What is epidemiology? -- Key messages -- The historical context -- Definition, scope, and uses of

epidemiology -- Epidemiology and public health -- Achevements in epidemiology -- Study questions -- Measuring

health and disease -- Types of studies -- Basic biostratistics: concepts and tolls -- Causation in

epidemiology -- Epidemiology and prevention: chronic noncommunicable diseases -- Communicable diseases:

epidemiology surveillance and response -- Clinical epidemiology -- Environmental and occupational epidemiology

-- Epidemiology Health policy and planning -- First steps in Practical Epidemiology -- answers to study

questions -- Index --

This book shows how no apply epidemiology to the prevention of disease and the promotion of health -to

ensure that health resources are used to the best possible effect- and encourages good clinical practice by

introducing the concepts of clinical epidemiology. It enables students to describe the common causes of death,

disease, injury and disability in the community; outline appropriate epidemiological study designs, and

critically evaluate the literature.