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Introduction to Community and Public Health

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Produktdetails

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Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

04.08.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

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576

Maße (B/H)

24.7/29.2 cm

Gewicht

885 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-41055-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

04.08.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons Inc

Seitenzahl

576

Maße (B/H)

24.7/29.2 cm

Gewicht

885 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-41055-4

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  • Produktbild: Introduction to Community and Public Health
  • Figures and Tables xiii

    Preface xxi

    Acknowledgments xxiii

    The Authors xxv

    Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 1

    Learning Objectives 1

    Defining Community and Public Health 1

    Basic Terms in Community and Public Health 5

    Issues in Community and Public Health 10

    Factors Affecting Community and Public Health 12

    Community and Public Health Organizations 19

    Historical Timeline for Community and Public Health 24

    Current Challenges in Community and Public Health 37

    Summary 40

    Key Terms 41

    Review Questions 42

    Skill-Building Activity 42

    Websites to Explore 43

    References 45

    Chapter 2 DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 49

    Learning Objectives 49

    Definition, Scope, and Evolution of Epidemiology 49

    Descriptive Epidemiology and Analytical Epidemiology 51

    Contributions of Epidemiology 52

    Uses and Functions of Epidemiology 54

    Agent, Host, and Environment 56

    Rates, Ratios, Proportions, and Percentages 57

    Summary 79

    Key Terms 80

    Review Questions 81

    Skill-Building Activity 81

    Websites to Explore 82

    References 83

    Chapter 3 ANALYTICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 87

    Learning Objectives 87

    Types of Analytical Epidemiological Studies 87

    Association and Causation 100

    Infectious Disease Epidemiology 103

    Chronic Disease Epidemiology 107

    Selected Lifestyle Risk Factors 110

    Summary 114

    Key Terms 115

    Review Questions 115

    Skill-Building Activity 116

    Websites to Explore 116

    References 117

    Chapter 4 DESCRIPTIVE BIOSTATISTICS IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 123

    Learning Objectives 123

    Basic Terms in Biostatistics 123

    Frequency Distribution 127

    Measures of Central Tendency 129

    Measures of Dispersion 130

    Graphing Methods in Biostatistics 132

    Positively Skewed and Negatively Skewed Distributions 132

    Summary 138

    Key Terms 138

    Review Questions 139

    Skill-Building Activity 139

    Websites to Explore 140

    References 142

    Chapter 5 INFERENTIAL BIOSTATISTICS IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 143

    Learning Objectives 143

    Estimation 143

    Hypothesis Testing 145

    Testing Differences Between Two Group Means 148

    Nonparametric Tests for Testing Differences Between Two Groups 151

    Testing Differences Between Three or More Groups 152

    Nonparametric Counterparts of ANOVA 158

    Testing Differences in Proportions 158

    Testing Associations Between Two or More Variables 160

    Summary 164

    Key Terms 165

    Review Questions 166

    Skill-Building Activity 166

    Websites to Explore 167

    References 168

    Chapter 6 SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES IN COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 171

    Learning Objectives 171

    Reasons for Studying Social and Behavioral Sciences 171

    Examples from Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, and HIV/AIDS 180

    Community Organization and Community Building 186

    Summary 192

    Key Terms 193

    Review Questions 193

    Skill-Building Activity 194

    Websites to Explore 194

    References 195

    Chapter 7 MODELS IN HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 199

    Learning Objectives 199

    Planning Health Education and Health Promotion Interventions 199

    PRECEDE-PROCEED 200

    PATCH 209

    MATCH 212

    Intervention Mapping 217

    APEXPH 219

    PEN-3 220

    Summary 226

    Key Terms 226

    Review Questions 227

    Skill-Building Activity 227

    Websites to Explore 228

    References 229

    Chapter 8 THEORIES IN HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 231

    Learning Objectives 231

    Using Theories and Models 231

    Health Belief Model 233

    Trans theoretical Model 237

    Theory of Reasoned Action, Theory of Planned Behavior, and the Integrative Model 242

    Social Cognitive Theory 248

    Social Marketing 251

    Diffusion of Innovations Theory 254

    Summary 259

    Key Terms 259

    Review Questions 261

    Skill-Building Activity 261

    Websites to Explore 261

    References 262

    Chapter 9 METHODS IN HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMO