Population Health: Concepts & Methods

by T. Kue Young

Population health encompasses traditional public health and preventive medicine but emphasizes the full range of health determinants affecting the entire population rather than only ill or high-risk individials. The population health approach integrates the social and biological, the
quantitative and qualitative, recognizing the importance of social and cultural factors in practice and research. This text is organized around the key objectives of population health risks and inferring causation, and planning and evaluating population health interventions. It is designed for use
in introductory/intermediate courses in epidemiology, public health, and health policy and management. It emphasizes basic concepts and methods and makes use of case studies, exercises, and boxes to introduce students to the full range of population health issues seen in the literature.

315 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998

Reviews

[Nathan Fleming · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dr Young uses historical vignettes, personal examples, in-depth scholarship and peer-reviewed literature to explain, "What is population health?" The book is intended as an intermediate course in epidemiology, community health, or health planning.

[Alina Cameron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Epidemiology 101. A great introduction to population/community/public health concepts and epidemiology. This book got me excited to study further in the field.