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 health
Epidemiological concepts of cause and association, surveillance, and risk
Use of epidemiology in clinical decision-making
Epidemiology of major health problems such as cardiovascular disease and cancer
Health promotion
Basics of health economics
Basics of health policy, needs assessment, and evaluation
Also featuring self-assessment questions to help test learning, this new title will provide an invaluable resource for medical and healthcare students, junior doctors, and those preparing for a career in public health.
Preface 6
Acknowledgements 7
About the authors 7
1 Introduction to public health 8
Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice
2 Incidence and prevalence 10
3 Risks and odds 12
4 Hierarchy of evidence and investigating causation 14
5 Bias, confounding and chance in epidemiological studies 16
6 Standardisation 18
7 Ecological and cross-sectional studies 20
8 Case-control and cohort studies 22
9 Trials (experimental studies) 24
10 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis 26
11 Diagnostic tests 28
Assessing Population Health
12 Health and illness 30
13 Demography 32
14 Epidemiological transition 34
15 Health information 36
16 Measuring population health status 38
17 Lifestyle determinants of health 40
18 Environmental determinants of health 42
19 Inequalities in health 44
20 Socio-economic inequalities in health 46
21 Health needs assessment 48
Improving and Protecting Health
22 Disease prevention 50
23 Principles of disease transmission 52
24 Communicable disease control 54
25 Surveillance 56
26 Immunisation 58
27 Screening principles 60
28 Screening programmes 62
29 Health promotion 64
30 Changing behaviour 66
Health Economics
31 Economic perspectives on health 68
32 Economic evaluation 70
33 Economic perspectives on measuring health-related outcomes 72
34 Economics of public health problems 74
Effective Health Care
35 Health care systems 76
36 Planning health services 78
37 Health care evaluation 80
Self-Assessment
Self-assessment questions 82
Self-assessment answers 84
Appendix: Practical issues in conducting epidemiological studies 85
Further reading 87
Index 88
"Also featuring self-assessment questions to help test learning, this new title will provide an invaluable resource for medical and healthcare students, junior doctors, and those preparing for a career in public health." (Kingbook73's Medical Ebook and Video Collection, 26 August 2014)
"This is a useful summary that provides a quick overview so that students or professionals can acquire the basic knowledge of public health. The book is contemporary with recent references and examples. While the book presents basic concepts, the examples are from the U.K., hence their applicability is more relevant for a U.K. audience." (Doody's, 30 August 2012) Pre-publication review: "Like most other medical students I am guilty of ignoring epidemiology and not really seeing or applying its relevance to my studies. I thought this book was truly excellent in highlighting how important it is to my future career as a doctor. It was clear, concise and an enjoyable read. I feel that this book is a truly needed publication, which takes the confusion and monotony out of the subject." (3rd year Medical Student, University of Southampton)
Margaret Somerville is Director of Public Health and Health Policy, NHS Highland, Inverness
K. Kumaran is a Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Somerset
Rob Anderson, Institute of Health Service Research, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter
Über den Autor
Margaret Somerville is Director of Public Health and Health Policy, NHS Highland, Inverness
K. Kumaran is a Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Somerset
Rob Anderson, Institute of Health Service Research, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface 6
Acknowledgements 7
About the authors 7
1 Introduction to public health 8
Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Practice
2 Incidence and prevalence 10
3 Risks and odds 12
4 Hierarchy of evidence and investigating causation 14
5 Bias, confounding and chance in epidemiological studies 16
6 Standardisation 18
7 Ecological and cross-sectional studies 20
8 Case-control and cohort studies 22
9 Trials (experimental studies) 24
10 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis 26
11 Diagnostic tests 28
Assessing Population Health
12 Health and illness 30
13 Demography 32
14 Epidemiological transition 34
15 Health information 36
16 Measuring population health status 38
17 Lifestyle determinants of health 40
18 Environmental determinants of health 42
19 Inequalities in health 44
20 Socio-economic inequalities in health 46
21 Health needs assessment 48
Improving and Protecting Health
22 Disease prevention 50
23 Principles of disease transmission 52
24 Communicable disease control 54
25 Surveillance 56
26 Immunisation 58
27 Screening principles 60
28 Screening programmes 62
29 Health promotion 64
30 Changing behaviour 66
Health Economics
31 Economic perspectives on health 68
32 Economic evaluation 70
33 Economic perspectives on measuring health-related outcomes 72
34 Economics of public health problems 74
Effective Health Care
35 Health care systems 76
36 Planning health services 78
37 Health care evaluation 80
Self-Assessment
Self-assessment questions 82
Self-assessment answers 84
Appendix: Practical issues in conducting epidemiological studies 85
Further reading 87
Index 88
Klappentext
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 health
* Epidemiological concepts of cause and association, surveillance, and risk
* Use of epidemiology in clinical decision-making
* Epidemiology of major health problems such as cardiovascular disease and cancer
* Health promotion
* Basics of health economics
* Basics of health policy, needs assessment, and evaluation
Also featuring self-assessment questions to help test learning, this new title will provide an invaluable resource for medical and healthcare students, junior doctors, and those preparing for a career in public health.
