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The third edition of Public Health Practice in Australia has been written as the impact and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are starting to be fully understood.

The book takes a systems approach to public health, examining the impact of historical, social, economic, environmental, and political factors on the health of individuals, communities, and populations. Linking theoretical issues to contemporary practice, it highlights common threads that underlie seemingly disparate activities, ideas, and entities that comprise the organised effort of public health practice. As well as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the health inequalities that it has highlighted, the new edition also emphasizes the importance of ecological health and the impact of climate change on public health.

Timely and comprehensive, and including case studies throughout to bring key concepts to life, this is an invaluable resource for students and professionals across the health sciences, including public health, medicine, environmental health, health promotion, health information management, and health administration.

Vivian Lin is Adjunct Professor of Public Health at La Trobe University and Honorary Professor at LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong (HKU). She was Executive Associate Dean and Professor of Public Health at HKU from 2019 to 2024, Director of Health Systems at the Regional Office for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization from 2013 to 2018, and previously Chair of Public Health at La Trobe.

James Smith has been a community-based public health practitioner and risk management consultant for over 40 years. This has involved him working actively alongside and supporting practitioners in health protection and applied environmental health service delivery and planning, and in public health emergency management preparedness and response planning. He is Professor, Environmental Health (Practice) in the College of Science & Engineering, Flinders University, where he teaches in the postgraduate environmental health program and researches public health regulatory policy, local state public health policy implementation, and environmental health practice.

Sally Fawkes is Independent Consultant and Researcher in public health fields spanning foresight/futures studies, urban health and healthy cities, health promoting, health systems and services, and leadership development. She has been a technical advisor/consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO) since 1995. She held academic leadership and teaching roles at La Trobe University from 2010 to 2021 before taking up a Adjunct Senior Academic role. Governance appointments have included Deputy Chair, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Board, and Vice Chair, International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services Governance Board.