Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health (4th Edition)

Description

Essentials of Epidemiology in Public Health, Fourth Edition combines theory and practice in presenting traditional and new epidemiologic concepts. Broad in scope, the text opens with five chapters covering the basic epidemiologic concepts and data sources. A major emphasis is placed on study design, with separate chapters devoted to each of the three main analytic designs: experimental, cohort, and case-control studies.

Full chapters on bias, confounding, and random error, including the role of statistics in epidemiology, ensure that students are well-equipped with the necessary information to interpret the results of epidemiologic studies. Up-to-date examples from the epidemiologic literature on diseases of public health importance are provided throughout the book.

Key Features

• New examples and the latest public health statistics throughout
• Coverage of the Ebola outbreak including an in-depth investigation of what happened
• New examples that illustrate epidemiological principles including a greater emphasis on social factors that influence health, such as racism
• Straightforward descriptions of the latest epidemiologic methods including mediation analysis, agent-based modelling, and the use of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) to assess confounding.
• An expanded glossary and key terms highlighted throughout the text

Table of Contents

1. Chapter  1  The Approach and Evolution of Epidemiology
2. Chapter  2  Measures of Disease Frequency
3. Chapter  3  Comparing Disease Frequencies
4. Chapter  4  Sources of Public Health Data
5. Chapter  5  Descriptive Epidemiology
6. Chapter  6  Overview of Epidemiologic Study Designs
7. Chapter  7  Experimental Studies
8. Chapter  8  Cohort Studies
9. Chapter  9  Case-Control Studies
10. Chapter  10  Bias
11. Chapter  11  Confounding
12. Chapter  12  Random Error
13. Chapter  13  Effect Measure Modification
14. Chapter  14  Critical Review of Epidemiologic Studies
15. Chapter  15  The Epidemiologic Approach to Causation
16. Chapter  16  Screening in Public Health Practice
17. Chapter  17  Ethics in Research Involving Human Participants
18. Chapter  18  Answers to Chapter Questions (Chapters 1-17)

Authors Biography

Ann Aschengrau, ScD – Professor, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

George R. Seage, ScD – Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts