| Description |
xvii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Epidemiology : a foundation of public health / Ross C. Brownson and Christine M. Hoehner -- 2. Public health surveillance / Stephen B. Thacker and Donna F. Stroup -- 3. Outbreak and cluster investigations / Ross C. Brownson -- 4. Systematic reviews in public health / Melissa L. McPheeters, Peter Briss, Steven J. Teutsch and Benedict Truman -- 5. Epidemiology and risk assessment / Jonathan M. Samet, Ronald H. White and Thomas A. Burke -- 6. Epidemiologic issues in community intervention / Adrian Bauman and Thomas D. Koepsell -- 7. Outcomes research / Diana B. Petitti -- 8. Measuring the quality of health care / Andy Amster, Greg Zeisler and Diana B. Petitti -- 9. Epidemiology and health policy / Ross C. Brownson -- 10. Epidemiology and the law / Richard A. Goodman, Sana Loue and Frederic E. Shaw -- 11. Communicating epidemiologic information / Patrick L. Remington and David Nelson |
| Summary |
Focuses on areas of public health practice in which the systematic application of epidemiologic methods can have a large and positive impact. It describes how best to apply traditional epidemiologic methods for determining disease etiology to "real-life" problems in public health and health services research. The authors bridge the gap between theoretical epidemiology and public health practice, and covers a number of topics not addressed by other epidemiology texts with a focus on methods. This second edition contains a new chapter on the development and use of systematic reviews and one on epidemiology and the law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Epidemiology -- Research -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Brownson, Ross C.
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Petitti, Diana B.
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| LC no. |
2005053914 |
| ISBN |
0195187415 (hardback) |
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9780195300284 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780195187410 (hardback) |
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0195300289 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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