Public Health: Prevention, Promotion, Protection -- Social Determinants of Health (Part 1) : Where You Live Impacts Your Health -- Social Determinants of Health (Part 2) : Keys to Improving Community Health -- Prevention, Challenges, and Population Health -- The Role of Data in …
"This book presents the principles and tools that administrators and practitioners need to monitor, assess, and manage the health of populations in challenging times"--
COVID-19 triggered broad discussions of population health, epidemiology, and public health, not only in academic communities but also in society at large. Although masks, social distancing, and vaccines helped curb its spread, the novel coronavirus will clearly not be the last i…
Comprehensive review of diseases of poverty and public health strategies to combat them.
"This book examines the epidemiology and social impact of past and present infectious disease epidemics in the developing and developed world ... The first half of the volume provides an epidemiological overview, exploring early and contemporary perspectives on disease and disea…
Comprehensive review of diseases of poverty and public health strategies to combat them.
This book is meant for adoption in first courses on epidemiology in Medical Schools and Faculties of Public Health in developing and transition countries and in workshops in these countries, taught for example by members of international organizations. It is also suitable for pa…
Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Third Edition provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistics applications in the field of public health. Many examples are drawn directly from the author's rema…
Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Third Edition provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistics applications in the field of public health. Many examples are drawn directly from the author's rema…
Study designs -- Quantifying the extent of disease -- Summarizing data collected in the sample -- The role of probability -- Confidence interval estimates -- Hypothesis testing procedures -- Power and sample size determination -- Multivariable methods -- Nonparametric tests -- S…
Essentials of biostatistics in public health
Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Third Edition provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistics applications in the field of public health. Many examples are drawn directly from the author's rema…