Introduction to public health
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| Language: | English |
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Burlington, Mass. :
Jones & Bartlett Learning,
2014
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Public health : science, politics, and prevention
- Why is public health controversial?
- Powers and responsibilities of government
- Epidemiology : the basic science of public health
- Epidemiologic principles and methods
- Problems and limits of epidemiology
- Statistics : making sense of uncertainty
- The role of data in public health
- The "conquest" of infectious diseases
- The resurgence of infectious diseases
- The biomedical basis of chronic diseases
- Genetic diseases and other inborn errors
- Do people choose their own health?
- How psychosocial factors affect health behavior
- Public health enemy number one : tobacco
- Public health enemy number two and growing : poor diet and physical inactivity
- Injuries are not accidents
- Maternal and child health as a social problem
- Mental health : public health includes healthy minds
- A clean environment : the basis of public health
- Clean air : is it safe to breathe?
- Clean water : a limited resource
- Solid and hazardous wastes : what to do with the garbage?
- Safe food and drugs : an ongoing regulatory battle
- Population : the ultimate environmental health issue
- Is the medical care system a public health issue?
- Why the U.S. medical system needs reform
- Health services research : finding what works
- Public health and the aging population
- Emergency preparedness, post-9/11
- Public health in the twenty-first century : achievements and challenges.
