The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health is the ultimate resource on the subject of public health and epidemiology. The sixth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering a global and comprehensive perspective on wide ranging public health needs and priorities in modern health care. The sixth edition, available both in print and online, retains its approach of dividing the complex, dynamic subject of public health into three topics. The Scope of Public Health discusses the development of the discipline, determinants of health and disease, public health policies, and law and ethics. Next, the textbook focuses on The Methods of Public Health, including the main science behind the discipline - epidemiology. Finally, The Practice of Public Health, examines specificpublic health problems and the options for prevention and control. As well as identifying these issues by system or disease, there is also an awareness of the unique needs of particular population groups. New topics in this edition include:: Climate change, genetic testing and epidemiology; new methods for measuring the burden of disease; life course approaches to epidemiology, behavioural economics; and physical activity, health and wellbeing. Two new editors, Quarraisha Abdool Karim (South Africa) and Chorh Chuan Tan (Singapore), join the established editor team of Roger Detels (USA), and Martin Gulliford (UK), representing a truly global outlook. The contributors are experts who have been drawn from around the world, offering perspectives from vastly different health systems with ranging public health needs and priorities. The Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health remains the most comprehensive, accessible text in the field, and is an essential reference for students and practitioners in public health and epidemiology. This print edition of Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health comes with a years access to the online version on Oxford Medicine Online. By activating your unique access code, you can read and annotate the full text online, follow links from the references to primary research materials, and view, enlarge and download all the figures and tables. Oxford Medicine Online is mobile optimized for access when and where you need it.
VOLUME 1 The scope of public health; SECTION 1 The development of the discipline of public health; The scope and concerns of public health; The history and development of public health in developed countries; The history and development of public health in low- and middle-income countries; Development of public health in economic transition: the middle-income countries; Globalization; SECTION 2 Determinants of health and disease; Determinants of health: overview; Poverty, justice, and health; Socioeconomic inequalities in health in high-income countries: the facts and the options; Reducing health inequalities in developing countries; Genomics and public health; Water and sanitation; Food and nutrition; The environment and climate change; Behavioural determinants of health and disease; Access to healthcare and population health; SECTION 3 Public health policies, law, and ethics; Leadership in public health; Ethical principles and ethical issues in public health; The right to the highest attainable standard of health; Law and the publics health; Priority setting, social values, and public health; Health policy in developing countries; Public health policy in developed countries; International efforts to promote public health; VOLUME 2 The methods of public health; SECTION 4 Information systems and sources of intelligence; Information systems in support of public health in high-income countries; Information systems and community diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries; New communication technologies, social media, and public health; SECTION 5 Epidemiological and biostatistical approaches; Epidemiology: the foundation of public health; Ecological variables, ecological studies, and multilevel studies in public health research; Cross-sectional studies; Principles of outbreak investigation; Case-control studies; Cohort studies; Methodology of intervention trials in individuals; Methodological issues in the design and analysis of community intervention trials; Community intervention trials in high-income countries; Community-based intervention trials in low- and middle-income countries; Clinical epidemiology; Genetic epidemiology; Validity and bias in epidemiological research; Causation and causal inference; Systematic reviews and meta-analysis; Statistical methods; Measuring the health of populations: the Global Burden of Disease study methods; Mathematical models of transmission and control of infectious agents; Public health surveillance; Life course epidemiology and analysis; SECTION 6 Social science techniques; Sociology and psychology in public health; Sexuality and public health; Demography and public health; Health promotion, health education, and the publics health; Development and evaluation of complex multicomponent interventions in public health; Economic appraisal in public healthcare: assessing efficiency and equity; Behavioural economics and health; Governance and management of public health programmes; Implementation science and translational public health; SECTION 7 Environmental and occupational health sciences; Environmental health issues in public health; Radiation and public health; Environmental exposure assessment: modelling air pollution concentrations; Occupational health; Toxicology and risk assessment in the analysis and management of environmental risk; Risk perception and communication; VOLUME 3 The practice of public health; SECTION 8 Major health problems; Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease; Cancer epidemiology and public health; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma; Obesity; Physical activity and health; Diabetes mellitus; Public mental health and suicide; Dental public health; Musculoskeletal disorders; Neurological diseases, epidemiology, and public health; Infectious diseases and prions; Sexually transmitted infections; HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Tuberculosis; Malaria; Chronic hepatitis and other liver disease; Emerging and re-emerging infections; Bioterrorism; SECTION 9 Prevention and control of public health hazards; Tobacco; Public health aspects of illicit psychoactive drug use; Alcohol; Injury prevention and control: the public health approach; Interpersonal violence: a recent public health mandate; Collective violence: war; Urban health in low- and middle-income countries; SECTION 10 Public health needs of population groups; The changing family; Women, men, and health; Child health; Adolescent health; Ethnicity, race, epidemiology, and public health; The health of indigenous peoples; People with disabilities; Health of older people; Forced migrants and other displaced populations; Prisons: from punishment to public health; SECTION 11 Public health functions; Health needs assessment; Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases; Principles of infectious disease control; Population screening and public health; Environmental health practice; Strategies and structures for public health intervention; Strategies for health services; Training of public health professionals in developing countries; Training of local health workers to meet public health needs; Emergency public health and humanitarian assistance in the twenty-first century; Principles of public health emergency response for acute environmental, chemical, and radiation incidents; Private support of public health; The future of international public health in an era of austerity;