“The need for a robust public health response to the challenges facing society is greater now than it has been for many decades. The global financial crisis has been seized upon by those who see an opportunity to challenge the responsibility of the state for its citizens, and above all those who are most vulnerable. In the tradition of Rudolph Virchow, the public health community must speak out, marshalling the evidence, formulating policies, and showing that there is an alternative. In this third, substantially revised, edition of what is now established as one of the leading textbooks on the theory and practice of public health, Tulchinsky and Varavikova draw on a wealth of examples from all parts of the world to instruct, invigorate, and inspire us.”

-Martin McKee CBE, Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London , United Kingdom

The New Public Health, Third Edition

Theodore H. Tulchinsky, Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel

Elena A. Varavikova , Research Institute for Public Health Organization and Information, Moscow, Russian Federation

“The need for a robust public health response to the challenges facing society is greater now than it has been for many decades. The global financial crisis has been seized upon by those who see an opportunity to challenge the responsibility of the state for its citizens, and above all those who are most vulnerable. In the tradition of Rudolph Virchow, the public health community must speak out, marshalling the evidence, formulating policies, and showing that there is an alternative. In this third, substantially revised, edition of what is now established as one of the leading textbooks on the theory and practice of public health, Tulchinsky and Varavikova draw on a wealth of examples from all parts of the world to instruct, invigorate, and inspire us.”

-Martin McKee CBE, Professor of European Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London , United Kingdom

Fully revised and updated, this classroom proven approach to understanding the role of community in a healthy society presents the latest information in a focused, accessible format. Case studies and updated data provide a real-world global view to understanding the questions of Public Health.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Changes in infectious and chronic disease epidemiology including vaccines, health promotion, human resources for health and health technology

• Lessons from H1N1, pandemic threats, disease eradication, nutritional health

• Trends of health systems and reforms and consequences of current economic crisis for health
• Public health law, ethics, scientific d health technology advances and assessment
• Global Health environment, Millennium Development Goals and international NGOs

Theodore H. Tulchinsky served as a Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development in the Province of Manitoba, Canada; Israel Ministry of Health Coordinator for West Bank and Gaza. He is Associate Professor, Braun School of Public Health at the Hebrew University and Deputy EditorPublic Health Reviews. He has published on vaccine preventable diseases, micronutrient deficiency conditions, public health education, health system evaluation and ethics.

Elena A. Varavikova served as a leading researcher in WHO-HQ (Department of human resources for health and in the World Alliance for Patient Safety); was a State Adviser for the Russian Federation in the Agency for High-tech Medical Care; the developer and a lecturer in SPH- project in the I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy. She has published on public health topics including health policy, population health, globalization, HTA, fetal alcohol syndrome, prevention and professional education.