Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health
Invaluable for all practitioners, trainees, and students of public health and epidemiology, the Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health covers the scope, methods, and practice of public health and has been comprehensively updated for its seventh edition.
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Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health
Invaluable for all practitioners, trainees, and students of public health and epidemiology, the Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health covers the scope, methods, and practice of public health and has been comprehensively updated for its seventh edition.
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Invaluable for all practitioners, trainees, and students of public health and epidemiology, the Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health covers the scope, methods, and practice of public health and has been comprehensively updated for its seventh edition.
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ISBN-13: | 9780192548771 |
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Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
Publication date: | 10/29/2021 |
Series: | Oxford Textbooks in Public Health |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 1888 |
File size: | 36 MB |
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About the Author
Roger Detels is the Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Schools of Public Health and Medicine at the University of California. Quarraisha Abdool Karim is the Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA, a Professor in Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University, and Pro Vice-Chancellor (African Health) at the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. Fran Baum is the Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Director of the Southgate Institute of Health at Flinders University in Australia. Liming Li is a Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing Alastair H Leyland is the Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow
Table of Contents
THE SCOPE OF PUBLIC HEALTHSection 1 The development of the discipline of public health1.1. The scope and concerns of public health, Roger Detels and Chorh Chuan Tan1.2. The history and development of public health in developed countries, Christopher Hamlin1.3. The history and development of public health in low- and middle-income countries, Than Sein1.4. Development of public health in economic transition: the middle-income countries, Kai Hong Phua, Mui-Teng Yap, Sara Schwanke Khilji, and Hin-Peng Lee1.5. Globalization, Kelley LeeSection 2 Determinants of health and disease2.1. Determinants of health: overview, Justin Remais and Richard Jackson2.2. Poverty, justice, and health, Ronald Labonte, Frances Baum, and David Sanders2.3. Socioeconomic inequalities in health in high-income countries: the facts and the options, Johan P. Mackenbach2.4. Reducing health inequalities in developing countries, Hoosen Coovadia and Irwin Friedman2.5. Genomics and public health, Vural Ozdemir, Wylie Burke, Muin J. Khoury, Bartha M. Knoppers, and Ron Zimmern2.6. Water and sanitation, Thomas Clasen2.7. Food and nutrition, Prakash S. Shetty2.8. The environment and climate change, Alistair Woodward and Alex Macmillan2.9. Behavioural determinants of health and disease, Lawrence W. Green, Robert A. Hiatt, and Kristin S. Hoeft2.10. Access to healthcare and population health, Martin GullifordSection 3 Public health policies, law, and ethics3.1. Leadership in public health, Manuel M. Dayrit and Maia Ambegaokar3.2. Ethical principles and ethical issues in public health, Nancy Kass, Amy Paul, and Andrew Siegel OUP3.3. The right to the highest attainable standard of health, Paul Hunt, Gunilla Backman, Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Louise Finer, Rajat Khosla, Dragana Korljan, and Lisa Oldring3.4. Law and the public's health, Lawrence Gostin3.5. Priority setting, social values, and public health, Peter Littlejohns, Sarah Clark, and Albert Weale3.6. Health policy in developing countries, Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Block, Adetokunbo Lucas, Octavio Gomez-Dantes, and Julio Frenk3.7. Public health policy in developed countries, John Powles3.8. International efforts to promote public health, Douglas Bettcher, Katherine DeLand, Gemma Lien, Fernando Gonzalez-Martinez, Anne Huvos, Steven Solomon, Ulrike Schwerdtfeger, Haik Nikogosian, Angelika Tritscher, and Julia DalzellTHE METHODS OF PUBLIC HEALTHSection 4 Information systems and sources of intelligence4.1. Information systems in support of public health in high-income countries, Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa and Liam Smeeth4.2. Information systems and community diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries, Peter Cherutich and Ruth Nduati4.3. New communication technologies, social media, and public health, Mohan J. DuttaSection 5 Epidemiological and biostatistical approaches5.1. Epidemiology: the foundation of public health, Roger Detels5.2. Ecological variables, ecological studies, and multilevel studies in public health research, Ana V. Diez Roux5.3. Cross-sectional studies, Manolis Kogevinas and Leda Chatzi5.4. Principles of outbreak investigation, Kumnuan Ungchusak and Sopon Iamsirithaworn5.5. Case-control studies, Noel S. Weiss5.6. Cohort studies, Alvaro Munoz and F. Javier Nieto5.7. Methodology of intervention trials in individuals, Lawrence M. Friedman and Eleanor B. Schron5.8. Methodological issues in the design and analysis of community intervention trials, Allan Donner5.9. Community intervention trials in high-income countries, John W. Farquhar and Lawrence W. Green5.10. Community-based intervention trials in low- and middle-income countries, Sheena G. Sullivan and Zunyou Wu5.11. Clinical epidemiology, Vivian A. Welch, Kevin Pottie, Tomas Pantoja, Andrea C. Tricco, and Peter Tugwell5.12. Genetic epidemiology, Elizabeth H. Young and Manjinder S. Sandhu5.13. Validity and bias in epidemiological research, Sander Greenland and Tyler VanderWeele5.14. Causation and causal inference, Katherine J. Hoggatt, Sander Greenland, and Tyler VanderWeele5.15. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis, Jimmy Volmink and Mike Clarke5.16. Statistical methods, Gail Williams5.17. Measuring the health of populations: the Global Burden of Disease study methods, Theo Vos and Christopher J.L. Murray5.18. Mathematical models of transmission and control of infectious agents, Alex Welte, Brian Williams, and Gavin Hitchcock5.19. Public health surveillance, James W. Buehler and Ann Marie Kimball5.20. Life course epidemiology and analysis, Diana Kuh, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Kate Tilling, and Rebecca HardySection 6 Social science techniques6.1. Sociology and psychology in public health, Stella R. Quah6.2. Sexuality and public health, Richard Parker, Jonathan Garcia, Miguel Munoz-Laboy, Marni Sommer, and Patrick Wilson6.3. Demography and public health, Emily Grundy and Michael Murphy6.4. Health promotion, health education, and the public's health, Simon Carroll and Marcia Hills6.5. Development and evaluation of complex multicomponent interventions in public health, Rona Campbell and Chris Bonell6.6. Economic appraisal in public healthcare: assessing efficiency and equity, David Parkin, Stephen Morris, and Nancy Devlin6.7. Behavioural economics and health, Judd B. Kessler and C. Yiwei Zhang6.8. Governance and management of public health programmes, Eng-kiong Yeoh6.9. Implementation science and translational public health, Kedar S. Mate, Theodore Svoronos, and Dan W. FitzgeraldSection 7 Environmental and occupational health sciences7.1. Environmental health issues in public health, Chien-Jen Chen7.2. Radiation and public health, Leeka Kheifets, Adele Green, and Richard Wakeford7.3. Environmental exposure assessment: modelling air pollution concentrations, John Gulliver and Kees de Hoogh7.4. Occupational health, David Koh and Tar-Ching Aw7.5. Toxicology and risk assessment in the analysis and management of environmental risk, David Koh, Tar-Ching Aw, and Bernard D. Goldstein7.6. Risk perception and communication, Baruch FischhoffTHE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC HEALTHSection 8 Major health problems8.1. Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease, Nathan D. Wong8.2. Cancer epidemiology and public health, Zuo-Feng Zhang, Paolo Boffetta, Alfred I. Neugut, and Carlo La Vecchia8.3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma, v Jeroen Douwes, Marike Boezen, Collin Brooks, and Neil Pearce8.4. Obesity, W. P. T. James and Tim Marsh8.5. Physical activity and health, Nasiha Soofie and Roger Detels8.6. Diabetes mellitus, Nigel Unwin and Jonathan Shaw8.7. Public mental health and suicide, Kristian Wahlbeck and Danuta Wasserman8.8. Dental public health, Peter G. Robinson and Zoe Marshman8.9. Musculoskeletal disorders, Lope H. Barrero and Alberto Caban-Martinez8.10. Neurological diseases, epidemiology, and public health, Walter A. Kukull and James Bowen8.11. Infectious diseases and prions, Davidson H. Hamer and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta8.12. Sexually transmitted infections, Mary L. Kamb and Patricia J. Garcia8.13. HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Sten H. Vermund and Suniti Solomon8.14. Tuberculosis, David W. Dowdy, Richard E. Chaisson, and Gavin J. Churchyard8.15. Malaria, Frank Sorvillo, Shira Shafir, and Benjamin Bristow8.16. Chronic hepatitis and other liver disease, Pierre Van Damme, Tinne Lernout, Koen Van Herck, Rui T. Marinho, Raymundo Parana, and Daniel Shouval8.17. Emerging and re-emerging infections, David L. Heymann and Vernon J. M. Lee8.18. Bioterrorism, Nicholas S. Kelley and Michael T. OsterholmSection 9 Prevention and control of public health hazards9.1. Tobacco, Tai Hing Lam and Sai Yin Ho9.2. Public health aspects of illicit psychoactive drug use, Don Des Jarlais, Jonathan Feelemyer, and Deborah Hassin9.3. Alcohol, Robin Room9.4. Injury prevention and control: the public health approach, Corinne Peek-Asa and Adnan Hyder9.5. Interpersonal violence: a recent public health mandate, Rachel Jewkes9.6. Collective violence: war, Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel9.7. Urban health in low- and middle-income countries, Mark R. MontgomerySection 10 Public health needs of population groups10.1. The changing family, Gavin W. Jones10.2. Women, men, and health, Sarah Payne and Lesley Doyal10.3. Child health, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, Nigel Rollins, Bernadette Daelmans, Rajiv Bahl, Jose Martines, and Elizabeth Mason10.4. Adolescent health, Pierre-Andre Michaud, Anne-Emmanuelle Ambresin, Richard F. Catalano, Judith Diers, and Georges C. Patton10.5. Ethnicity, race, epidemiology, and public health, Raj Bhopal10.6. The health of indigenous peoples, Ian Anderson and Sue Crengle10.7. People with disabilities, Donald J. Lollar and Elena M. Andresen10.8. Health of older people, Julie E. Byles and Meredith Tavener10.9. Forced migrants and other displaced populations, Catherine R. Bateman Steel and Anthony B. Zwi10.10. Prisons: from punishment to public health, Ernest DruckerSection 11 Public health functions11.1. Health needs assessment, Michael P. Kelly, Jane E. Powell, and Natalie Bartle11.2. Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, K. Srinath Reddy11.3. Principles of infectious disease control, Robert J. Kim-Farley11.4. Population screening and public health, Allison Streetly and Lars Elhers11.5. Environmental health practice, Yasmin E.R. von Schirnding11.6. Strategies and structures for public health intervention, Sian Griffiths11.7. Strategies for health services, Chien Earn Lee11.8. Training of public health professionals in developing countries, Vonthanak Saphonn, San Hone, and Roger Detels11.9. Training of local health workers to meet public health needs, Piya Hanvoravongchai and Suwit Wibulpolprasert11.10. Emergency public health and humanitarian assistance in the twenty-first century, Les Roberts and Richard Brennan11.11. Principles of public health emergency response for acute environmental, chemical, and radiation incidents, Virginia Murray, Jill Meara, and Naima Bradley11.12. Private support of public health, Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Roger Detels11.13. The future of international public health in an era of austerity, Margaret Chan and Mary Kay KindhauserFrom the B&N Reads Blog
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