The health of populations : beyond medicine / Jack E. James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Jack E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Population--Health aspects.

Population.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Health of Populations: Beyond Medicine uses current research and in-depth analysis to provide insights into the issues and challenges of population health; a subject of increasing concern, due largely to rapid population growth, population aging, rising costs and diminishing resources, health inequality, and the global rise in noncommunicable diseases. Reducing the global burden of disease requires prevention of disease incidence, which is achievable through reduction of exposure to primary (behavioral) and secondary (biomedical) risk factors. The 15 chapters of the book are divided into three sections that focus on the science of health, the harm of medicine, and how to achieve optimal health. By highlighting the benefits of preventing incidence of disease, this book illustrates how biomedicine needs to be repositioned form being the dominant approach in healthcare to being an adjunct to behavioral, legislative, social, and other preventive means for optimizing population health."-- Back cover.

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""The Health of Populations: Beyond Medicine""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""About the Author""; ""Preface""; ""Part 1: The Science of Health""; ""Chapter 1: The Origins of Health""; ""1.1. What is Health?""; ""1.1.1. Definition of Health: World Health Organization""; ""1.2. What Makes Humans Healthy?""; ""1.2.1. The McKeown Thesis""; ""1.2.2. Tuberculosis""; ""1.2.2.1. TB Today""; ""1.2.2.2. TB Immunization""; ""1.2.2.3. The Key to Successful TB Infection Control Lies in the Centuries-Old Past""; ""1.2.3. The Broad Universality of the McKeown Thesis""

""1.3. Historical Causes of Increased Life Expectancy""""1.3.1. The McKeown Thesis: Criticism, Challenge, and Vindication""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Current Patterns of Death and Disease""; ""2.1. Current Main Causes of Death""; ""2.2. Habits and Habitats Ancient and Modern""; ""2.2.1. Nutritional Habits and Habitat""; ""2.2.2. Physical Activity Habits and Habitat""; ""2.2.3. Social Structure""; ""2.3. Discordance Between Paleolithic and Modern Habits and Habitats""; ""2.3.1. Niche Construction Theory""; ""2.3.2. Learning and Ecosystem Engineering""

""2.4. What Is Healthcare For? The Preeminence of Behavioral Outcomes""""2.4.1. Mortality""; ""2.4.2. Morbidity""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Twelve Millennia of Changing Human Habits and Habitats""; ""3.1. Epidemiologic Transition""; ""3.2. Demographic Transition""; ""3.3. Transitions in Transition""; ""3.4. What Longevity Revolution?""; ""3.4.1. The Quest for Immortality""; ""3.4.2. Extraordinary Life Extension""; ""3.5. Are Populations Healthier Now As Well As Longer Lived?""; ""3.5.1. Quantifying the Burden of Disease: Summary Measures of Health""

""3.5.1.1. Differentiating Between the Urgent and the Important""""3.5.2. Do Summary Measures of Health Measure Health?""; ""3.6. Morbidity: Compression, Expansion, or Equilibrium?""; ""3.6.1. Predicting the Level of Morbidity Associated with Gains in Mortality""; ""3.6.2. Current Evidence of Level of Morbidity Associated with Mortality Gains""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Biomedicine and Common Causes of Mortality and Morbidity""; ""4.1. Road Traffic Injury and Biomedicine: The Relevance of Policy""; ""4.1.1. Reducing the Level of Road Traffic Trauma""

""4.1.1.1. Successful Road Traffic Policy""""4.1.1.2. Trends in Road Traffic Trauma""; ""4.1.1.3. All Injuries""; ""4.2. Cardiovascular Disease: The Leading Global Cause of Mortality and Morbidity""; ""4.2.1. What Caused Recent Falls in Rates of Cardiovascular Deaths?""; ""4.2.2. Health-Related Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease""; ""4.2.2.1. Causes of Cardiovascular Disease""; ""4.2.3. Relative Effectiveness of Risk Factor Reduction and Biomedical Intervention""; ""4.2.4. Beyond Deaths Avoided to Life-years Gained""; ""4.2.4.1. How Effective Are Specific Interventions?""; ""References""

""Part 2: The Harm of Medicine""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 23, 2015).

ISBN:

9780128028124

0128028122

9780128028131

0128028130

OCLC:

927965837