Introduction to Public HealthThis comprehensive new edition illustrates the multidisciplinary nature of public health and the complex ethical and political issues central to it. It includes discussions of epidemiological investigation, biomedical research, environmental assessment, analyses of individual and group behavior, massive data collection efforts, and policy developments. In light of the changing world, further bioterrorism issues have been woven through relevant chapters. New additions in epidemiology include anthrax and SARS. Additions in women's health consider new developments in hormone replacement therapy. A new emphasis has been placed on planning to include natural disasters as well as terrorism. This book covers the basic elements of public health as well as essential data and statistics.[Ed.] |
Contents
Science Politics and Prevention | 3 |
Chapter 2Why Is Public Health Controversial? | 17 |
Chapter 3Powers and Responsibilities | 31 |
Nongovernmental Role in Public Health | 44 |
The Basic Science | 51 |
EosinophiliaMyalgia Syndrome | 58 |
Conclusion | 67 |
Chapter 6Problems and Limits | 85 |
Chapter 18Maternal and Child Health as | 311 |
Preventing Infant Mortality | 317 |
Nutrition of Women and Children | 323 |
PART VENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES | 331 |
Is It Safe to Breathe? | 351 |
A Limited Resource | 367 |
What To | 383 |
The Ultimate Environmental | 415 |
Making Sense | 99 |
Chapter 8The Role of Data in Public Health | 121 |
PART IIIBIOMEDICAL BASIS | 135 |
Chapter 10The Resurgence of Infectious | 157 |
Other Emerging Viruses | 163 |
MultidrugResistant Tuberculosis | 171 |
Public Health and the Threat of Bioterrorism | 177 |
Chapter 11The Biomedical Basis of Chronic | 183 |
Cancer | 189 |
Chapter 12Genetic Diseases and Other | 197 |
PART IVSOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL | 215 |
Chapter 14How Psychosocial Factors Affect | 231 |
Psychological Models of Health Behavior | 237 |
Changing the Environment | 244 |
Chapter 16Public Health Threat Number Two | 269 |
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Chapter 17Injuries Are Not Accidents | 293 |
Dire Predictions and Fragile Hope | 426 |
Chapter 25Is the Medical Care System a Public | 433 |
Licensing and Regulation | 440 |
Conclusion | 447 |
Why Do Costs Keep Rising? | 455 |
Rationing | 461 |
Finding | 467 |
Outcomes Research | 473 |
Inequities in Medical Care | 480 |
Chapter 28Public Health and the Aging | 489 |
General Approaches to Maximizing Health | 495 |
Medical Costs of the Elderly | 505 |
Chapter 29Emergency Preparedness Post911 | 515 |
Hope for the Integration of Public Health | 543 |
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Common terms and phrases
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