Public Health Foundations Concepts and Practices

Name: Public Health Foundations Concepts and Practices
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ISBN: 9780470445877

ISBN-10: 0470445874

ISBN-13: 9780470445877

Edition: 2010

Authors: Elena Andresen, Erin DeFries Bouldin

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Foundations of Public Health is a concise yet comprehensive text that offers an excellent and engaging introduction to the field of public health. This important resource is an up-to-date introduction to the core concepts and the practices of public health. The book introduces public health in concept and its systems; the foundational tools of data, epidemiology, biostatistics, and key study designs; populations' issues including infectious disease, health behavior, and environmental health plus analytical tools of qualitative research and risk assessment; and how health services are formulated and delivered.

Book details

List price: $57.50
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 10/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

Deborah Allen is an Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. Prior to this, she directed the Maternal and Child Health program in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.



Tables and Figures


Preface


The Editors and Contributors


Introduction



History, Development, and Organization



History and Development of Public Health



Modern Public Health Systems



Analytic Tools and Methods



Data for Public Health



Epidemiology: Introduction and Basic Concepts



Study Design



Biostatistics



Pharmacoepidemiology



Infectious Disease Epidemiology



Environmental Health



Risk and Exposure Assessment



Behavior and Health



Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health



Qualitative Data and Research Methods in Public Health



Tuberculosis



Health Services and Social Determinants



Health Policy and the U.S. Health Care System



Health Services Research



Health Disparities



Forecasting Public Health



Future of Public Health


Glossary


Index