The Routledge Handbook of Public Health and the Community

ISBN-13: 9780367634193 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 382 str.

Ben Y. F. Fong; Martin C. S. Wong

Opis

This handbook is a comprehensive reference on community health. There are five key thematic units in the book i.e. Perspectives in Public Health, Community Health in Practice, Planning, Built and Social Environment, Community Health, Digital and Mobile Health, and how we can build sustainable health in the community.

Spis treści

SECTION I Perspectives in public health 1 Introduction and foundations of health and wellness Ben Y.F. Fong and Martin C.S. Wong 2 Community and environment as determinants of health: The One Health concept Thomas Man-chi Dao and Bean Sau-nga Fu 3 Health and urban living Peter T.K. Lau 4 Local groups in shaping the advocacy of population health Chesney P.Y. Wong, Fiona C.M. Yuen, and Percy W.T. Ho 5 Community health in the global and Asia-Pacific context Hilary Hiu Lam Yee and Mark S.H. Chan 6 Health for all: Community health in developing countries Sukhpreet Kaur and Shaomin Feng 7 Potentials and benefits of health impact assessment in communities Weiguo Zhang, Baipei Chen. and Ben Y.F. Fong SECTION II Community health in practise 8 Lifestyle-related health promotion Daphne Wu 9 Disease prevention and screening in public health Martin C.S. Wong, Junjie Huang, Kevin Law, Hanyue Ding, and Yun-yang Deng 10 Genetic testing for personalised medicine and limitations of the current medical practise in public health Ki Lui and Martin C.S. Wong 11 All health begins at home in the community Emily T.Y. Tse and Ben Y.F. Fong 12 Key to mental health in the community Billy C.F. Chiu and Yumi Y.T. Chan 13 Evidence-based community health programmes: Reflections on practise Ting Yu Lam and Ben Y.F. Fong 14 Musculoskeletal health in the community: Falls prevention and osteoporotic fractures Percy W.T. Ho and C.C. Ma 15 COVID-19, social anxiety, and economic-political crisis in Hong Kong: A public opinion survey’s perspective Victor Zheng and Anthony Y.H. Fung SECTION III Planning, built, and social environment and community health 16 Urban planning and population health: The impact of neighbourhood walkability on active transportation Sui Yu Yau and Justen O’Connor 17 Town planning and community development: Healthy and happy housing Carina Y.H. Lam, Joanna W.Y. Lee, and Tat Choi Chan 18 Shaping built environments for community health: A qualitative exploration of active transport by walking Sui Yu Yau and Justen O’Connor 19 Life-course perspectives and family relationships in community health Yim Fan Chan and Candy Yuen Yee Tsoi 20 Healthy and green buildings in the community: Review of evaluation criteria and its relevance to public health Edmond W.M. Lam and Jacob W.K. Lam 21 Healthy schools and safe cities movement Amenda N.W. Tang and Percy W.T. Ho SECTION IV Digital and mobile health 22 Online promotion of public health Cynthia S.Y. Lau and Ben Y.F. Fong 23 Cloud infrastructure for public health blockchain John K.W. Yeung, Simon C.W. Wong, and Gabriel H.H. Chan 24 Digital health for chronic disease management Kelvin K.F. Tsoi and Martin C.S. Wong 25 Promotion of telehealth in community care Tommy Ng and Wilson Fung 26 Community care: To ‘tele’, or not to ‘tele’? Considerations from the medico-legal and operational perspectives Kar-wai Tong 27 Smart health communities: From sick care to health care Fowie Ng, David Briggs, and Yaping Liu SECTION V Towards sustainable health in the community 28 Sustainable health and social care system in the community Samuel C. Fong and Aihua Yan 29 Green diet and public health Wang-Kin Chiu and Ben Y.F. Fong 30 Strategies in community health education and wellness programmes Leon Wai Li, C.C. Ma, and Percy W.T. Ho 31 Emerging roles of community health practitioners Ray Y.L. Choy 32 Public policies in building a healthy community Vincent Law 33 Framework for effective community health interventions Hilary Hiu Lam Yee, Wing Yi Chan, and Cuimei Luo