Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health

Written by renowned epidemiologists and public health experts, this unique text provides complete, concise coverage of epidemiology, biostatistics, preventive medicine, and public health in clear, easy-to-understand terms. One convenient volume delivers must-know content in four complex areas-information that’s sure to be covered in today’s classrooms and on USMLE exams-presented with a clinical focus and real-life medical examples throughout. Depth of coverage, concise writing style, outstanding online review questions, a clinical emphasis … these features and more make Jekel's your go-to resource for learning, study, and review.

Table of Contents:

Section 1 - Epidemiology
1. Basic Epidemiologic Concepts and Principles
2. Epidemiological Data Measurements
3. Epidemiologic  Surveillance and Epidemic Outbreak Investigation
4. The Study of Risk Factors and Causation
5. Common Research Designs and Issues in Epidemiology
6. Assessment of Risk Benefit in Epidemiologic Studies
7. Understanding the Quality of Data in Clinical Medicine
Section 2 - Biostatistics
8. Describing Variations in Data
9. Testing Hypotheses
10. Analyzing Relationships between Two Variables
11. Analyzing Relationships Between Multiple Variables
12. Using Statistics to Design Studies
13. Using Statistics to Answer Clinical Questions: Meta-analysis, Bayes Theorem and Predictive Values of Tests, and Decision Analysis
Section 3 - Preventive Medicine
14. Introduction to Preventive Medicine
15. Methods  of Primary Prevention:  Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
16. Principles and Practice of Secondary Prevention
17. Methods of Tertiary Prevention
18. Clinical Preventive Services: Creating and Using Guidelines
19. Chronic Disease Prevention
20. Prevention of Infectious Diseases
21. Mental and Behavioral Health
22. Occupational  Medicine and Environmental Health
23. Injury Prevention
Section 4 - Public Health
24. Introduction to Public Health
25. Public Health System: Structure and Friction
26. Public Health Practice in Communities
27. Disaster Epidemiology and Surveillance
28. Health Management, Health Administration, and Quality Improvement
29. Health Care Organization, Policy, and Financing
30. One Health
31. PowerPoints for Online

Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine ; Dorothea Wild, MD, MPH, Dr. Med, Associate Director, Combined Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT; Heidi D. Nelson, MD, MPH, MACP, Oregon Health& Science University, United States and David L. Katz, MD, MPH, Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Director, Yale-Griffin Preventive Research Center, Derby, CT