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Contents
- Front Matter
- Section 1 The development of the discipline of public health
- 1.1 The scope and concerns of public health Roger Detels and Chorh Chuan Tan
- 1.2 The history and development of public health in developed countries Christopher Hamlin
- 1.3 The history and development of public health in low- and middle-income countries Than Sein
- 1.4 Development of public health in economic transition: the middle-income countries Kai Hong Phua, Mui-Teng Yap, Sara U. Schwanke Khilji, and Hin-Peng Lee
- 1.5 Globalization Kelley Lee
- Section 2 Determinants of health and disease
- 2.1 Determinants of health: overview Justin V. Remais and Richard J. Jackson
- 2.2 Poverty, justice, and health Ronald Labonté, Frances Baum, and David Sanders
- 2.3 Socioeconomic inequalities in health in high-income countries: the facts and the options Johan P. Mackenbach
- 2.4 Reducing health inequalities in developing countries Hoosen Coovadia and Irwin Friedman
- 2.5 Genomics and public health Vural Özdemir, Wylie Burke, Muin J. Khoury, Bartha M. Knoppers, and Ron Zimmern
- 2.6 Water and sanitation Thomas Clasen
- 2.7 Food and nutrition Prakash S. Shetty
- 2.8 The environment and climate change Alistair Woodward and Alex Macmillan
- 2.9 Behavioural determinants of health and disease Lawrence W. Green, Robert A. Hiatt, and Kristin S. Hoeft
- 2.10 Access to healthcare and population health Martin Gulliford
- Section 3 Public health policies, law, and ethics
- 3.1 Leadership in public health Manuel M. Dayrit and Maia Ambegaokar
- 3.2 Ethical principles and ethical issues in public health Nancy Kass, Amy Paul, and Andrew Siegel
- 3.3 The right to the highest attainable standard of health Paul Hunt, Gunilla Backman, Judith Bueno de Mesquita, Louise Finer, Rajat Khosla, Dragana Korljan, and Lisa Oldring
- 3.4 Law and the public’s health Lawrence Gostin
- 3.5 Priority setting, social values, and public health Peter Littlejohns, Sarah Clark, and Albert Weale
- 3.6 Health policy in developing countries Miguel Angel González-Block, Adetokunbo Lucas, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, and Julio Frenk
- 3.7 Public health policy in developed countries John Powles
- 3.8 International efforts to promote public health
Douglas Bettcher, Katherine DeLand, Gemma Lien, Fernando Gonzalez-Martinez, Anne Huvos, Steven Solomon, Ulrike Schwerdtfeger, Haik Nikogosian, Angelika Tritscher, and Julia Dalzell
- Section 4 Information systems and sources of intelligence
- 4.1 Information systems in support of public health in high-income countries Tjeerd-Pieter van Staa and Liam Smeeth
- 4.2 Information systems and community diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries Peter Cherutich and Ruth Nduati
- 4.3 New communication technologies, social media, and public health Mohan J. Dutta
- Section 5 Epidemiological and biostatistical approaches
- 5.1 Epidemiology: the foundation of public health Roger Detels
- 5.2 Ecological variables, ecological studies, and multilevel studies in public health research Ana V. Diez Roux
- 5.3 Cross-sectional studies Manolis Kogevinas and Leda Chatzi
- 5.4 Principles of outbreak investigation Kumnuan Ungchusak and Sopon Iamsirithaworn
- 5.5 Case–control studies Noel S. Weiss
- 5.6 Cohort studies Alvaro Muñoz and F. Javier Nieto
- 5.7 Methodology of intervention trials in individuals Lawrence M. Friedman and Eleanor B. Schron
- 5.8 Methodological issues in the design and analysis of community intervention trials Allan Donner
- 5.9 Community intervention trials in high-income countries John W. Farquhar and Lawrence W. Green
- 5.10 Community-based intervention trials in low- and middle-income countries Sheena G. Sullivan and Zunyou Wu
- 5.11 Clinical epidemiology Vivian A. Welch, Kevin Pottie, Tomás Pantoja, Andrea C. Tricco, and Peter Tugwell
- 5.12 Genetic epidemiology Elizabeth H. Young and Manjinder S. Sandhu
- 5.13 Validity and bias in epidemiological research Sander Greenland and Tyler J. VanderWeele
- 5.14 Causation and causal inference Katherine J. Hoggatt, Sander Greenland, and Tyler J. VanderWeele
- 5.15 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis Jimmy Volmink and Mike Clarke
- 5.16 Statistical methods Gail Williams
- 5.17 Measuring the health of populations: the Global Burden of Disease study methods Theo Vos and Christopher J. L. Murray
- 5.18 Mathematical models of transmission and control of infectious agents Alex Welte, Brian Williams, and Gavin Hitchcock
- 5.19 Public health surveillance James W. Buehler and Ann Marie Kimball
- 5.20 Life course epidemiology and analysis Diana Kuh, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Kate Tilling, and Rebecca Hardy
- Section 6 Social science techniques
- 6.1 Sociology and psychology in public health Stella R. Quah
- 6.2 Sexuality and public health Richard Parker, Jonathan Garcia, Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, Marni Sommer, and Patrick Wilson
- 6.3 Demography and public health Emily Grundy and Michael Murphy
- 6.4 Health promotion, health education, and the public’s health Simon Carroll and Marcia Hills
- 6.5 Development and evaluation of complex multicomponent interventions in public health Rona Campbell and Chris Bonell
- 6.6 Economic appraisal in public healthcare: assessing efficiency and equity David Parkin, Stephen Morris, and Nancy Devlin
- 6.7 Behavioural economics and health Judd B. Kessler and C. Yiwei Zhang
- 6.8 Governance and management of public health programmes Eng-kiong Yeoh
- 6.9 Implementation science and translational public health Kedar S. Mate, Theodore Svoronos, andDan W. Fitzgerald
- Section 7 Environmental and occupational health sciences
- 7.1 Environmental health issues in public health Chien-Jen Chen
- 7.2 Radiation and public health Leeka Kheifets, Adele Green, and Richard Wakeford
- 7.3 Environmental exposure assessment: modelling air pollution concentrations John Gulliver and Kees de Hoogh
- 7.4 Occupational health David Koh and Tar-Ching Aw
- 7.5 Toxicology and risk assessment in the analysis and management of environmental risk Tar-Ching Aw David Koh and Bernard D. Goldstein
- 7.6 Risk perception and communication Baruch Fischhoff
- Section 8 Major health problems
- 8.1 Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseaseNathan D. Wong
- 8.2 Cancer epidemiology and public healthZuo-Feng Zhang, Paolo Boffetta, Alfred I. Neugut, and Carlo La Vecchia
- 8.3 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthmaJeroen Douwes, Marike Boezen, Collin Brooks, and Neil Pearce
- 8.4 ObesityW. Philip T. James and Tim Marsh
- 8.5 Physical activity and healthNasiha Soofie and Roger Detels
- 8.6 Diabetes mellitusNigel Unwin and Jonathan Shaw
- 8.7 Public mental health and suicideKristian Wahlbeck and Danuta Wasserman
- 8.8 Dental public healthPeter G. Robinson and Zoe Marshman
- 8.9 Musculoskeletal disordersLope H. Barrero and Alberto J. Caban-Martinez
- 8.10 Neurological diseases, epidemiology, and public healthWalter A. Kukull and James Bowen
- 8.11 Infectious diseases and prionsDavidson H. Hamer and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
- 8.12 Sexually transmitted infectionsMary L. Kamb and Patricia J. Garcia
- 8.13 HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndromeSten H. Vermund and Suniti Solomon
- 8.14 TuberculosisDavid W. Dowdy, Richard E. Chaisson, and Gavin J. Churchyard
- 8.15 MalariaFrank Sorvillo, Shira Shafir, and Benjamin Bristow
- 8.16 Chronic hepatitis and other liver disease Pierre Van Damme, Tinne Lernout, Koen Van Herck, Rui T. Marinho, Raymundo Paraná, and Daniel Shouval
- 8.17 Emerging and re-emerging infectionsDavid L. Heymann and Vernon J. M. Lee
- 8.18 BioterrorismNicholas S. Kelley and Michael T. Osterholm
- Section 9 Prevention and control of public health hazards
- 9.1 TobaccoTai Hing Lam and Sai Yin Ho
- 9.2 Public health aspects of illicit psychoactive drug useDon Des Jarlais, Jonathan Feelemyer, and Deborah Hassin
- 9.3 Alcohol Robin Room
- 9.4 Injury prevention and control: the public health approachCorinne Peek-Asa and Adnan Hyder
- 9.5 Interpersonal violence: a recent public health mandateRachel Jewkes
- 9.6 Collective violence: warBarry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel
- 9.7 Urban health in low- and middle-income countriesMark R. Montgomery
- Section 10 Public health needs of population groups
- 10.1 The changing familyGavin W. Jones
- 10.2 Women, men, and healthSarah Payne and Lesley Doyal
- 10.3 Child healthCynthia Boschi-Pinto, Nigel Rollins, Bernadette Daelmans, Rajiv Bahl, Jose Martines, and Elizabeth Mason
- 10.4 Adolescent healthPierre-André Michaud, Anne-Emmanuelle Ambresin, Richard F. Catalano, Judith Diers, and George C. Patton
- 10.5 Ethnicity, race, epidemiology, and public healthRaj Bhopal
- 10.6 The health of indigenous peoplesIan Anderson and Sue Crengle
- 10.7 People with disabilitiesDonald J. Lollar and Elena M. Andresen
- 10.8 Health of older peopleJulie E. Byles and Meredith A. Tavener
- 10.9 Forced migrants and other displaced populationsCatherine R. Bateman Steel and Anthony B. Zwi
- 10.10 Prisons: from punishment to public healthErnest Drucker
- Section 11 Public health functions
- 11.1 Health needs assessmentMichael P. Kelly, Jane E. Powell, and Natalie Bartle
- 11.2 Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases K. Srinath Reddy
- 11.3 Principles of infectious disease control Robert J. Kim-Farley
- 11.4 Population screening and public healthAllison Streetly and Lars Elhers
- 11.5 Environmental health practiceYasmin E.R. von Schirnding
- 11.6 Strategies and structures for public health interventionSian Griffiths
- 11.7 Strategies for health servicesChien Earn Lee
- 11.8 Training of public health professionals in developing countriesVonthanak Saphonn, San Hone, and Roger Detels
- 11.9 Training of local health workers to meet public health needsPiya Hanvoravongchai and Suwit Wibulpolprasert
- 11.10 Emergency public health and humanitarian assistance in the twenty-first centuryLes Roberts and Richard Brennan
- 11.11 Principles of public health emergency response for acute environmental, chemical, and radiation incidentsNaima Bradley, Jill Meara, and Virginia Murray
- 11.12 Private support of public healthQuarraisha Abdool Karim and Roger Detels
- 11.13 The future of international public health in an era of austerityMargaret Chan and Mary Kay Kindhauser
- End Matter