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Epidemiology and the people's health : theory and context / Nancy Krieger.

Oxford Scholarship Online: Public Health and Epidemiology Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Krieger, Nancy, author.
Series:
Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Epidemiology.
Epidemiology--History.
Communicable diseases--Transmission.
Communicable diseases.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (521 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Summary:
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. This second edition has been fully revised and updated.
Contents:
Cover
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Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface: Second Edition
Preface: 2013 Paperback Edition
Preface: 2011 Hardback Edition
1. Does Epidemiologic Theory Exist? On Science, Data, and Explaining Disease Distribution
2. Health in the Balance: Early Theories About Patterns of Disease Occurrence
3. Epidemiology Emerges: Early Theories and Debating Determinants of Disease Distribution-.Poison, Filth, Class, &amp
Race (1600
4. Epidemiology Expands: Germs, Genes, and the (Social) Environment (1900-.1950)
5. Contemporary Mainstream Epidemiologic Theory: Biomedical and Lifestyle
6. Social Epidemiologic Alternatives: Sociopolitical and Psychosocial Frameworks
7. Ecosocial Theory of Disease Distribution: Embodying Societal &amp
Ecologic Context
8. Epidemiologic Theory Counts: Harm, Knowledge, Action, and the People's Health
References
Index.
Notes:
This edition also issued in print: 2024.
Previous edition: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 14, 2024).
ISBN:
9780197695579
0197695574
9780197695562
0197695566
9780197695586
0197695582
OCLC:
1416598974

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