TY - GEN AU - Andresen,Elena AU - Bouldin,Erin DeFries TI - Public health foundations: concepts and practices SN - 9780470445877 AV - U1 - PY - 2010/// CY - San Francisco, CA PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Public health KW - Public Health KW - Epidemiologic Methods KW - Health Behavior KW - Health Policy N1 - Includes index N2 - 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 ER -