Published in 2008, the first volume of Public Health focused on issues from the dawn of western civilization through the Progressive era. Volume 2 defines the public health challenges of the twentieth century--this important reference covers not only how the discipline addressed the problems of disease, but how it responded to economic, environmental, occupational, and social factors that impacted public health on a global scale. The volume is enhanced with a detailed chronology of public health events, as well as appendices that contain many of the original documents that ushered public health into the new millennium.…mehr
Published in 2008, the first volume of Public Health focused on issues from the dawn of western civilization through the Progressive era. Volume 2 defines the public health challenges of the twentieth century--this important reference covers not only how the discipline addressed the problems of disease, but how it responded to economic, environmental, occupational, and social factors that impacted public health on a global scale. The volume is enhanced with a detailed chronology of public health events, as well as appendices that contain many of the original documents that ushered public health into the new millennium.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dona Schneider, Ph.D., M.P.H., is a professor and associate dean at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and the recipient of multiple teaching and service awards. David E. Lilienfeld, M.D., M.P.H., is an internationally known physician epidemiologist and medical historian. He has published extensively on the history of epidemiology and public health and is the winner of the Society of Epidemiological Research's Professors' Prize in the History of Epidemiology. Schneider and Lilienfeld are the coeditors of Public Health, Volume One (Rutgers University Press).
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PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS PART I Population Health Issues 1. FOOD AND NUTRITION The Paths to the Discovery of Vitamins A and D (1967) Impact of Vitamin A Supplementation on Childhood Mortality (1986) The Nutrition Transition in Low- Income Countries: An Emerging Crisis (1994, Abridged) 2. TOBACCO The Carcinogenic Effects of Tobacco (1940) Smoking and Lung Cancer: Recent Evidence and a Discussion of Some Questions (1959, Abridged) Non- smoking Wives of Heavy Smokers Have a Higher Risk of Lung Cancer: A Study from Japan (1984) 3. DENTAL HEALTH An Investigation of Mottled Teeth (1916, Abridged) The Conclusion of a Ten- Year Study of Water Fluoridation (1956, Abridged) Diet and Oral Health (2000, Abridged) 4. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Mortality in the London Fog Incident, 1952 (1953) The Removal of Lead from Gasoline: Historical and Personal Refl ections (2000) Global Climate Change and Infectious Diseases (1991) 5. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Mortality from Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers (1955) Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province (1960, Abridged) Lung Cancer in Chloromethyl Methyl Ether Workers (1973) 6. WOMEN’S HEALTH Diagnosis of Uterine Cancer by the Vaginal Smear (1943, Abridged) Introduction of the Pill and Its Impact (1999) A Global Overview of Gender- based Violence (2002) 7. MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH Prevention of Infant Mortality by Breast Feeding (1912) More Folic Acid for Everyone, Now (1996) A Traditional Practice that Threatens Health— Female Circumcision (1986) PART II Diseases, Therapies, and Prevention 8. TUBERCULOSIS Streptomycin: A Valuable Anti- Tuberculosis Agent (1948) The International Tuberculosis Campaign: A Pioneering Venture in Mass Vaccination and Research (1994) The Global Tuberculosis Situation and the New Control Strategy of the World Health Or ga ni za tion (1991) 9. HIV/AIDS Pneumocystis Pneumonia— Los Angeles (1981) Cluster of Cases of the Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome: Patients Linked by Sexual Contact (1984, Abridged) AIDS—The First 20 Years (2001, Abridged) 10. VACCINE- PREVENTABLE DISEASES Rubella during Pregnancy (1952) Intussusception among Recipients of Rotavirus Vaccine— United States, 1998– 1999 (1999) Herd Immunity: Basic Concept and Relevance to Public Health Immunization Practices (1971, Abridged) 11. CANCER Incidence of Leukemia in Survivors of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (1952, Abridged) Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatitis B Virus (1981) Malignant Melanoma of the Skin (1987) 12. HEART DISEASE AND STROKE Epidemiological Approaches to Heart Disease: The Framingham Study (1951) Strategy of Prevention: Lessons from Cardiovascular Disease (1981, Abridged) Theory and Action for Health Promotion: Illustrations from the North Karelia Project (1982) PART III Improving Public Health 13. MEDICAL AND PREVENTIVE CARE Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care (1963, Abridged) Small Area Variations in Health Care Delivery (1973, Abridged) Quantifying the Burden of Disease: The Technical Basis for Disability- adjusted Life Years (1994) 14. MEDICAL ETHICS AND HUMAN RESEARCH Ethics and Clinical Research (1966) Thalidomide and the Titanic: Reconstructing the Technology Tragedies of the Twentieth Century (1999) Kidneys, Ethics, and Politics: Policy Lessons of the ESRD Experience (1981) 15 GLOBAL HEALTH A Review of Major Infl uences on Current Public Health Policy in Developed Countries in the Second Half of the 20th Century (2006) Mortality by Cause for Eight Regions of the World: Global Burden of Disease Study (1997) Global Health— The Gates–Buffett Effect (2006) APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX III APPENDIX IV APPENDIX V APPENDIX VI APPENDIX VII NOTES INDEX ABOUT THE EDITORS
PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHRONOLOGY LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS PART I Population Health Issues 1. FOOD AND NUTRITION The Paths to the Discovery of Vitamins A and D (1967) Impact of Vitamin A Supplementation on Childhood Mortality (1986) The Nutrition Transition in Low- Income Countries: An Emerging Crisis (1994, Abridged) 2. TOBACCO The Carcinogenic Effects of Tobacco (1940) Smoking and Lung Cancer: Recent Evidence and a Discussion of Some Questions (1959, Abridged) Non- smoking Wives of Heavy Smokers Have a Higher Risk of Lung Cancer: A Study from Japan (1984) 3. DENTAL HEALTH An Investigation of Mottled Teeth (1916, Abridged) The Conclusion of a Ten- Year Study of Water Fluoridation (1956, Abridged) Diet and Oral Health (2000, Abridged) 4. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Mortality in the London Fog Incident, 1952 (1953) The Removal of Lead from Gasoline: Historical and Personal Refl ections (2000) Global Climate Change and Infectious Diseases (1991) 5. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Mortality from Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers (1955) Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province (1960, Abridged) Lung Cancer in Chloromethyl Methyl Ether Workers (1973) 6. WOMEN’S HEALTH Diagnosis of Uterine Cancer by the Vaginal Smear (1943, Abridged) Introduction of the Pill and Its Impact (1999) A Global Overview of Gender- based Violence (2002) 7. MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH Prevention of Infant Mortality by Breast Feeding (1912) More Folic Acid for Everyone, Now (1996) A Traditional Practice that Threatens Health— Female Circumcision (1986) PART II Diseases, Therapies, and Prevention 8. TUBERCULOSIS Streptomycin: A Valuable Anti- Tuberculosis Agent (1948) The International Tuberculosis Campaign: A Pioneering Venture in Mass Vaccination and Research (1994) The Global Tuberculosis Situation and the New Control Strategy of the World Health Or ga ni za tion (1991) 9. HIV/AIDS Pneumocystis Pneumonia— Los Angeles (1981) Cluster of Cases of the Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome: Patients Linked by Sexual Contact (1984, Abridged) AIDS—The First 20 Years (2001, Abridged) 10. VACCINE- PREVENTABLE DISEASES Rubella during Pregnancy (1952) Intussusception among Recipients of Rotavirus Vaccine— United States, 1998– 1999 (1999) Herd Immunity: Basic Concept and Relevance to Public Health Immunization Practices (1971, Abridged) 11. CANCER Incidence of Leukemia in Survivors of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (1952, Abridged) Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatitis B Virus (1981) Malignant Melanoma of the Skin (1987) 12. HEART DISEASE AND STROKE Epidemiological Approaches to Heart Disease: The Framingham Study (1951) Strategy of Prevention: Lessons from Cardiovascular Disease (1981, Abridged) Theory and Action for Health Promotion: Illustrations from the North Karelia Project (1982) PART III Improving Public Health 13. MEDICAL AND PREVENTIVE CARE Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care (1963, Abridged) Small Area Variations in Health Care Delivery (1973, Abridged) Quantifying the Burden of Disease: The Technical Basis for Disability- adjusted Life Years (1994) 14. MEDICAL ETHICS AND HUMAN RESEARCH Ethics and Clinical Research (1966) Thalidomide and the Titanic: Reconstructing the Technology Tragedies of the Twentieth Century (1999) Kidneys, Ethics, and Politics: Policy Lessons of the ESRD Experience (1981) 15 GLOBAL HEALTH A Review of Major Infl uences on Current Public Health Policy in Developed Countries in the Second Half of the 20th Century (2006) Mortality by Cause for Eight Regions of the World: Global Burden of Disease Study (1997) Global Health— The Gates–Buffett Effect (2006) APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX III APPENDIX IV APPENDIX V APPENDIX VI APPENDIX VII NOTES INDEX ABOUT THE EDITORS
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