Field Epidemiology

by Gregg, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780195313802
• ISBN10: 0195313801
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780190624262
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780190624255, 9780195142594
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The new edition of this classic text continues its mission of describing the application of basic epidemiologic principles in real time, place, and person to solve problems of an urgent or emergency nature. Based on decades of experience in both infectious and noninfectious diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this book describes in clear and practical terms the distinct approach, tasks, and actions needed for successful field investigations. Guidance is given on such issues as how to perform surveillance, manage and execute field investigatins, collect and analyze data, perform surveys, adapt a personal computer for field use, and communicate the findings. Specific advice is also given on such subjects as dealing with the media; investigations in health care, day care, and international settings; and the legal aspects of field studies. An entire chapter covers the proper collection, handling, and testing of infectious and noninfectious agents in the field. This edition contains new chapters on environmental investigations and immunization practices for the field epidemiologist. The boko is based both on science and experience. It deals with real problems, real places, and real people: nature's experiment rather than carefully designed studies in a laboratory or clinical setting. So, in the lexicon of the epidemiologist, the book addresses issues relating to observational- not experimental- epidemiology.

Author Biography

Michael B. Gregg, M.D., was Director of the Viral Disease Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for ten years. He served as Editor of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for twenty-one years and was Deputy Director of the Epidmeiology Program Office at the CDC for nineteen years. In addition, he is the author of over eighty articles and collaborative reports in the field of epidemiology and public health.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xvii
Background
Field Epidemiology Defined	p. 3
A Brief Review of the Basic Principles of Epidemiology	p. 16
Surveillance	p. 38
The Field Investigation
Operational Aspects of Epidemiologic Field Investigations	p. 67
Conducting a Field Investigation	p. 81
Surveys and Sampling	p. 97
Using a Computer for Field Investigations	p. 118
Designing Studies in the Field	p. 138
Describing the Findings: Descriptive Epidemiology	p. 156
Analyzing and Interpreting Data	p. 199
Developing Interventions	p. 236
Communicating Epidemiologic Findings	p. 249
Dealing with the Public and the Media	p. 262
Special Considerations
Legal Considerations in Surveillance and Field Epidemiology	p. 281
Immunization Practices for the Field Epidemiologist	p. 301
Investigations in Health-Care Settings	p. 315
Investigations in Out-of-Home Child Care Settings	p. 338
Field Investigations of Environmental Epidemics	p. 355
Field Investigations of Occupational Disease and Injury	p. 376
Field Investigations from the State and Local Health Department Perspective	p. 397
Epidemiologic Practices in Low-Income Countries	p. 419
Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response for the Field Epidemiologist	p. 439
Field Investigations of Natural Disasters and Complex Emergencies	p. 459
Laboratory Support for the Epidemiologist in the Field	p. 479
A Walk-through Exercise	p. 524
Index	p. 551
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