| Description |
ix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Defining Health, Population, and Population Health -- Objectives and Uses of Population Health Studies -- The Arts and Sciences in Population Health -- Historical Antecedents and Future Prospects -- James Lind and Scurvy among Sailors -- John Snow, Cholera, and the Broad Street Pump -- Ignaz Semmelweis and Puerperal Fever -- Joseph Goldberger on Diet and Pellagra -- Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (I) -- Measures of Disease Occurrence -- Population Structure and Dynamics -- Comparing Health Events in Populations -- Demographic and Health Transition -- Cancer Incidence in Five Continents -- Contribution of Population Aging to Changes in Cancer Mortality -- Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (II) -- Health Indicators and Indices -- Sources and Quality of Health Data -- Summary Measures of Population Health -- Diagnosis and Classification of Diseases -- Accuracy of Screening and Diagnostic Tests -- Surveillance and Epidemic Investigations -- Cultural Concepts of Health and Disease -- Are Death Certificates Accurate? -- Diphtheria in Russia--Return of a Vanquished Foe? -- Is Schizophrenia Universal? -- Modeling Determinants of Population Health -- Models and Pathways of Health -- Genetic Susceptibility -- Physical Environment -- Personal Lifestyles and Behaviors -- Social, Cultural, and Economic Factors -- A Life Course Approach to Health -- A Biopsychosocial Model of Health -- Contributions to Global Disease Burden -- The Sickle Cell Trait and Protection from Malaria |
| Summary |
"Population Health is an integrated book that makes use of principles and concepts from the fields of epidemiology, demography, sociology, and anthropology. It arose from a graduate course on the principles of epidemiology that the author taught over the past decade. It is organized around the key objectives of measuring the health status of populations, assessing population health risks and inferring causation, and planning and evaluating population health interventions. The text emphasizes basic concepts and methods and makes use of case studies, exercises, and boxes to introduce students to the full range of population health issues seen in the literature." "It is designed for use in introductory/intermediate courses in epidemiology, public health, and health policy and management."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-292) and index |
| Subject |
Epidemiology.
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Public health.
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Health Status Indicators.
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Epidemiology.
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Public Health.
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| LC no. |
97046851 |
| ISBN |
019511972X |
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9780195119725 |
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