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Christopher Sirrs, Alex Mold, Suzanne Taylor, Marcos Sanchez, Janet Weston, Hannah Elizabeth, Peder Clark, Jonathan Wong, and Josie Gallo

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  • How the meaning and scope of public health has changed in Britain over the last 70 years
  • The nature of public health services and their shifting relationship to local government and the National Health Service
  • Individual responsibility for public health
  • How chronic disease became a key challenge for public health
  • The persistence of infectious disease and the appearance of new conditions like HIV/AIDS
  • Socioeconomic status and its impact on public health
  • Health education techniques, tactics and effectiveness
  • Attempts to use regulations to improve public health
  • The limits of public health, its successes and failures over time.

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