Susan Carr, Nigel Unwin, Tanja Pless-Mulloli

An Introduction to Public Health and Epidemiology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a multi-professional introduction to the key concepts in public health and epidemiology. It presents a broad, interactive account of contemporary public health, placing an emphasis on developing public health skills and stimulating the reader to think through the issues for themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education / Open University Press
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 169mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780335216246
• ISBN-10: 0335216242
• Artikelnr.: 21367427

Autorenporträt

Susan Carr is a Reader in the Health Improvement Research Programme, Community Health & Education Studies Research Centre, Northumbria University, where she researches and teaches public health and primary care issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Lessons from the history of public health and epidemiology for the 21st
century
Sources and critical use of health information
Measuring the frequency of health problems
Measures of risk
Epidemiological study designs
Weighing up the evidence from epidemiological studies
The determinants of health and disease
Health promotion
Health needs analysis
Principles of screening
Changing public health: What impacts on public health practice?