Public health foundations: concepts and practices

Foundations of Public Health is a concise yet comprehensive text that offers an excellent and engaging introduction to the field of public health. This important resource is an up-to-date introduction to the core concepts and the practices of public health. The book introduces public health in concept and its systems; the foundational tools of data, epidemiology, biostatistics, and key study designs; populations' issues including infectious disease, health behavior, and environmental health plus analytical tools of qualitative research andrisk assessment; and how health services are formulated and delivered INDICE: Tables and Figures. Preface. The Editors and Contributors. Introduction. Part 1 History, Development, and Organization. Chapter 1 History and Development of Public Health. Chapter 2 Modern Public Health Systems. Part 2 Analytic Tools and Methods. Chapter 3 Data for Public Health. Chapter 4 Epidemiology: Introduction and Basic Concepts. Chapter 5 Study Design. Chapter 6 Biostatistics. Chapter 7 Pharmacoepidemiology. Chapter 8 Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Chapter 9 Environmental Health. Chapter 10 Risk and Exposure Assessment.Part 3 Behavior and Health. Chapter 11 Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health. Chapter 12 Qualitative Data and Research Methods in Public Health. Chapter 13 Tuberculosis. Part 4 Health Services and Social Determinants. Chapter 14 Health Policy and the U.S. Health Care System. Chapter 15 Health Services Research. Chapter 16 Health Disparities. Part 5 Forecasting Public Health. Chapter 17 Future of Public Health. Glossary. Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-44587-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 576
• Fecha Publicación: 25/10/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés