Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance

Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance is a highly visual introduction to the key concepts and major themes of population health. With comprehensive coverage of all the core topics covered at medical school, it helps students understand the determinants of health and their study, from personal lifestyle choices and behaviour, to environmental, social and economic factors. This fully updated new edition features:  More coverage of audit and quality improvement techniques  Brand new sections on maternal and child health, and health of older people  New chapters on social determinants of health and guideline development  Expanded self–assessment material This accessible guide is an invaluable resource for medical and healthcare students, junior doctors, and those preparing for a career in epidemiology and public health. INDICE: Preface to the Second Edition .Acknowledgements .About the authors .1. Introduction to Public Health .2. Public Health Old and New .3. Incidence and prevalence .4. Risks and Odds .5. Hierarchy of evidence and investigating causation .6. Bias, confounding and chance in epidemiological studies .7. Standardisation .8. Ecological and cross–sectional studies .9. Case–control studies .10. Cohort studies .11. Trials (experimental studies) .12. Systematic reviews and meta–analysis .13. Diagnostic tests .14. Developing Guidelines .15. Health and illness .16. Demographic and epidemiological transitions .17. Health Information .18. Measuring population health status .19. Determinants of Health .20. Lifestyle determinants of health .21. Social determination of health .22. Environmental determinants of health .23. Inequalities in health .24. Health needs assessment .25. Maternal and Infant health .26. Health of older people .27. Disease prevention .28. Principles of disease transmission .29. Communicable disease control .30. Surveillance .31. Immunisation .32. Screening principles .33. Screening programmes .34. Health promotion .35. Changing behaviour .36. Economic perspectives on health .37. Economic evaluation .38. Economic perspectives on measuring health–related outcomes .39. Economics of public health problems .40. Health care systems .41. Planning health services .42. Improving services .43. Health care evaluation .Self–Assessment .Self–assessment Questions .Self–assessment Answers .Appendix– Practical issues in conducting epidemiological studies .Further reading .Index

• ISBN: 978-1-118-99932-5
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 112
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés