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Public health foundations [electronic resource] : concepts and practices / [edited by] Elena Andresen, Erin DeFries Bouldin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (547 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1282822527
  • 9786612822520
  • 0470890169
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 362.10973 22
LOC classification:
  • RA445 .P834 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. History, development, and organization -- pt. 2. Analytic tools and methods -- pt. 3. Behavior and health -- pt. 4. Health services and social determinants -- pt. 5. Forecastic public health.
Action note:
  • Cataloging Notes: 20251009 STAMIU-0199STAMIU-0199
Summary: "Foundations of Public Health is a concise yet comprehensive text that offers an excellent and engaging introduction to the field of public health. This important resource is an up-to-date introduction to the core concepts and the practices of public health. The book introduces public health in concept and its systems; the foundational tools of data, epidemiology, biostatistics, and key study designs; populations' issues including infectious disease, health behavior, and environmental health plus analytical tools of qualitative research and risk assessment; and how health services are formulated and delivered."-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Bsc. Health Systems Management & Development
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Item type Current library Collection Call number URL Status Notes
eBook AMREF INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (AMIU) LIBRARY General Stacks Non-fiction RA445 .P834 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available Access online at ProQuest

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. History, development, and organization -- pt. 2. Analytic tools and methods -- pt. 3. Behavior and health -- pt. 4. Health services and social determinants -- pt. 5. Forecastic public health.

"Foundations of Public Health is a concise yet comprehensive text that offers an excellent and engaging introduction to the field of public health. This important resource is an up-to-date introduction to the core concepts and the practices of public health. The book introduces public health in concept and its systems; the foundational tools of data, epidemiology, biostatistics, and key study designs; populations' issues including infectious disease, health behavior, and environmental health plus analytical tools of qualitative research and risk assessment; and how health services are formulated and delivered."-- Provided by publisher.

Cataloging Notes: 20251009 STAMIU-0199STAMIU-0199

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