Evidence for population health

Author(s)

• Heller, Richard F.

Bibliographic Information

Evidence for population health

Richard F. Heller

Oxford University Press, 2005

• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Contents of Works

• What is evidence for population health?
• The population or the individual in public health?
• Shifting the distribution
• Measuring the population impact
• Evaluating population-based risks and interventions
• Getting the outcome measure right
• Public health informatics-the role of e-science in building the evidence base
• Perceptions of risk among policy-makers and the public
• Managing knowledge for population health
• Applying evidence to inform public health practice and health policy decision-making
• Individual or population priorities for population health: involving the public
• Evidence into action

Details

• NCID: BA74960998
• ISBN:
  • 0198529740
• LCCN: 2005006668
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 126 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : R723.7
  • NLM : WB 102
  • DC22 : 616
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Evidence-based medicine
  • LCSH : Population -- Health aspects
  • LCSH : Public health -- Research -- Methodology
  • MESH : Evidence-Based Medicine
  • MESH : Epidemiologic Measurements
  • MESH : Public Health
  • MESH : Public Policy