Public health foundations : concepts and practices / [edited by] Elena Andresen, Erin DeFries Bouldin. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2010. - 520 p. : ill.

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"Foundations of Public Health is a concise yet comprehensive text that offers an excellent and engaging introduction to the field of public health. This important resource is an up-to-date introduction to the core concepts and the practices of public health. The book introduces public health in concept and its systems; the foundational tools of data, epidemiology, biostatistics, and key study designs; populations' issues including infectious disease, health behavior, and environmental health plus analytical tools of qualitative research and risk assessment; and how health services are formulated and delivered."--

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Public health--United States.
Public Health--United States.
Epidemiologic Methods--United States.
Health Behavior--United States.
Health Policy--United States.

RA445 / P976 2010