First Prize in Public health in the 2017 BMA Medical Book Awards Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance is a highly visual introduction to the key concepts and major themes of population health. With comprehensive coverage of all the core topics covered at medical school, it helps students understand the determinants of health and their study, from personal lifestyle choices and behaviour, to environmental, social and economic factors.This fully updated new edition features:OaMore coverage of audit and quality improvement techniquesOaBrand new sections on maternal and child health, and health of older peopleOaNew chapters on social determinants of health and guideline developmentOaExpanded self-assessment materialThis accessible guide is an invaluable resource for medical and healthcare students, junior doctors, and those preparing for a career in epidemiology and public health
Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgements About the authors 1. Introduction to Public Health 2. Public Health Old and New 3. Incidence and prevalence 4. Risks and Odds 5. Hierarchy of evidence and investigating causation 6. Bias, confounding and chance in epidemiological studies 7. Standardisation 8. Ecological and cross-sectional studies 9. Case-control studies 10. Cohort studies 11. Trials (experimental studies) 12. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis 13. Diagnostic tests 14. Developing Guidelines 15. Health and illness 16. Demographic and epidemiological transitions 17. Health Information 18. Measuring population health status 19. Determinants of Health 20. Lifestyle determinants of health 21. Social determination of health 22. Environmental determinants of health 23. Inequalities in health 24. Health needs assessment 25. Maternal and Infant health 26. Health of older people 27. Disease prevention 28. Principles of disease transmission 29. Communicable disease control 30. Surveillance 31. Immunisation 32. Screening principles 33. Screening programmes 34. Health promotion 35. Changing behaviour 36. Economic perspectives on health 37. Economic evaluation 38. Economic perspectives on measuring health-related outcomes 39. Economics of public health problems 40. Health care systems 41. Planning health services 42. Improving services 43. Health care evaluation Self-Assessment Self-assessment Questions Self-assessment Answers Appendix- Practical issues in conducting epidemiological studies Further reading Index
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