TY - BOOK AU - Katz,David L. AU - Jekel,James F. TI - Jekel's epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health SN - 9781455706587 (pbk.) AV - RA651 .J45 2014 U1 - 614.4 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Philadelphia, Pa., London PB - Saunders KW - Epidemiology KW - Medical statistics KW - Medicine, Preventive KW - Public health N1 - Book Formal title: Epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine; Includes Internet access; Includes bibliographic references and index; Basic epidemiologic concepts and principles -- Epidemiologic data measurements -- Epidemiologic surveillance and epidemic outbreak investigation -- The study of risk factors and causation -- Common research designs and issues in epidemiology -- Assessment of risk and benefit in epidemiologic studies -- Understanding the quality of data in clinical medicine -- Statistical foundations of clinical decisions -- Describing variation in data -- Statistical inference and hypothesis testing -- Bivariate analysis -- Applying statistics to trial design: sample size, randomization, and control for multiple hypotheses -- Multivariable analysis -- Introduction to preventive medicine -- Methods of primary prevention: health promotion -- Principles and practice of secondary prevention -- Methods of tertiary prevention -- Clinical preventive services (United States Preventive Services Task Force) -- Chronic disease prevention -- Prevention of infectious diseases -- Mental and behavioral health -- Occupational medicine -- Birth outcomes: a global perspective -- Introduction to public health -- Public health system: structure and function -- Public health practice in communities -- Disaster epidemiology and surveillance -- Heatlh management, health administration, and quality improvement -- Health care organization, policy, and financing -- One health: interdependence of people, other species, and the planet UR - http://nhrc.org.np/contact ER -