TY  - BOOK
AU  - Singh,Hari
TI  - Public Health: A Global Perspective
SN  - 9781040026939
U1  - 362.1 23/eng/20240522
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Productivity Press
KW  - Public health
KW  - MEDICAL / Public Health
KW  - MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Relative Risk; Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION I: Health and Disease -- Chapter 1: What Is Public Health? -- Characteristics of Public Health -- Public Health versus Clinical Practice -- Public Health Services -- Public Health versus Preventive and Social Medicine -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Concept of Primary Health Care -- Primary Health Care Strategies -- Role of WHO -- Chapter 3: What Is Health? -- Dimensions of Health -- Critiques of the WHO's Definition of Health -- Other Aspects of Health -- Emerging Issues; Chapter 4: Determinants of Health -- Modifiable Factors -- Non-Modifiable Factors -- Environmental Factors -- Role of Healthcare Services -- Notes -- Chapter 5: What Are Infectious Diseases? -- Germ Theory of Disease -- Epidemiological Triad -- Chain of Infection -- Infection -- Disease -- Diagnosis -- Notes -- Chapter 6: What Are Noncommunicable Diseases? -- Multifactorial Etiology -- Cardiovascular Diseases -- Chronic Respiratory Diseases -- Diabetes -- Cancers -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Classification of Diseases -- SECTION II: Basic Epidemiology -- Chapter 8: What Is Epidemiology?; Scope and Uses of Epidemiology -- Epidemiological Approach -- Note -- Chapter 9: Disease Transmission -- Airborne Transmission -- Fecal-Oral Transmission -- Vector-Borne Transmission -- Sexually Transmitted Infections -- Blood-Borne Transmission -- Transmission through Physical Contact -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Natural History of Diseases -- Stages of a Disease -- Spectrum of a Disease -- Prognosis -- Examples -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Measuring Mortality -- Crude Death Rate -- Life Expectancy -- Neonatal Mortality Rate -- Under-Five Mortality Rate -- Maternal Mortality Ratio; Proportionate Mortality Ratio -- Indicators Used by Various Agencies -- Standardized Mortality Rate -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Measuring Morbidity -- Incidence Rate -- Prevalence -- Examples -- Challenges in Measuring Morbidity -- Notes -- Chapter 13: Indirect Indicators of Health -- Fertility-Related Indicator -- Nutrition-Related Indicators -- Sociocultural Indicators -- Water- and Sanitation-Related Indicators -- Indicators of Healthcare Utilization -- Notes -- Chapter 14: Disease Surveillance -- Routine Surveillance -- Special Surveillance -- SECTION III: Applied Epidemiology; Chapter 15: Screening of Diseases -- The Iceberg Phenomenon -- Criteria for Screening -- Approaches to Screening -- Common Screening Programs -- Chapter 16: Disease Prevention -- Primary Prevention -- Secondary Prevention -- Tertiary Prevention -- Primordial Prevention -- Notes -- Chapter 17: Epidemiological Study Designs: An Introduction -- Chapter 18: Descriptive Study -- Person -- Place -- Time -- Cross-Sectional Study -- Ecological Study -- Chapter 19: Case-Control Study -- Odds Ratio -- Chapter 20: Cohort Study -- Framingham Study -- Advantages and Limitations of Cohort Studies
N2  - While the book is primarily for public health practitioners including community nurses and physicians, social workers and community planners, this book also serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in public health and its application in creating healthier societies
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781032644257
ER  -