04305nam 2200781 a 450 991095876320332120240516113535.0978661344903097811183086461118308646978111828655511182865539781283449038128344903X97811182865621118286561(CKB)2550000000079972(EBL)844063(OCoLC)776813727(SSID)ssj0000599804(PQKBManifestationID)11382291(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599804(PQKBWorkID)10598816(PQKB)11578160(Au-PeEL)EBL844063(CaPaEBR)ebr10528113(CaONFJC)MIL344903(PPN)220199612(FR-PaCSA)88838921(MiAaPQ)EBC844063(FRCYB88838921)88838921(Perlego)1010511(EXLCZ)99255000000007997220110708d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPublic health and epidemiology at a glance /Margaret Somerville, K. Kumaran, Rob Anderson1st ed.Oxford Wiley-Blackwell20121 online resource (96 p.)At a glanceDescription based upon print version of record.9780470654453 0470654457 Includes bibliographical references and index.Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance; Health Economics; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the authors; 1: Introduction to public health; Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice; 2: Incidence and prevalence; 3: Risks and odds; 4: Hierarchy of evidence and investigating causation; 5: Bias, confounding and chance in epidemiological studies; 6: Standardisation; 7: Ecological and cross-sectional studies; 8: Case-control and cohort studies; 9: Trials (experimental studies); 10: Systematic reviews and meta-analysis; 11: Diagnostic tests; Assessing Population Health; 12: Health and illness13: Demography14: Epidemiological transition; 15: Health information; 16: Measuring population health status; 17: Lifestyle determinants of health; 18: Environmental determinants of health; 19: Inequalities in health; 20: Socio-economic inequalities in health; 21: Health needs assessment; Improving and Protecting Health; 22: Disease prevention; 23: Principles of disease transmission; 24: Communicable disease control; 25: Surveillance; 26: Immunisation; 27: Screening principles; 28: Screening programmes; 29: Health promotion; 30: Changing behaviour; 31: Economic perspectives on health32: Economic evaluation33: Economic perspectives on measuring health-related outcomes; 34: Economics of public health problems; Effective Health Care; 35: Health care systems; 36: Planning health services; 37: Health care evaluation; Self-Assessment; Self-assessment questions; Self-assessment answers; Appendix: Practical issues in conducting epidemiological studies; Further reading; IndexThis brand new title in the market-leading at a Glance series provides a highly-illustrated, visual introduction to the key concepts of population-level disease prevention. Accessible, double-page spreads help you understand and appreciate the determinants of health which impact on healthcare services and their effectiveness. Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance features high-yield information on all the topics covered at medical school, including:Measurement of population healthEpidemiological concepts of cause and association, surveillance, aAt a glance series (Oxford, England)Public healthEpidemiologyPublic health.Epidemiology.614.4Somerville MargaretDr.868892Kumaran K(Kalyanaraman)1871053Anderson Rob1967-1871054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958763203321Public health and epidemiology at a glance4479709UNINA