Introduction to public health / Mary-Jane Schneider.
Material type: TextPublisher: Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xxxi, 622 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 144968887X
- 9781449688875
- 1449697364
- 9781449697365
- 362.1 23
- RA425 .S28 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public health : science, politics, and prevention -- Why is public health controversial? -- Powers and responsibilities of government -- Epidemiology : the basic science of public health -- Epidemiologic principles and methods -- Problems and limits of epidemiology -- Statistics : making sense of uncertainty -- The role of data in public health -- The "conquest" of infectious diseases -- The resurgence of infectious diseases -- The biomedical basis of chronic diseases -- Genetic diseases and other inborn errors -- Do people choose their own health? -- How psychosocial factors affect health behavior -- Public health enemy number one : tobacco -- Public health enemy number two and growing : poor diet and physical inactivity -- Injuries are not accidents -- Maternal and child health as a social problem -- Mental health : public health includes healthy minds -- A clean environment : the basis of public health -- Clean air : is it safe to breathe? -- Clean water : a limited resource -- Solid and hazardous wastes : what to do with the garbage? -- Safe food and drugs : an ongoing regulatory battle -- Population : the ultimate environmental health issue -- Is the medical care system a public health issue? -- Why the U.S. medical system needs reform -- Health services research : finding what works -- Public health and the aging population -- Emergency preparedness, post-9/11 -- Public health in the twenty-first century : achievements and challenges.
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