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| Introduction | |
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| Defining Health, Population, and Population Health | |
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| Objectives and Uses of Population Health Studies | |
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| The Arts and Sciences in Population Health | |
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| Historical Antecedents and Future Prospects | |
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| Summary | |
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| James Lind and Scurvy among Sailors | |
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| John Snow, Cholera, and the Broad Street Pump | |
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| Ignaz Semmelweis and Puerperal Fever | |
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| Joseph Goldberger on Diet and Pellagra | |
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| Guide to Resources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (I) | |
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| Measures of Disease Occurrence | |
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| Population Structure and Dynamics | |
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| Comparing Health Events in Populations | |
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| Demographic and Health Transition | |
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| Summary | |
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| Cancer Incidence in Five Continents | |
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| Contribution of Population Aging to Changes in Cancer Mortality | |
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| Notes | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (II) | |
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| Health Indicators and Indices | |
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| Sources and Quality of Health Data | |
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| Summary Measures of Population Health | |
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| Diagnosis and Classification of Diseases | |
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| Accuracy of Screening and Diagnostic Tests | |
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| Surveillance and Epidemic Investigations | |
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| Cultural Concepts of Health and Disease | |
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| Summary | |
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| Are Death Certificates Accurate? | |
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| Diphtheria in Russia--Return of a Vanquished Foe? | |
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| Is Schizophrenia Universal? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Modeling Determinants of Population Health | |
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| Models and Pathways of Health | |
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| Genetic Susceptibility | |
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| Physical Environment | |
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| Personal Lifestyles and Behaviors | |
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| Social, Cultural, and Economic Factors | |
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| A Life Course Approach to Health | |
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| A Biopsychosocial Model of Health | |
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| Contributions to Global Disease Burden | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Sickle Cell Trait and Protection from Malaria | |
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| Chernobyl: Aftermath of an Environmental Catastrophe | |
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| Social Medicine in Pre-World War I Germany | |
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| Notes | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Assessing Health Risks in Populations | |
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| Risks in Population Health | |
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| Concepts of Causation | |
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| Measures of Association and Effect | |
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| Competing Risks | |
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| Risk Perception and Communication | |
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| Summary | |
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| Is British Beef Safe? | |
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| Do Heart Attacks Prevent Cancer Deaths? | |
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| Communicating SARS Risk with Numbers | |
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| Notes | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Designing Population Health Studies | |
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| A Matter of Measurement | |
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| Types of Research Design | |
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| Validity and Reliability | |
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| Error and Bias | |
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| Confounding and Confounders | |
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| Interaction or Effect Modification | |
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| Qualitative Methods | |
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| Ethical Concerns | |
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| Summary | |
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| Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Traffic Accident Mortality | |
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| Durkheim's Studies on Suicide | |
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| The Causal Trail: Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer | |
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| Tracking Heart Disease among World War II Airmen | |
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| Notes | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Planning Population Health Interventions | |
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| Promoting Health, Preventing Disease | |
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| Population Health and the Health Care System | |
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| Types and Levels of Interventions | |
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| Criteria for Screening | |
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| Behavioral Models for Health Promotion | |
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| Cross-Cultural Considerations | |
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| A Broader View of Prevention | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Global Eradication of Smallpox | |
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| Is Mammography Good for Women? | |
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| Community-Based Heart Disease Prevention in North Karelia | |
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| Notes | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Evaluating Health Programs for Populations | |
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| A Framework for Evaluation | |
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| Technology Assessment, Diffusion, and Transfer | |
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| Evaluation Methods | |
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| Economic Appraisal | |
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| Decision-Making in Health Care | |
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| Summary | |
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| Nurse-Practitioners in Primary Care | |
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| Fluoridation of Community Water Supply to Prevent Dental Caries | |
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| Economic Evaluation of Neonatal Intensive Care | |
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| A Meta-Analysis of Adolescent Smoking Programs | |
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| Notes | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Improving the Health of Populations | |
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| Guide to Resources | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Answers to Exercises | |
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| Index | |