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Oxford textbook of global public health : volume 2 : the methods of public health

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Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: 6th edDescription: xxvii, 365-903, 44 p. : ill. (black and white, and col.) ; 29 cmISBN:

9780198719311

Uniform titles:

Oxford textbook of public health.

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NLM classification:

WA 100.

Contents:

v. 1. The scope of public health -- v. 2. The methods of public health -- v. 3. The practice of public health.

Summary: The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. It has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering a global and comprehensive perspective on wide-ranging public health needs and priorities in modern health care. It is divided into three areas: 'The Scope of Public Health' discusses the development of the discipline, determinants of health and disease, public health policies, and law and ethics; 'The Methods of Public Health' covers the main science behind the discipline – epidemiology; 'The Practice of Public Health' examines specific public health problems and the options for prevention and control. As well as identifying these issues by system or disease, there is also an awareness of the unique needs of particular population groups. This sixth edition also includes new topics, including climate change, genetic testing and epidemiology; new methods for measuring the burden of disease; life course approaches to epidemiology, behavioural economics; and physical activity, health and wellbeing.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	CEME Library (NELFT) Shelves	W100 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		NE10446
Book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves	WA 100 OXF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021987

Revised edition of: Oxford textbook of public health, 2009.

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. The scope of public health -- v. 2. The methods of public health -- v. 3. The practice of public health.

The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. It has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering a global and comprehensive perspective on wide-ranging public health needs and priorities in modern health care. It is divided into three areas: 'The Scope of Public Health' discusses the development of the discipline, determinants of health and disease, public health policies, and law and ethics; 'The Methods of Public Health' covers the main science behind the discipline – epidemiology; 'The Practice of Public Health' examines specific public health problems and the options for prevention and control. As well as identifying these issues by system or disease, there is also an awareness of the unique needs of particular population groups. This sixth edition also includes new topics, including climate change, genetic testing and epidemiology; new methods for measuring the burden of disease; life course approaches to epidemiology, behavioural economics; and physical activity, health and wellbeing.

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