Social epidemiology is the study of how social interactions social norms, laws, institutions, conventia, social conditions and behavior affect the health of populations.
Managerial Epidemiology for Health Care Organizations provides readers with a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the application of epidemiological principles to the delivery of health care services and management of health care organizations.
Featuring contributions from leading scholars of health privacy law, this important volume offers insightful reflection on issues such as confidentiality, privacy, and data protection, as well as analysis in how a range of jurisdictions-including the US, the UK, Europe, South Africa, and Australia-navigate a rapidly developing biomedical environment.
Contributors include Luc Berlivet (INSERM, CNRS, EHESS, Paris), Alberto Cambrosio (McGill University), Sir Iain Chalmers (James Lind Library, Oxford), Nicholas Dodier (INSERM, CNRS, EHESS, Paris), Michael Donnelly (Bard College), Volker Hess (Humboldt-University), Peter Keating (University of Quebec at Montreal), Ann La Berge (Virginia Tech University), Ilana Lowy (INSERM, CNRS, EHESS, Paris), Harry M.
Based on recollections of patients, interviews with participants in the government programs, available literature and statistics, and records of the Northern Affairs Program, Grygier examines the programs for the Inuit in all parts of Canada.
Putting forward a new approach to the study of corrections, this book draws together public health and corrections and explores the importance of this nexus.
Disease screening and disease surveillance (DSDS) constitute two critical areas in public health, each presenting distinctive challenges primarily due to their sequential decision-making nature and complex data structures.
Public Health Surveillance (PHS) is of primary importance in this era of emerging health threats like Ebola, MERS-CoV, influenza, natural and man-made disasters, and non-communicable diseases.
The new edition of Biostatistics for Clinical and Public Health Research is an introductory workbook to provide not only a concise overview of key statistical concepts but also step-by-step guidance on how to apply these through a range of software packages, including R, SAS, and Stata.
This highly motivating introduction to statistical learning machines explains underlying principles in nontechnical language, using many examples and figures.
This highly motivating introduction to statistical learning machines explains underlying principles in nontechnical language, using many examples and figures.
This book integrates contemporary knowledge about dementia across cultures, covering major clinical, epidemiological and scientific topics and enriched with personal insights.
Concise, accessible summary of current knowledge about challenging behaviour, fully updated with expanded sections on emergence and prevention strategies.
Concise, accessible summary of current knowledge about challenging behaviour, fully updated with expanded sections on emergence and prevention strategies.
This book integrates contemporary knowledge about dementia across cultures, covering major clinical, epidemiological and scientific topics and enriched with personal insights.