Routledge Handbook of Public Health and the Community

<p>Community health is an emerging and growing discipline of public health and it focuses on the physical, social, and mental well-being of the people of specific districts. This interdisciplinary field brings together aspects of health care, economics, environment, and people interaction. This handbook is a comprehensive reference on public health for higher education students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers of health care. </p><p>There are five key thematic sections in the book: perspectives in public health; community health in practise; planning, built, and social environment and community health; digital and mobile health; and, towards sustainable health in the community. Each theme explores the leading research and trends. This book aims to help achieve the shared goal of healthier communities and quality of life for the residents. </p><p>This collaborative work should be a very useful handbook to health professionals and government bodies in the planning of initiatives to improve population health, prevent chronic diseases, control infectious diseases and outbreaks, and prepare for natural disasters. This handbook integrates research and practise of public health in the community.</p> <p><strong>SECTION I Perspectives in public health</strong> 1 Introduction and foundations of health and wellness <i>Ben Y.F. Fong and Martin C.S. Wong</i> 2 Community and environment as determinants of health: The One Health concept <i>Thomas Man-chi Dao and Bean Sau-nga Fu </i>3 Health and urban living <i>Peter T.K. Lau </i>4 Local groups in shaping the advocacy of population health <i>Chesney P.Y. Wong, Fiona C.M. Yuen, and Percy W.T. Ho</i> 5 Community health in the global and Asia-Pacific context <i>Hilary Hiu Lam Yee and Mark S.H. Chan</i> 6 Health for all: Community health in developing countries <i>Sukhpreet Kaur and Shaomin Feng</i> 7 Potentials and benefits of health impact assessment in communities <i>Weiguo Zhang, Baipei Chen. and Ben Y.F. Fong</i> <b>SECTION II Community health in practise</b> 8 Lifestyle-related health promotion <i>Daphne Wu </i>9 Disease prevention and screening in public health <i>Martin C.S. Wong, Junjie Huang, Kevin Law, Hanyue Ding, and Yun-yang Deng</i> 10 Genetic testing for personalised medicine and limitations of the current medical practise in public health <i>Ki Lui and Martin C.S. Wong</i> 11 All health begins at home in the community <i>Emily T.Y. Tse and Ben Y.F. Fong</i> 12 Key to mental health in the community <i>Billy C.F. Chiu and Yumi Y.T. Chan</i> 13 Evidence-based community health programmes: Reflections on practise <i>Ting Yu Lam and Ben Y.F. Fong </i>14 Musculoskeletal health in the community: Falls prevention and osteoporotic fractures <i>Percy W.T. Ho and C.C. Ma</i> 15 COVID-19, social anxiety, and economic-political crisis in Hong Kong: A public opinion survey’s perspective <i>Victor Zheng and Anthony Y.H. Fung</i> <b>SECTION III Planning, built, and social environment and community health </b>16 Urban planning and population health: The impact of neighbourhood walkability on active transportation <i>Sui Yu Yau and Justen O’Connor</i> 17 Town planning and community development: Healthy and happy housing C<i>arina Y.H. Lam, Joanna W.Y. Lee, and Tat Choi Chan </i>18 Shaping built environments for community health: A qualitative exploration of active transport by walking <i>Sui Yu Yau and Justen O’Connor</i> 19 Life-course perspectives and family relationships in community <i>health Yim Fan Chan and Candy Yuen Yee Tsoi</i> 20 Healthy and green buildings in the community: Review of evaluation criteria and its relevance to public health <i>Edmond W.M. Lam and Jacob W.K. Lam</i> 21 Healthy schools and safe cities movement <i>Amenda N.W. Tang and Percy W.T. Ho</i> <b>SECTION IV Digital and mobile health </b>22 Online promotion of public health <i>Cynthia S.Y. Lau and Ben Y.F. Fong</i> 23 Cloud infrastructure for public health blockchain <i>John K.W. Yeung, Simon C.W. Wong, and Gabriel H.H. Chan</i> 24 Digital health for chronic disease management <i>Kelvin K.F. Tsoi and Martin C.S. Wong</i> 25 Promotion of telehealth in community care <i>Tommy Ng and Wilson Fung</i> 26 Community care: To ‘tele’, or not to ‘tele’? Considerations from the medico-legal and operational perspectives <i>Kar-wai Tong </i>27 Smart health communities: From sick care to health care <i>Fowie Ng, David Briggs, and Yaping Liu</i> <b>SECTION V Towards sustainable health in the community</b> 28 Sustainable health and social care system in the community <i>Samuel C. Fong and Aihua Yan</i> 29 Green diet and public health <i>Wang-Kin Chiu and Ben Y.F. Fong</i> 30 Strategies in community health education and wellness programmes <i>Leon Wai Li, C.C. Ma, and Percy W.T. Ho</i> 31 Emerging roles of community health practitioners <i>Ray Y.L. Choy </i>32 Public policies in building a healthy community <i>Vincent Law</i> 33 Framework for effective community health interventions <i>Hilary Hiu Lam Yee, Wing Yi Chan, and Cuimei Luo</i></p>