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Learning objectives Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to 1. explain the basic terms and concepts of epidemiology; 2. interpret health data from an epidemiological viewpoint; 3. apply a systemic approach to measuring and evaluating the health status of a population. The public health professional working in individual and community health must acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to measure and interpret factors related to disease and health in both individuals and population groups. Demography and epidemiology are the basis of health information systems, but the social and basic medical sciences are also vitally important in understanding public health; they provide an expanding array of health status indicators and measures of the impact of interventions.Demography deals with recording the characteristics and trends of a population over time. The field has broadened to include social demography, which has a broader focus on economic, ethnic, geographic, social, cultural, and biological factors. Regular and special studies are a vital aspect of population health monitoring in the New Public Health because they include important risk factors played by

Author

Theodore H. Tulchinsky; Elena A. Varavikova; Matan J. Cohen

Publisher

ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780128229576