Evidence for population health /
By: Heller, Richard F.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: xii, 126 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0198529740 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780198529743:; 9780198529743 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Evidence-based medicine | Public health -- Evaluation | Population -- Health aspects | Public health -- Research -- Methodology | Health surveysDDC classification: 616Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is evidence for population health? -- The population or the individual in public health? -- Shifting the distribution -- Measuring the population impact -- Evaluating population-based risks and interventions -- Getting the outcome measure right -- Public health informatics-the role of e-science in building the evidence base -- Perceptions of risk among policy-makers and the public -- Managing knowledge for population health -- Applying evidence to inform public health practice and health policy decision-making -- Individual or population priorities for population health: involving the public -- Evidence into action.
There is currently an urgent need for the public health community to develop its own evidence base as a tool for evaluating emerging interventions. This text provides the tools needed to facilitate this process.