Oxford Textbook of Public Health

Oxford Textbook of Public Health (5 ed.)

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Roger Detels
Roger DetelsDistinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USAClose

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Robert Beaglehole
Robert BeagleholeProfessor Emeritus, University of Auckland, New ZealandClose

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Mary Ann Lansang
Mary Ann LansangProfessor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, ManilaClose

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Martin Gulliford
Martin GullifordProfessor of Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, King's College London, UKClose

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Abstract

The Oxford Textbook of Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. With contributors drawn from across the world, offering perspectives from vastly different health systems, with ranging public health needs and priorities, this book offers a globally comprehensive picture of modern health.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Sep 2009

Print ISBN-13:: 9780199218707

Published online:: Mar 2011

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199218707.001.0001

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Roger Detels, editor Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Robert Beaglehole, editor Professor Emeritus, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Mary Ann Lansang, editor Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines, Manila

Martin Gulliford, editor Professor of Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, King's College London, UK

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Front Matter
Volume 1 The scope of public health
- Section 1 The development of the discipline of public health
  - 1.1 The scope and concerns of public health Roger Detels
  - 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 The development of the discipline of public health in countries in economic transition: India, Brazil, China Puja Thakker and K. Srinath Reddy
- Section 2 Determinants of health and disease
  - 2.1 Globalization Kelley Lee
  - 2.2 Overview and framework Orielle Solar, Alec Irwin, and Jeanette Vega
  - 2.3 Behavioural determinants of health and disease Lawrence W. Green and Robert A. Hiatt
  - 2.4 Genomics and public health Alison Stewart, Wylie Burke, Muin J. Khoury, and Ron Zimmerns
  - 2.5 Water and sanitation Thomas Clasen and Steven Sugden
  - 2.6 Food and nutrition Prakash S. Shetty
  - 2.7 Infectious diseases Davidson H Hamer, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, and Sherwood L. Gorbach
  - 2.8 The global environment Anthony J. McMichael and Hilary J. Bambrick
  - 2.9 Health services as determinants of population health Martin Gulliford
  - 2.10 Assessing health needs: The global burden of disease approach C.J.L. Murray, A.D. Lopez, and Colin Douglas Mathers
- Section 3 Public health policies
  - 3.1 Overview of policies and strategies Walter W. Holland
  - 3.2 Public health policy in developed countries John Powles
  - 3.3 Health policy in developing countries Miguel Angel González-Block, Adetokunbo Lucas, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, and Julio Frenk
  - 3.4 Leadership in public health Manuel M. Dayrit and Maia Ambegaokar
- Section 4 Public health law and ethics
  - 4.1 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
  - 4.2 Comparative national public health legislation Robyn Martin and Alexandra Lo Dak Wai
  - 4.3 International public health instruments Douglas Bettcher, Katherine DeLand, Jorgen Schlundt, Fernando González-Martín, Jennifer Bishop, Summer Hamide, and Annette Lin
  - 4.4 Ethical principles and ethical issues in public health Nancy Kass
Volume 2 The methods of public health
- Section 5 Information systems and sources of intelligence
  - 5.1 Information systems in support of public health in high-income countries Paul Fu, Jr., Jeff Luck, and Denis J. Protti
  - 5.2 Information systems and community diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries Vipat Kuruchittham, Fred Binka, and Chitr Sitthi-Amorn
  - 5.3 Web-based public health information dissemination and evaluation Elliot R. Siegel, Fred B. Wood, John C. Scott, and Julia Royall
- Section 6 Epidemiological and biostatistical approaches
  - 6.1 Epidemiology: The foundation of public health Roger Detels
  - 6.2 Ecologic variables, ecologic studies, and multilevel studies in public health research Ana V. Diez-Roux
  - 6.3 Cross-sectional studies Manolis Kogevinas and Leda Chatzi
  - 6.4 Principles of outbreak investigation Kumnuan Ungchusak and Sopon Iamsirithaworn
  - 6.5 Case–control studies Noel S. Weiss
  - 6.6 Cohort studis Alvaro Muñoz and F. Javier Nieto
  - 6.7 Methodology of intervention trials in individuals Lawrence M. Friedman and Eleanor B. Schron
  - 6.8 Methodological issues in the design and analysis of community intervention trials Allan Donner
  - 6.9 Community-based intervention studies in high-income countries Pekka Puska and Erkki Vartiainen
  - 6.10 Community-based intervention trials in low- and middle-income countries Zunyou Wu and Sheena G. Sullivan
  - 6.11 Clinical epidemiology Jason W. Busse, Edward Mills, Rodolfo Dennis, Vivian Welch, and Peter Tugwell
  - 6.12 Validity and bias in epidemiological research Sander Greenland
  - 6.13 Causation and causal inference Katherine J. Hoggatt and Sander Greenland
  - 6.14 Systematic reviews and meta-analysis Matthias Egger, George Davey Smith, and Jonathan Sterne
  - 6.15 Statistical methods Gail Williams
  - 6.16 Mathematical models of transmission and control Roy M. Anderson, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth, and D. James Nokes
  - 6.17 Public health surveillance Ruth L. Berkelman, Patrick S. Sullivan, and James W. Buehler
- Section 7 Social science techniques
  - 7.1 Sociology and psychology in public health MyfanwyMorgan, Margaret Reid, and Jane Ogden
  - 7.2 Demography and public health Emily Grundy
  - 7.3 Health promotion, health education, and the public’s health Marcia Hills and Simon Carroll
  - 7.4 Cost-effectiveness analysis: Concepts and applications Dean T. Jamison
  - 7.5 Governance and management of public health programmes Diana Bontá and Meredith Cagle
  - 7.6 Public health sciences and policy in high-income countries Tim Tenbensel and Peter Davis
  - 7.7 Public health sciences and policy in low-and middle-income countries Lindiwe Makubalo, Mary Ann Lansang, and J. Peter Figueroa
- Section 8 Environmental and occupational health sciences
  - 8.1 Environmental health issues in public health Chien-Jen Chen
  - 8.2 Radiation and public health Leeka Kheifets, Myles Cockburn, and Manjit Dosanjh
  - 8.3 Control of microbial threats: Population surveillance, vaccine studies, and the microbiological laboratory Frank Sorvillo and Shira Shafir
  - 8.4 The science of human exposures to contaminants in the environment Paul J. Lioy
  - 8.5 Occupational health David Koh and Dean Baker
  - 8.6 Ergonomics and public health Laura Punnett
  - 8.7 Toxicology and risk assessment in the analysis and management of environmental risk Bernard D. Goldstein
  - 8.8 Risk perception and communication Baruch Fischhoff
Volume 3 The practice of public health
- Section 9 Major health problems
  - 9.1 Gene–environment interactions and public health Paolo Vineis and Rodolfo Saracci
  - 9.2 Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases Russell V. Luepker and Kamakshi Lakshminarayan
  - 9.3 Neoplasms Paolo Boffetta and Carlo La Vecchia
  - 9.4 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma Jeroen Douwes, Marike Boezen, and Neil Pearce
  - 9.5 Obesity Philip James
  - 9.6 The epidemiology and prevention of diabetes mellitus Nigel Unwin and Paul Zimmet
  - 9.7 Public mental health Benedetto Saraceno, Melvyn Freeman, and Michelle Funk
  - 9.8 Dental public health Zoe Marshman and Peter G. Robinson
  - 9.9 Musculoskeletal diseases Jennifer L. Kelsey and Marian T. Hannan
  - 9.10 Neurologic diseases, epidemiology, and public health Walter A. Kukull and James Bowen
  - 9.11 The transmissible spongiform encephalopathies Richard S.G. Knight and Hester J.T. Ward
  - 9.12 Sexually transmitted infections Mary L. Kamb and John M. Douglas, Jr.
  - 9.13 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Salim S. Abdool Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, and Roger Detels
  - 9.14 Tuberculosis Dermot Maher, Marcos Espinal, and Mario Raviglione
  - 9.15 Malaria Richard H. Morrow and William J. Moss
  - 9.16 Chronic hepatitis and other liver disease Pierre van Damme, Koen Van Herck, Peter Michielsen, Sven Francque, and Daniel Shouval
  - 9.17 Emerging and re-emerging infections David L. Heymann
- Section 10 Prevention and control of public health hazards
  - 10.1 Tobacco Samira Asma, Douglas W. Bettcher, Jonathan Samet, Krishna M. Palipudi, Gary Giovino, Stella Bialous, Katherine DeLand, June Leung, Daniel Ferrante, Gemma Vestal, Gonghuan Yang, and Derek Yach
  - 10.2 Drug abuse Don C. Des Jarlais and Robert L. Hubbard
  - 10.3 Alcohol Robin Room
  - 10.4 Injury prevention and control: The public health approach Corinne Peek-Asa and Adnan A. Hyder
  - 10.5 Interpersonal violence prevention: A recent public health mandate Deborah Prothrow–Stith
  - 10.6 Collective violence: War Victor W. Sidel and Barry S. Levy
  - 10.7 Urban health in low- and middle-income countries Mark R. Montgomery
  - 10.8 Public health aspects of bioterrorism Manfred S. Green
- Section 11 Public health needs of population groups
  - 11.1 The changing family Julien O. Teitler
  - 11.2 Women, men, and health Sarah Payne, Lesley Doyal
  - 11.3 Child health Elizabeth Mason, Olivier Fontaine, Bernadette Daelmans, Rajiv Bahl, Cynthia Boschi-Pinto, and Jose Martines
  - 11.4 Adolescent health Pierre-André Michaud, Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, and George C. Patton
  - 11.5 Ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples Myfanwy Morgan, Martin Gulliford, and Ian Anderson
  - 11.6 People with disabilities Donald Lollar
  - 11.7 Health of older people Shah Ebrahim and Julie E. Byles
  - 11.8 Forced migrants and other displaced populations Catherine R. Bateman, Anthony B. Zwi
- Section 12 Public health functions
  - 12.1 Need: What is it and how do we measure it? Di McIntyre, Gavin Mooney, and Stephen Jan
  - 12.2 Needs assessment: A practical approach Aileen Clarke, John Powell, and Mary Ann Lansang
  - 12.3 Socioeconomic inequalities in health in high-income countries: The facts and the options Johan P. Mackenbach
  - 12.4 Reducing health inequalities in developing countries Davidson R. Gwatkin
  - 12.5 Prevention and control of chronic, non-communicable diseases Jørn Olsen, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, and Robert Beaglehole
  - 12.6 Principles of infectious disease control Robert J. Kim-Farley
  - 12.7 Population screening and public health Allison Streetly and Walter W. Holland
  - 12.8 Environmental health practice Lynn R. Goldman and Elma B. Torres
  - 12.9 Structures and strategies for public health intervention Don Nutbeam and Marilyn Wise
  - 12.10 Strategies for health services Martin McKee, Ellen Nolte, and Josep Figueras
  - 12.11 Public health workers Suwit Wibulpolprasert and Piya Hanvoravongchai
  - 12.12 Planning for and responding to public health needs in emergencies and disasters Khanchit Limpakarnjanarat and Roderico H. Ofrin
  - 12.13 Private support of public health Roger Detels and Sheena G. Sullivan
  - 12.14 Global health agenda for the twenty-first century Adrian Ong, Mary Kindhauser, Ian Smith, and Margaret Chan
End Matter
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