EPIDEMIOLOGY AS A FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE

Book : EPIDEMIOLOGY AS A FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE

Author : * Kerr L. White * Maureen M. Henderson

Language : English

Library : Health-Safety-Environment

Publish Place : New York

ISSN : 230-75-0091

Publish Date : March 1976

Publisher : Oxford University press

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 8819

INDEX

Foreword Kenneth M. Endicott

Preface Kerr l. White, Maureen M. Henderson

I. Introduction
1. Planing and Evolution in Canadian Health Policy and Programs, 3
John R. Evans
2. Reflections on Health and Health Services Policies in Great Britain, 11
Thomas McKeown

II. Epidemiology, Health Statistics, and the Allocation of Health Resources and Facilities
3. Canada: Epidemiology in the Planing Process in British
Colombia: Description of an Experience With a New Model, 17
Donald O. Anderson
Discussion, 44
4. Great Britain: A Strategy for Research and Training in Epidemiology
E. G. Knox
Discussion, 60
5. Opportunities and Needs For Epidemiology and Health Statics in the United States, 66
Kerr L. White
Discussion, 78
6. Needs and Resources for Epidemiology an Health Statics in the United States, 84
Maureen M. Hederson
Discussion, 97

III. Administrative Applications Of Epidemiology and Health Statics, and the Training of Administrators
7. Epidemiology: The Training of Community Physicians in Great Britain, 103
Roy M. Acheson
8. Health Statistics in Planning Scandinavian Health Care, 114
Johannes Mosbech
9. The Role of Health Services Research in Planning for Health in Great Britain , 122
Walter W. Holland
Susie Gilderdale
10. A Model for Public Learning in Health Care: Administrative Applications of Epidemiology and Health Statistics in Australia, 132
Basil s. Hetzel
Discussion, 149

IV. Epidemiology, Health Statistics, and Contemporary Health Problems
11. The Teaching of Epidemiology and Health Statistics in a New Community-Oriented Medical School, 159
W. Estlin Waters
12. Teaching Methods in Epidemiology: Experience with A Guide for Teachers, 168
Jan Kostrzewski
Discussion, 177
13. Epidemiology and Contemporary Health Problems, 181
Louis M. F. Masse
14. Epidemiology and Health Statistics in the Control of Communicable Diseases, 190
Adeetokunbo O. Lucas
Discussion, 197

V. Perspectives on Epidemiology and Health Statistics in the United States
15. Needs and Opportunities for Action, 203
Problems and Issues: Discussion, 203
Concluding Comments, 207
E Gorge Knox
Donald O. Anderson, 209
Frederick C. Robbins, 212
Statement by the Conference, 214

Appendices
1. Contributors, 219
2. Session Chairmen, 219
3. Group Chairmen and Rapporteurs, 219
4. Invited Participants, 220

Index, 227