Preventive Medicine - (4th Edition)

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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: This book is a national planning teaching material for the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" of general higher education, a planned teaching material for the National Association of Medical Textbook Development, a planned teaching material by the Ministry of Health, and a national higher education teaching material, intended for use in basic, clinical, and stomatology medical disciplines. It is a required textbook for clinical medicine students in the five-year and seven-year programs. The book consists of a preface, four main parts (thirty-two chapters), and an internship guide. The preface primarily elucidates the definition, basic concepts, and characteristics of preventive medicine, the transformation of medical models and health concepts, and the achievements of preventive health work in China. Part I explains the relationship between population health and its influencing factors, as well as relevant prevention and control measures. Part II and Part III respectively discuss statistical methods and epidemiological principles and methods for population health research; Part IV focuses on health promotion and disease prevention, primarily covering the prevention and control of common infectious diseases, chronic diseases, occupational diseases, as well as the response to public health emergencies and the role of clinical physicians. The editorial committee of the 4th edition made corresponding adjustments during this revision.