |
| Item number | R263 E 2012 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rayner, Geof. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ecological public health : |
| Remainder of title | reshaping the conditions for good health / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Geof Rayner and Tim Lang. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 409 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 ## - Formatted Contents Note | |
| Formatted contents note | HKBU library |
| 518 ## - DATE/TIME AND PLACE OF AN EVENT NOTE | |
| DATE/TIME AND PLACE OF AN EVENT NOTE | YT2025 M09 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "What is public health? To some, it is about the infrastructure for health - drains, water, food, housing. These require engineering and expert management. To others, it's about the State using medicine or health education to prevent the public harming itself through poor lifestyles. This book, part historical, part prospective, argues that public health needs an overhaul. It should return to and modernize itself around ecological principles. Ecological public health thinking addresses what are described as four levels of existence: the material, biological, social and cognitive worlds. The long tradition of public health has always been reactive, responding to and transforming the relationship between people, their circumstances and the biological world of nature and bodies. The authors show how twenty-first century public health is being shaped by a number of long-term transitions, some long recognized, others not. These transitions are demographic, epidemiological, urban, energy, economic, nutrition, biological, cultural and democracy itself. Facing them all is required if the health of people and the planet are to be integrated. Ecological public health thinking, the authors argue, has been marginalized partly because it has lacked clear analysis, and partly because of the scale and complexity of the issues which need to be addressed. Public health thinking has partly lost its way because it has been subsumed into the problems rather than championing solutions. Often linked to the State, it has adapted to consumerism rather than championing citizenship. Returning to ecological public health requires stronger and more daring combinations of interdisciplinary work, movements and professions, and a reinvigoration of institutional purpose"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 12 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Environmental Health. |
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| Topical term | Ecological and Environmental Phenomena. |
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| Topical term | Health Promotion. |
| 650 22 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | Public Health. |
| 700 1# - PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lang, Tim. |
| 900 ## - Accession Number | |
| Accession Number | = C.1 SDU |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
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| 650 22 - SUBJECT | |
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| 700 1# - PERSONAL NAME | |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Available for Loans | General Books | MATRIX Library | MATRIX Library | General Eng/FL.3 | 08/09/2025 | Donation | RA565 R263 E 2012 | 1000372553 | 08/09/2025 | C.1 | 08/09/2025 | English Books |