Social epidemiology : strategies for public health activism /
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| Author / Creator: | Cwikel, Julie. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, c2006. |
| Description: | xvi, 613 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6247608 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Introduction to Social Epidemiology
- 2. Basic Concepts in Health and Illness
- 3. The Context for Social Epidemiology
- Part II. Historical Roots of Social Epidemiology
- 4. A History of Public Health and Medicine
- 5. The Development of Modern Social Epidemiology
- Part III. Methods
- 6. Concepts and Theories in Social Epidemiology: The SOCEPID Model
- 7. Methods of Descriptive Epidemiology
- 8. Research Design for the Identification of Risk Factors
- 9. Program Evaluation in Social Epidemiology
- 10. Following Social Epidemiological Research: Then What?
- Part IV. Applications
- 11. Social Epidemiology Applied to Chronic Disease: Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Arthritis, Diabetes, and Obesity
- 12. Injury Control and Violence Prevention
- 13. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV, and AIDS
- 14. Environmental Hazards, Occupational Health, and Community Exposures
- 15. Immigrants, Migrants, and Special Populations: New Challenges in Social Epidemiology and Applications for the Future
- References
- Index
