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Tables of Contents for Oxford Textbook of Public Health
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
xvii
The development of the discipline of public health
Current scope and concerns in public health
3
18
The history and development of public health in developed countries
21
18
The history and development of public health in developing countries
39
24
Countries in economic transition: the history and development of public health in China and Korea
63
20
Determinants of health and disease
Overview and framework
83
6
Social, economic, and cultural environment and human health
89
24
Education, health promotion, and social and lifestyle determinants of health and disease
113
18
Human and medical genetics
131
18
Food and nutrition
149
22
Infectious agents
171
24
The environment
195
20
Medical care and public health
215
28
Assessing health needs: the Global Burden of Disease Study
243
14
Public health policies
Overview of policies and strategies
257
6
Public health policy in developed countries
263
18
Health policies in developing countries
281
16
Health policies in transition economies
297
14
Law, ethics, and challenges
Health and human rights
311
26
Comparative national public health legislation
337
22
International health instruments: an overview
359
28
Ethical principles and ethical issues in public health
387
14
Challenges to public health leadership
401
Index
1
1
xvii
Information systems and sources of intelligence
The application of information science, technology, and management to public health
417
18
Information systems and community diagnosis in developing countries
435
18
The revolution in electronic communication and public health
453
12
Applications of information systems to public health
465
20
Epidemiologital and biostatistical approaches
Epidemiology: the foundation of public health
485
8
Ecological variables, ecological studies, and multilevel studies in public health research
493
16
Cross-sectional studies
509
20
Principles of outbreak investigation
529
14
Case control studies
543
10
Cohort studies
553
16
Methodology of intervention trials in individuals
569
14
Community-based intervention trials in developed countries
583
16
Community-based intervention trials in developing countries
599
22
Concepts of validity in epidemiological research
621
20
Causation and causal inference
641
14
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
655
22
Statistical methods
677
38
Mathematical models of transmission and control
715
30
Microcomputers, the internet, and epidemiology
745
14
Public health surveillance
759
22
Social science techniques
Sociological and psychological investigations
781
26
Demography and public health
807
22
Health promotion, health education, and the public health
829
36
Community assessment of behaviour
865
12
Health economics and public health
877
26
Cost-effectiveness analysis: concepts and applications
903
18
Management and public health
921
16
Problems, politics, and processes: public health sciences and policy in developed countries
937
14
Public health sciences and policy in developing countries
951
8
Environmental and occupational health sciences
Environmental and occupational health sciences in public health
959
20
Toxicology and environmental health: applications and interventions in public health
979
8
Radiological sciences
987
14
Control of microbial threats: population surveillance, vaccine studies, and the microbiological laboratory
1001
24
The analysis of human exposures to contaminants in the environment
1025
20
Occupational health
1045
22
Ergonomics and public health
1067
16
Risk assessment and risk management
1083
22
Risk perception and communication
1105
Index
1
1
xvii