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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337492103321

Autore

Dammann Olaf

Titolo

Causation in Population Health Informatics and Data Science / / by Olaf Dammann, Benjamin Smart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-96307-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 pages)

Disciplina

614.40285

Soggetti

Health informatics

Logic

Epidemiology

Health Informatics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Data Interpretation -- Data Generation -- Informatics -- Philosophy -- Causal inference -- Knowledge Integration -- Systems Thinking -- Summary and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Marketing text: This book covers the overlap between informatics, computer science, philosophy of causation, and causal inference in epidemiology and population health research. Key concepts covered include how data are generated and interpreted, and how and why concepts in health informatics and the philosophy of science should be integrated in a systems-thinking approach. Furthermore, a formal epistemology for the health sciences and public health is suggested. Causation in Population Health Informatics and Data Science provides a detailed guide of the latest thinking on causal inference in population health informatics. It is therefore a critical resource for all informaticians and epidemiologists interested in the potential benefits of utilising a systems-based approach to causal inference in health informatics.