Nancy Krieger

Epidemiology and the People's Health (eBook, PDF)

Theory and Context

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This concise, conceptually rich, and accessible book is a rallying cry for a return to the study and discussion of epidemiologic theory: what it is, why it matters, how it has changed over time, and its implications for improving population health and promoting health equity. By tracing its history and contours from ancient societies on through the development of--and debates within--contemporary epidemiology worldwide, Dr. Krieger shows how epidemiologic theory has long shaped epidemiologic practice, knowledge, and the politics of public health.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199750351
• Artikelnr.: 38132282

Autorenporträt

Nancy Krieger, Ph.D., is Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, as well as Associate Director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is also Chair of the Spirit of 1848 Caucus, American Public Health Association.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface Chapter 1: Does Epidemiologic Theory Exist? - on science,
data, and explaining disease distribution Chapter 2: Health in the
Balance: early theories about patterns of disease occurrence Chapter
3: Epidemiology Emerges: early theories and debating determinants of
disease distribution - poison, filth, class and race (1600-1900)
Chapter 4: Epidemiology Expands: germs, genes, and the (social)
environment (1900-1950) Chapter 5: Contemporary Mainstream
Epidemiologic Theory: biomedical and lifestyle Chapter 6: Social
Epidemiologic Alternatives: sociopolitical and psychosocial
frameworks Chapter 7: Ecosocial Theory of Disease Distribution:
embodying societal and ecologic context Chapter 8: Epidemiologic
Theory Counts: harm, knowledge, action and the people's health