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Public Health in Europe

— 10 Years European Public Health Association —

  • EUPHA is a collaboration of 9000 health experts

  • Lectures by keynote speakers from 9 countries

  • This collection represents the culmination of 10 years' work in public health

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
  2. 10 Years of European Public Health Association (EUPHA)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The future of EUPHA

      • Viviane Van Casteren
      Pages 9-13
    3. EUPHA 10 years: the annual conference

      • Jouke van der Zee, Madelon Kronemann, Tina Dorn
      Pages 15-31
  3. Public Health Research and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
    2. Public health and the way forward

      • Gunnar Tellnes
      Pages 41-45
    3. Public Health in the Netherlands

      • Els Borst-Eilers
      Pages 59-62
    4. Public Health in France

      • Marc Brodin
      Pages 63-70
    5. Public Health in Germany

      • Friedrich W. Schwartz, Matthias Wismar, Ulla Walter, Marie-Luise Dierks
      Pages 71-79
    6. Ageing and Health Policy

      • Margot Fälker
      Pages 81-87
    7. The significance of drug utilization for Public Health

      • Liselotte Von Ferber, Hugh McGavock, Ingrid Schubert, Robert H. Vander Stichele, Emilio J. Sanz
      Pages 99-117
    8. Gender Bias — gender research in Public Health

      • Ulrike Maschewsky-Schneider, Judith Fuchs
      Pages 119-128
  4. Health Care Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
    2. Influenza surveillance

      • Pietro Crovari, Roberto Gasparini
      Pages 135-143

About this book

With the background of the 10 years' existence of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) the present book deals with the developments and results of European Public Health in Science and Practice. The contributions involve actual aspects and issues of different topics in Public Health:
- Health care management and quality assurance in various settings
- Health promotion and prevention for different population groups
- Health related information and communication
- Health care policy and science.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Wilhelm Kirch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Health in Europe

  • Book Subtitle: — 10 Years European Public Health Association —

  • Editors: Wilhelm Kirch

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18826-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40240-4Published: 15 September 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62311-0Published: 28 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18826-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 376

  • Topics: Public Health, Health Informatics

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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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