Public health and epidemiology at a glance / / Margaret Somerville, K. Kumaran, Rob Anderson

• Autore: Somerville Margaret, Dr.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (96 p.)
• Disciplina: 614.4
• Soggetto topico: Public health; Epidemiology
• Altri autori: KumaranK (Kalyanaraman) AndersonRob <1967->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 illness ; 13: 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 health ; 32: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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, a
• Titolo autorizzato: Public health and epidemiology at a glance
• ISBN: 9786613449030; 9781118308646; 1118308646; 9781118286555; 1118286553; 9781283449038; 128344903X; 9781118286562; 1118286561
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958763203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: At a glance series (Oxford, England)