Research Catalog

Title

Population health : concepts and methods / T. Kue Young.

Author

Young, T. Kue.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Description

ix, 315 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• "Population Health is an integrated book that makes use of principles and concepts from the fields of epidemiology, demography, sociology, and anthropology. It arose from a graduate course on the principles of epidemiology that the author taught over the past decade. It is organized around the key objectives of measuring the health status of populations, assessing population health risks and inferring causation, and planning and evaluating population health interventions.
• The text emphasizes basic concepts and methods and makes use of case studies, exercises, and boxes to introduce students to the full range of population health issues seen in the literature."--BOOK JACKET. "It is designed for use in introductory/intermediate courses in epidemiology, public health, and health policy and management."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Epidemiology
• Public Health
• Public health

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-292) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (I) -- 3. Measuring Health and Disease in Populations (II) -- 4. Modeling Determinants of Population Health -- 5. Assessing Health Risks in Populations -- 6. Designing Population Health Studies -- 7. Planning Population Health Interventions -- 8. Evaluating Health Services for Populations -- 9. Improving the Health of Populations.

ISBN

019511972X

LCCN

97046851

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries