What is Public Health?
This chapter provides an overview of public health, a brief history of public health, some commentary about risk factors and a brief introduction to the determinants of health.
What is Public Health? (PDF 2 pages, 262KB)
Table of contents:
- Table of Contents (PDF 50KB, 1 page)
- Executive Summary (PDF 378KB, 4 pages)
- How to Read this Report (PDF 120KB, 1 page)
- What is Public Health? (Chapter 1)
- Determinants and Disparities (Chapter 2)
* revised - Risk Factors (Chapter 3) * revised
- Who Lives in Peel region?
(Chapter 4) - How Healthy are the Residents of Peel? (Chapter 5)
- Reproductive and Perinatal Health (Chapter 6)
- Heart Disease and Stroke (Chapter 7)
- Cancer (Chapter 8)
- Lung Disease (Chapter 9)
- Injuries (Chapter 10)
- Dental Health (Chapter 11)
- Mental Health (Chapter 12)
- Infectious Disease (Chapter 13)
- The Health of Cities (Chapter 14)
- Focus on Overweight, Obesity and Diabetes (Chapter 15)
- The Physical Environment (Chapter 16)
- Health Services (Chapter 17)
- Preventing Chronic Disease (Chapter 18) * revised
- Data Analysis Issues and Next Steps (Chapter 19, PDF 261KB, 2 pages)
- Acknowledgements (Chapter 20, PDF 113KB, 1 page)
- Data Sources and Limitations (Chapter 21, PDF 611KB, 10 pages)
- Data Methods (Chapter 22, PDF 883KB, 11 pages)
- Text References (Chapter 23, PDF 1.09MB, 19 pages)
- Data References (Chapter 24, PDF 111KB, 1 page)
