Practical Epidemiology: A Textbook for Health Service Management Majors in Higher Medical Colleges

Author: Hu Yonghua
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: Epidemiology is a science that studies disease and health at the population level. With the continuous development and refinement of epidemiological research methods, epidemiology has been widely applied to various fields of medicine, opening up a unique methodological field for medical scientific research and gradually becoming a fundamental discipline of medicine. At the same time, epidemiology is also an applied discipline. It not only plays a crucial role in the formulation and implementation of prevention and control strategies and measures for infectious diseases but also plays a unique role in the etiological research and prevention of chronic diseases with unknown causes, such as malignant tumors, cardiovascular diseases, etc. This book consists of nineteen chapters, divided into two parts: General Principles and Specific Applications. The General Principles part primarily introduces the basic concepts, fundamental knowledge, basic theories, and research methods of epidemiology. The Specific Applications part mainly focuses on the application of epidemiology in disease prevention and control, covering major infectious diseases and chronic non-infectious diseases that pose significant health risks to the population, such as cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumors, respiratory infectious diseases, digestive system infectious diseases, sexually transmitted diseases, and AIDS. This book can serve as a textbook for undergraduate students in public health management. It also holds certain reference value for medical professionals, teachers, and researchers. The book is accompanied by a study guide to assist in understanding and reviewing the content.