Introduction to Public Health 5th Edition, (Ebook PDF)

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1284089231
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1284089233
• Author: Mary-Jane Schneider

Introduction to Public Health, Fifth Edition offers a thorough, accessible overview of the expanding field of public health for students new to its concepts and actors. Written in engaging, nontechnical language, this best selling text explains in clear terms the multi disciplinary strategies and methods used for measuring, assessing, and promoting public health.

Table contents:

Part I: What Is Public Health?

1 Public Health: Science, Politics, and Prevention

2 Why Is Public Health Controversial?

3 Powers and Responsibilities of Government

Part II: Analytical Methods of Public Health

4 Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health

5 Epidemiologic Principles and Methods

6 Problems and Limits of Epidemiology

7 Statistics: Making Sense of Uncertainty

8 The Role of Data in Public Health

Part III: Biomedical Basis of Public Health

9 The “Conquest” of Infectious Diseases

10 The Resurgence of Infectious Diseases

11 The Biomedical Basis of Chronic Diseases

12 Genetic Diseases and Other Inborn Errors

Part IV: Social and Behavioral Factors in Health

13 Do People Choose Their Own Health?

14 How Psychosocial Factors Affect Health Behavior

15 Public Health Enemy Number One: Tobacco

16 Public Health Enemy Number Two and Growing: Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity

17 Injuries Are Not Accidents

18 Maternal and Child Health as a Social Problem

19 Mental Health: Public Health Includes Healthy Minds

Part V: Environmental Issues in Public Health

20 A Clean Environment: The Basis of Public Health

21 Clean Air: Is It Safe to Breathe?

22 Clean Water: A Limited Resource

23 Solid and Hazardous Wastes: What to Do with the Garbage?

24 Safe Food and Drugs: An Ongoing Regulatory Battle

25 Population: The Ultimate Environmental Health Issue

Part VI: Medical Care and Public Health

26 Is the Medical Care System a Public Health Issue?

27 Why the U.S. Medical System Needs Reform

28 Health Services Research: Finding What Works

29 Public Health and the Aging Population

Part VII: The Future of Public Health

30 Emergency Preparedness, Post-9/11

31 Public Health in the Twenty-First Century: Achievements and Challenges