An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology

by Carr, Susan; Unwin, Nigel; Pless-Mulloli, Tanja

• ISBN13: 9780335216253
• ISBN10: 0335216250
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Open University Press
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Summary

What are epidemiology and public health?

Author Biography

Tanja Pless-Mulloli is Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and lead of the Environment and Health team in the Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University, UK. Nigel Unwin is Professor of Epidemiology in Advancing Research in Chronic Disease Epidemiology (archEpl) and lead of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Diabetes in the Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University, UK. Susan Carr is Reader in the Health Improvement Research Programme, Community Health & Education Studies Research Centre, Northumbria University. UK.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Lessons from the history of public health and epidemiology for the twenty-first century	p. 5
Sources and critical use of health information	p. 17
Measuring the frequency of health problems	p. 35
Measures of risk	p. 49
Epidemiological study designs	p. 57
Weighing up the evidence from epidemiological studies	p. 72
The determinants of health and disease	p. 83
Health promotion	p. 97
Health needs analysis	p. 111
Principles of screening	p. 131
Changing public health: what impacts on public health practice?	p. 146
Further reading, references and resources	p. 160
Index	p. 168
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