This popular book is written by the award-winning teacher, Dr. Leon Gordis of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He introduces the basic principles and concepts of epidemiology in clear, concise writing and his inimitable style. This book provides an understanding of the key concepts in the following 3 fully updated sections: Section I: The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention Section II: Using Epidemiology to Identify the Causes of Disease Section III: Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy Clear, practical graphs and charts, cartoons, and review questions with answers reinforce the text and aid in comprehension. Utilizes new full-color format to enhance readability and clarity. Provides new and updated figures, references and concept examples to keep you absolutely current - new information has been added on Registration of Clinical Trials, Case-Cohort Design, Case-Crossover Design, and Sources and Impact of Uncertainty ( disease topics include: Obesity, Asthma, Thyroid Cancer, Helicobacter Pylori and gastric/duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer, Mammography for women in their forties) expanded topics include Person-time. Includes STUDENT CONSULT access, allowing you to: o Access the complete contents of the book online, anywhere you goperform quick searchesand add your own notes and bookmarks. o Test yourself with the additional TEST BANK including 200 MCQs, plus complete rationales for all self-assessment Q&A in the print book. . o Reference all other STUDENT CONSULT titles you own online, tooall in one place! Introduces both the underlying concepts as well as the practical uses of epidemiology in public health and in clinical practice. Systemizes learning and review with study questions in each section and an answer key and index. Illustrates textual information with clear and informative full-color illustrations, many created by the author and tested in the classroom.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Sect. I The Epidemiologic Approach to Disease and Intervention
Ch. 1 Introduction 3
Ch. 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission 19
Ch. 3 Measuring the Occurrence of Disease: I. Morbidity 37
Ch. 4 Measuring the Occurrence of Disease: II. Mortality 59
Ch. 5 Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests 85
Ch. 6 The Natural History of Disease: Ways of Expressing Prognosis 109
Ch. 7 Assessing the Efficacy of Preventive and Therapeutic Measures: Randomized Trials 131
Ch. 8 Randomized Trials: Some Further Issues 147
Sect. II Using Epidemiology to Identify the Cause of Disease
Ch. 9 Cohort Studies 167
Ch. 10 Case-Control Studies and Other Study Designs 177
Ch. 11 Estimating Risk: Is There an Association? 201
Ch. 12 More on Risk: Estimating the Potential for Prevention 215
Ch. 13 A Pause for Review: Comparing Cohort and Case-Control Studies 223
Ch. 14 From Association to Causation: Deriving Inferences from Epidemiologic Studies 227
Ch. 15 More on Causal Inferences: Bias, Confounding, and Interaction 247
Ch. 16 Identifying the Roles of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Disease Causation 265
Sect. III Applying Epidemiology to Evaluation and Policy
Ch. 17 Using Epidemiology to Evaluate Health Services 293
Ch. 18 The Epidemiologic Approach to Evaluating Screening Programs 311
Ch. 19 Epidemiology and Public Policy 333
Ch. 20 Ethical and Professional Issues in Epidemiology 349
