The acclaimed textbook for navigating the practice and challenges of public health, now updated and completely revised It should be recommended or assigned to all students in public health. -American Journal of Epidemiology The practice of public health would be easier if all th…
The authors deal not only with finding and using scientific evidence, but also with implementation and evaluation of interventions that generate new evidence on effectiveness. Each chapter covers the basic issues and provides multiple examples to illustrate important concepts.--…
The need for evidence-based public health -- Assessing scientific evidence for public health action -- Understanding and applying analytic tools -- Community assessment -- Developing an initial statement of the issue -- Quantifying the issue -- Searching the scientific literatur…
The authors deal not only with finding and using scientific evidence, but also with implementation and evaluation of interventions that generate new evidence on effectiveness. Each chapter covers the basic issues and provides multiple examples to illustrate important concepts.
Public health decisions are often based on short-term demands rather than long-term study, and policies & programs are sometimes developed from anecdotal evidence. To enhance evidence-based practice, this book provides practical guidance on the methodology and evaluation of such…
This book represents a multidisciplinary issue in medicine, often involving cardiologists, neurologists, emergency medicine specialists, general practitioners, geriatricians and other clinicians. However, terminology, methodology and guidelines differ making the issue more compl…
Syncope has many possible causes, but the underlying mechanism of loss of consciousness is transient insufficiency of blood-flow to the brain. The result is a temporary disturbance of brain function causing loss of consciousness and collapse. By virtue of its being due to a self…
