Ebook: Introduction to public health

[Contents] Part I What Is Public Health?. -- 1 Public Health: Science, Politics, and Prevention. -- 2 Why Is Public Health Controversial?. -- 3 Powers and Responsibilities of Government. -- Part II Analytical Methods of Public Health. -- 4 Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health. -- 5 Epidemiologic Principles and Methods. -- 6 Problems and Limits of Epidemiology. -- 7 Statistics: Making Sense of Uncertainty. -- 8 The Role of Data in Public Health. -- Part III Biomedical Basis of Public Health. -- 9 The “Conquest” of Infectious Diseases. -- 10 The Resurgence of Infectious Diseases. -- 11 The Biomedical Basis of Chronic Diseases. -- 12 Genetic Diseases and Other Inborn Errors. -- Part IV Social and Behavioral Factors in Health. -- 13 Do People Choose Their Own Health?. -- 14 How Psychosocial Factors Affect Health Behavior. -- 15 Public Health Enemy Number One: Tobacco. -- 16 Public Health Enemy Number Two and Growing: Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity. -- 17 Injuries Are Not Accidents. -- 18 Maternal and Child Health as a Social Problem. -- 19 Mental Health: Public Health Includes Healthy Minds. -- Part V Environmental Issues in Public Health. -- 20 A Clean Environment: The Basis of Public Health. -- 21 Clean Air: Is It Safe to Breathe?. -- 22 Clean Water: A Limited Resource. -- 23 Solid and Hazardous Wastes: What to Do with the Garbage?. -- 24 Safe Food and Drugs: An Ongoing Regulatory Battle. -- 25 Population: The Ultimate Environmental Health Issue. -- Part VI Medical Care and Public Health. -- 26 Is the Medical Care System a Public Health Issue?. -- 27 Why the U.S. Medical System Needs Reform. -- 28 Health Services Research: Finding What Works. -- 29 Public Health and the Aging Population. -- Part VII The Future of Public Health. -- 30 Emergency Preparedness, Post-9/11. -- 31 Public Health in the Twenty-First Century: Achievements and Challenges.