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Causal inference and the people's health / Sharon Schwartz and Seth J. Prins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Sharon, author.
- Prins, Seth J., author.
- Series:
- Small book, big ideas in population health.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Small book, big ideas in population health
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemiology--Statistical methods.
- Epidemiology.
- Epidemiology--Mathematical models.
- Causation.
- Inference.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (213 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- The authors offer both a synthesis of the dominant school of thought around social causality and propose a new approach that keeps causal concepts as an organizing principle without marginalizing social phenomena. The book explores how our definitions of causes in epidemiology influence how we go about finding them and estimating their effects. It examines debates about these issues, critiques inadequate attempts at their resolution, and offers a path forward - one that expands causal inference, and the purview of epidemiology, to include social forces as causes of the people's health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 17, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780197528617
- 0197528619
- 9780197528594
- 0197528597
- 9780197528600
- 0197528600
- OCLC:
- 1456154389
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