Harvey, John (Public health consultant) editor. Taylor, Vicki (Physician) editor. text bibliography cau 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (140 pages) : illustrations Building on the core competences for public health, this book focuses on key areas of surveillance and assessment of the population's health and wellbeing. It is concerned with assessing and describing the needs, health and wellbeing of specific populations, communities and groups. The authors also look at how to monitor these aspects of public health and explore qualitative and quantitative methods for measuring, analysing and interpreting health and wellbeing, needs and outcomes. Case studies, activities and research summaries are used throughout the book to help the reader understand how to apply theory to practice. Ch. 1. Basic Concepts / John Harvey -- ch. 2. Measures of Health and Wellbeing / John Harvey -- ch. 3. Doing a Health Needs Assessment / Mike Lavender -- ch. 4 Health Surveillance / John Harvey -- ch. 5. Measuring Health Outcomes / Claire Bradford -- ch. 6. Intelligent Application: Defining the So`-Whats' / John Harvey. specialized editors, John Harvey and Vicki Taylor ; series editor, Vicki Taylor. Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-135) and index. Health status indicators Evaluation Public health Methodogy Quality of life Research Methodology Health Status Indicators Health statistics & numerical data Public Health methods RA408.5 .M438 2013 2013 C-730 WA 900 9781526436023 (ebook) : 2012955071 https://sk.sagepub.com/books/measuring-health-and-wellbeing https://sk.sagepub.com/books/measuring-health-and-wellbeing CaToSAGE 180104 20251029145111.0 SAGE000003040 eng