Editors:
- Introduces China’s public health work
- Presents opportunities and challenges of China’s public health
- Brings international community a better understanding of China’s public health
Part of the book series: Public Health in China (PUBHECH, volume 4)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book introduces China’s public health work in detail, including its scope and characteristics, its history and evolution, its achievements and experience, the guiding principles for health development, health service system, public health education as well as science and technology of public health.
In this book, opportunities and challenges of China’s public health are also presented, along with the prospects of future development. Over the sixty years, China has made remarkable achievements in the areas such as the national immunization program, maternal and child health, disease surveillance, the establishment of a public health information system and its application, as well as the improvement of people’s health, with tremendous experience and best practices being accumulated. In the new era, China starts a new journey towards building Healthy China, which is of great significance for the country’s public health development. The international community will have a better understanding of the history and current situation of China’s public health, as well as its achievements and contributions made to date, from reading this book.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
Liming Li
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School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Qingwu Jiang
About the editors
Liming Li is the professor at School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China. He is also the editor for the book series Public Health in China. Qingwu Jiang is the professor at School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Public Health in China
Editors: Liming Li, Qingwu Jiang
Series Title: Public Health in China
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6545-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and People's Medical Publishing House, PR of China 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6544-7Published: 08 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6547-8Published: 02 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6545-4Published: 29 April 2019
Series ISSN: 2520-8365
Series E-ISSN: 2520-8373
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 81
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Public Health