Cover of A History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919-2019, published by University of Calgary Press

A History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919-2019

by Lindsay McLaren, Donald W.M. Juzwishin, and Rogelio Velez Mendoza

University of Calgary Press

2024

Non-Fiction: Alberta, Health, History

CDN: $49.99

978-1-77385-545-5

Top health scholars explore one hundred years of public health policy, practice, activism, and scholarship in a book that offers clarity on historical contours of a complex field and a vision for a future of well-being and health equity.

Public health is diffuse, divided, and poorly understood. As a policy and practice, public health promotes and protects people and communities. As a field of academic inquiry it provides deep insights into the ways individuals and collectives can work within societies to prevent disease and promote health and health equity. Public health is a broad, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary field of scholarship, activism, policy, and practice with the potential to create and support immense change.

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