Public Health A Global Perspective.

While the book is primarily for public health practitioners including community nurses and physicians, social workers and community planners, this book also serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in public health and its application in creating healthier societies.

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Main Author: Singh, Hari, 1957-
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Oxford : Productivity Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Public health.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781040026939
1040026931
9781032644257
1032644257
9781040026915
1040026915
1032644230
9781032644233
Physical Description: 1 online resource (341 p.)

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505 0 |a Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION I: Health and Disease -- Chapter 1: What Is Public Health? -- Characteristics of Public Health -- Public Health versus Clinical Practice -- Public Health Services -- Public Health versus Preventive and Social Medicine -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Concept of Primary Health Care -- Primary Health Care Strategies -- Role of WHO -- Chapter 3: What Is Health? -- Dimensions of Health -- Critiques of the WHO's Definition of Health -- Other Aspects of Health -- Emerging Issues 
505 8 |a Chapter 4: Determinants of Health -- Modifiable Factors -- Non-Modifiable Factors -- Environmental Factors -- Role of Healthcare Services -- Notes -- Chapter 5: What Are Infectious Diseases? -- Germ Theory of Disease -- Epidemiological Triad -- Chain of Infection -- Infection -- Disease -- Diagnosis -- Notes -- Chapter 6: What Are Noncommunicable Diseases? -- Multifactorial Etiology -- Cardiovascular Diseases -- Chronic Respiratory Diseases -- Diabetes -- Cancers -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Classification of Diseases -- SECTION II: Basic Epidemiology -- Chapter 8: What Is Epidemiology? 
505 8 |a Scope and Uses of Epidemiology -- Epidemiological Approach -- Note -- Chapter 9: Disease Transmission -- Airborne Transmission -- Fecal-Oral Transmission -- Vector-Borne Transmission -- Sexually Transmitted Infections -- Blood-Borne Transmission -- Transmission through Physical Contact -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Natural History of Diseases -- Stages of a Disease -- Spectrum of a Disease -- Prognosis -- Examples -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Measuring Mortality -- Crude Death Rate -- Life Expectancy -- Neonatal Mortality Rate -- Under-Five Mortality Rate -- Maternal Mortality Ratio 
505 8 |a Proportionate Mortality Ratio -- Indicators Used by Various Agencies -- Standardized Mortality Rate -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Measuring Morbidity -- Incidence Rate -- Prevalence -- Examples -- Challenges in Measuring Morbidity -- Notes -- Chapter 13: Indirect Indicators of Health -- Fertility-Related Indicator -- Nutrition-Related Indicators -- Sociocultural Indicators -- Water- and Sanitation-Related Indicators -- Indicators of Healthcare Utilization -- Notes -- Chapter 14: Disease Surveillance -- Routine Surveillance -- Special Surveillance -- SECTION III: Applied Epidemiology 
505 8 |a Chapter 15: Screening of Diseases -- The Iceberg Phenomenon -- Criteria for Screening -- Approaches to Screening -- Common Screening Programs -- Chapter 16: Disease Prevention -- Primary Prevention -- Secondary Prevention -- Tertiary Prevention -- Primordial Prevention -- Notes -- Chapter 17: Epidemiological Study Designs: An Introduction -- Chapter 18: Descriptive Study -- Person -- Place -- Time -- Cross-Sectional Study -- Ecological Study -- Chapter 19: Case-Control Study -- Odds Ratio -- Chapter 20: Cohort Study -- Framingham Study -- Advantages and Limitations of Cohort Studies 
500 |a Relative Risk 
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