Applied Epidemiology Theory to Practice

by Brownson, Ross C.; Petitti, Diana B.

• ISBN13: 9780195111903
• ISBN10: 0195111907
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This text 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. Brownson and Petitti's much-needed book bridges 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. Each chapter includes one or more case studies intended to illustrate major points from the chapter and provide a basis for teaching exercises. All of the chapters are authored by leading experts in the fields of epidemiology and public health, and all are fully revised and updated.

Author Biography

Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D., is Professor of Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Community Health, St. Louis University School of Public Health.
Diana B. Petitti, M.D., M.P.H., is Director of Research and Evaluation at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Southern California Region, Passadena.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xv
1. Epidemiology: The Foundation of Public Health	3	(32)
Ross C. Brownson
2. Key Methodologic Concepts and Issues	35	(36)
Jennifer L. Kelsey
Diana B. Petitti
Abby C. King
3. Outbreak and Cluster Investigations	71	(34)
Ross C. Brownson
4. Public Health Surveillance	105	(32)
Stephen B. Thacker
Donna F. Stroup
5. Epidemiology and Risk Assessment	137	(40)
Jonathan M. Samet
Thomas A. Burke
6. Epidemiologic Issues in the Design of Community Intervention Trials	177	(36)
Thomas D. Koepsell
7. Screening in the Community	213	(36)
Benedict I. Truman
Steven M. Teutsch
8. Epidemiologic Issues in Outcomes Research	249	(28)
Diana B. Petitti
9. Economic Evaluation	277	(22)
Diana B. Petitti
10. Measuring the Quality of Health Care	299	(24)
Diana B. Petitti
Andy Amster
11. Communicating Epidemiologic Information	323	(26)
Patrick L. Remington
12. Epidemiology and Health Policy	349	(40)
Ross C. Brownson
Index	389