EPIDEMIOLOGY. KEY TO PUBLIC HEALTH. 2ND EDITION

The idea of epidemiology
Uses and applications of epidemiology
Some case studies and situation analyses
Infectious diseases: descriptive epidemiology, transmissions, surveillance, control
Infectious diseases: modelling, immunity
Diarrhoea and cholera
Tuberculosis and malaria
Dengue fever
Viral hepatitis
HIV/AIDS
The origin of information: registers and health information systems
The origin of information: sampling
Descriptive data analysis and statistics
The normal law and applications: Sample size, confidence intervals, tests
Basic concepts of epidemiology
Cross-sectional studies
Cohort studies
Clinical (therapeutic) trials
Clinical epidemiology
Case-control studies
Confounding
Epidemiology of cancer
Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases
Community studies
Nutritional and environmental epidemiology
Social and genetic epidemiology
Some practical considerations around epidemiologic studies
What is missing?
The role of epidemiology in building coherent systems of public health.

This unique textbook presents the field of modern epidemiology as a whole; it does not restrict itself to particular aspects. It stresses the fundamental ideas and their role in any situation of epidemiologic practice.Its structure is largely determined by didactic viewpoints.
Epidemiology is the art of defining and investigating the influence of factors on the health of populations. Hence the book starts by sketching the role of epidemiology in public health. It then treats the epidemiology of many particular diseases; mathematical modelling of epidemics and immunity; health information systems; statistical methods and sample surveys; clinical epidemiology including clinical trials; nutritional, environmental, social, and genetic epidemiology; and the habitual tools of epidemiologic studies. The book also reexamines the basic difference between the epidemiology of infectious diseases and that of non-infectious ones.
The organization of the topics by didactic aspects makes the book ideal for teaching. All examples and case studies are situated in a single country, namely Vietnam; this provides a particularly vivid picture of the role of epidemiology in shaping the health of a population. It can easily be adapted to other developing or transitioning countries.
This volume is well suited for courses on epidemiology and public health at the upper undergraduate and graduate levels, while its specific examples make it appropriate for those who teach these fields in developing or emerging countries.

New to this edition, in addition to minor revisions of almost all chapters:
• Updated data about infectious and non-infectious diseases
• An expanded discussion of genetic epidemiology
• A new chapter, based on recent research of the authors, on how to build a coherent system of Public Health by using the insights provided by this volume.

Features
• Covers in a comprehensive fashion infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology
• Offers a completely unified and coherent approach to epidemiology making it ideal for teaching
• Presents case studies for the Vietnamese Health infrastructure and culture