Population health : concepts and methods /
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| Author / Creator: | Young, T. Kue. |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description: | vii, 392 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5545690 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Defining Health, Population, and Population Health
- Objectives and Uses of Population Health Studies
- The Arts and Sciences in Population Health
- Historical Antecedents and Future Prospects
- Summary
- Case Study 1.1.. James Lind and Scurvy among Sailors
- Case Study 1.2.. John Snow, Cholera, and the Broad Street Pump
- Case Study 1.3.. Ignaz Semmelweis and Puerperal Fever
- Case Study 1.4.. Joseph Goldberger on Diet and Pellagra
- Guide to Resources
- Notes
- 2. Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (I)
- Measures of Disease Occurrence
- Population Structure and Dynamics
- Comparing Health Events in Populations
- Demographic and Health Transition
- Summary
- Case Study 2.1.. Cancer Incidence in Five Continents
- Case Study 2.2.. Contribution of Population Aging to Changes in Cancer Mortality
- Notes
- Exercises
- 3. Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (II)
- Health Indicators and Indices
- Sources and Quality of Health Data
- Summary Measures of Population Health
- Diagnosis and Classification of Diseases
- Accuracy of Screening and Diagnostic Tests
- Surveillance and Epidemic Investigations
- Cultural Concepts of Health and Disease
- Summary
- Case Study 3.1.. Are Death Certificates Accurate?
- Case Study 3.2.. Diphtheria in Russia--Return of a Vanquished Foe?
- Case Study 3.3.. Is Schizophrenia Universal?
- Notes
- Exercises
- 4. Modeling Determinants of Population Health
- Models and Pathways of Health
- Genetic Susceptibility
- Physical Environment
- Personal Lifestyles and Behaviors
- Social, Cultural, and Economic Factors
- A Life Course Approach to Health
- A Biopsychosocial Model of Health
- Contributions to Global Disease Burden
- Summary
- Case Study 4.1.. The Sickle Cell Trait and Protection from Malaria
- Case Study 4.2.. Chernobyl: Aftermath of an Environmental Catastrophe
- Case Study 4.3.. Social Medicine in Pre-World War I Germany
- Notes
- Exercises
- 5. Assessing Health Risks in Populations
- Risks in Population Health
- Concepts of Causation
- Measures of Association and Effect
- Competing Risks
- Risk Perception and Communication
- Summary
- Case Study 5.1.. Is British Beef Safe?
- Case Study 5.2.. Do Heart Attacks Prevent Cancer Deaths?
- Case Study 5.3.. Communicating SARS Risk with Numbers
- Notes
- Exercises
- 6. Designing Population Health Studies
- A Matter of Measurement
- Types of Research Design
- Validity and Reliability
- Error and Bias
- Confounding and Confounders
- Interaction or Effect Modification
- Qualitative Methods
- Ethical Concerns
- Summary
- Case Study 6.1.. Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Traffic Accident Mortality
- Case Study 6.2.. Durkheim's Studies on Suicide
- Case Study 6.3.. The Causal Trail: Cigarette Smoking and Lung Cancer
- Case Study 6.4.. Tracking Heart Disease among World War II Airmen
- Notes
- Exercises
- 7. Planning Population Health Interventions
- Promoting Health, Preventing Disease
- Population Health and the Health Care System
- Types and Levels of Interventions
- Criteria for Screening
- Behavioral Models for Health Promotion
- Cross-Cultural Considerations
- A Broader View of Prevention
- Summary
- Case Study 7.1.. The Global Eradication of Smallpox
- Case Study 7.2.. Is Mammography Good for Women?
- Case Study 7.3.. Community-Based Heart Disease Prevention in North Karelia
- Notes
- Exercise
- 8. Evaluating Health Programs for Populations
- A Framework for Evaluation
- Technology Assessment, Diffusion, and Transfer
- Evaluation Methods
- Economic Appraisal
- Decision-Making in Health Care
- Summary
- Case Study 8.1.. Nurse-Practitioners in Primary Care
- Case Study 8.2.. Fluoridation of Community Water Supply to Prevent Dental Caries
- Case Study 8.3.. Economic Evaluation of Neonatal Intensive Care
- Case Study 8.4.. A Meta-Analysis of Adolescent Smoking Programs
- Notes
- Exercise
- 9. Improving the Health of Populations
- Guide to Resources
- Bibliography
- Answers to Exercises
- Index
