This book is designed to serve as a practical guide to clinicians, health professionals, professional associations and health care planners in determining the inclusion or exclusion, content and frequency of a wide variety of preventive health interventions. Topics covered are: prenatal and perinatal preventive care; pediatric preventive care; immunization of children and adults; preventive dental care; disorders of the genitourinary tract; prevention of psychosocial illness and diseases of lifestyle; metabolic/nutritional disorders; circulatory disorders; other infectious diseases; neoplasms; and, conditions affecting primarily the elderly.

Work more effectively with a complete understanding of Canadian public health! Shah’s Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada, Sixth Edition examines health care policy in Canada and the issues and trends faced by today’s health care professionals. It puts health promotion and prevention models into a historical perspective, with discussions including the evolution of national health insurance, determinants of health and disease, and approaches to achieving health for all. Written by educators Bonnie Fournier and Fareen Karachiwalla, and based on the work of noted author Dr. Chandrakant Shah, this text provides an excellent foundation in Canadian public health for nurses and other health care professionals. Quintessentially Canadian content is designed especially for Canadian nursing and health care professionals. Comprehensive coverage includes in-depth, current information on public health and preventive care topics. End-of-chapter summaries reinforce your understanding of key health care concepts. End-of-chapter references provide recommendations for further reading and research. NEW! Full-colour design enhances illustrations and improves readability to better illustrate complex concepts. NEW! Indigenous Health chapter. NEW! Groups Experiencing Health Inequities chapter. NEW! Pan-Canadian focus uses a community health perspective, discussing the social determinants of health, health equity, and health promotion in each chapter. NEW! Learning tools include chapter outlines and learning objectives, key terms, practical exercises, critical thinking questions, and summary boxes such as Case Study, Research Perspective, In the News, Interprofessional Practice, Clinical Example, Real World Example, and Evidence-Informed Practice, plus key websites. NEW! Evolve companion website. NEW! Emerging infectious diseases (EID) and COVID-19 discussion and exercises on Evolve, offer insight into current and developing challenges facing public health.

An exhaustive report on recommended clinical preventive services that should be provided to patients in the course of routine clinical care, including screening for vascular, neoplastic and infectious diseases, and metabolic, hematologic, ophthalmologic and ontologic, prenatal, and musculoskeletal disorders. Also, mental disorders and substance abuse, counseling, and immunization. The majority of deaths below age 65 are preventable. This Guide results from the most comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of preventive interventions to date.