WALLACE/MAXCY-ROSENAU-LAST PUBLIC HEALTH & PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
Author: Robert Wallace, MD, MSc
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2008
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN 10: 0071441980
ISBN 13: 9780071441988
Edition: 15th
ISBN 13: 9780071441988
Edition: 15th
Description:
This trusted one-stop resource is a completely up-to-date, all-in-one public health and preventive medicine guide. Sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and edited and written by well-respected authorities in the range of topics covered, Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine is also an outstanding guide to additional resources of information in preparing for the board exam in preventative medicine and public health.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
I Public Health Principles and Methods
- ETHICS, MORALITY, VALUES, AND LAW
- PRINCIPLES OF BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
- RIGHTS AND NEEDS: COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND COMMUNITY NEEDS: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- RISKS AND BENEFITS
- ETHICAL RESEARCH AND ETHICAL PRACTICE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES
- HEALTH EDUCATION/HEALTH PROMOTION
- EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN RESOURCE ALLOCATION
- INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
- PATERNALISM AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- REFERENCES
- HISTORICAL CONTEXT
- PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM NEEDS FOR INFORMATICS
- ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND DATA INTERCHANGE
- PUBLIC HEALTH WORKER NEEDS
- PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM NEEDS
- MEDICAL CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM NEEDS
- NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM INITIATIVES
- LESSONS LEARNED IN DEVELOPING HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO DATE
- CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE—IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS
- REFERENCES
- GENES IN POPULATIONS
- INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF GENETIC DISEASE
- CATEGORIES OF GENETIC DISEASE
- THE HUMAN GENE MAP AND GENE SEQUENCING
- EVIDENCE FOR CLUSTERING IN FAMILIES
- SCREENING
- PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS
- GENETIC SERVICES
- OPPORTUNITY AND DANGER: SOME SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Trends and Guideposts
Epidemiology and Public Health
Ethics and Public Health Policy
Public Health and Population
Public Health Informatics
Health Disparities and Community-Based Participatory Research: Issues and Illustrations
Genetic Determinants of Disease and Genetics in Public Health
II Communicable Diseases
Control of Communicable Diseases
Diseases Controlled Primarily by Vaccination
Epidemiology and Trends in Sexually Transmitted Infections
The Epidemiology and Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Infections Spread by Close Personal Contact
Diseases Spread by Food and Water
Control of Infections in Institutions
Diseases Transmitted Primarily by Arthropod Vectors
Diseases Transmitted Primarily from Animals to Humans (Zoonoses)
Opportunistic Fungal Infections
Other Infection-Related Diseases of Public Health Import
III Environmental Health
- APPLICATIONS OF RISK ASSESSMENT
- BALANCING RISKS AND COSTS
- ACCEPTABLE RISK
- ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT PARADIGM FOR CARCINOGENS
- CARCINOGEN CLASSIFICATIONS
- RISK ASSESSMENT FOR NONCANCER ENDPOINTS
- RADIATION RISK ASSESSMENT
- BIOLOGICAL AGENT RISK ASSESSMENT
- INFORMATION USED IN RISK CHARACTERIZATION
- RISK PERCEPTION
- RISK COMMUNICATION
- ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
- NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
- CONSERVATION MEDICINE
- RISK ASSESSMENT AND JUNK SCIENCE
- VENUES FOR RISK-RELATED RESEARCH
- HARMONIZATION
- FUTURE PRIORITIES
- REFERENCES
- EFFECT OF NOISE ON HEARING
- NATURE OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS
- NOISE STANDARDS
- MEASUREMENT OF NOISE
- PREVENTION OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS
- HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
- EFFECTS OF NOISE ON OTHER BODILY FUNCTIONS
- EFFECTS OF SOUNDS ABOVE AND BELOW THE AUDIBLE FREQUENCY RANGE (ULTRASOUND AND INFRASOUND)
- REFERENCES
- INTRODUCTION
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES: MECHANISMS
- THE GLOBAL CONTEXT
- GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
- U.S. SOLUTIONS
- DISCUSSION
- CASE STUDIES
- SAN QUINTÍN FARMWORKERS, BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE, MEXICO
- THE YAKIMA VALLEY, WASHINGTON STATE
- CHILDREN ARTISANAL MINERS IN NAMBIJA, ECUADOR
- WOMEN MAQUILADORA WORKERS ON MEXICO’S NORTHERN BORDER
- TEXACO AND THE ECUADORIAN INDIANS
- REFERENCES
- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- CURRENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
- LAWS PROTECTING THE HEALTH/SAFETY OF WORKING YOUTH AND THE WORK PERMIT SYSTEM
- ILLEGAL CHILD LABOR, ENFORCEMENT AND SITUATIONS WHICH VIOLATE OR AVOID THE LAW
- ADOLESCENT OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND FATALITIES
- OPTIONS AND SUCCESSFUL MODELS FOR PREVENTION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- REFERENCES
- FUNCTIONS OF WATER
- TYPES OF WATER SYSTEMS
- PROPERTIES OF WATER
- SOURCES OF WATER
- POTABLE WATER QUALITY AND REGULATION
- TYPES OF WATER CONTAMINATION
- WATER-BORNE DISEASE TRENDS AND SURVEILLANCE
- TREATMENT OF WATER AND WASTEWATER
- ENGINEERED WATER PURIFICATION PROCESSES
- WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
- WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
- PROTECTION OF WATER QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- REFERENCES
- INTRODUCTION
- DEFINITIONS OF WASTE
- TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES
- POLICIES MANAGING THE FATE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
- ASSESSING AND DETECTING ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS OF HAZAROUS WASTES
- RISK ASSESSMENT
- REMEDIATION
- NEED FOR MULTI-/INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
- RADIOACTIVE AND MIXED WASTES
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- HUMAN HEALTH IN A CHANGING WORLD
- GLOBAL WARMING
- STRATOSPHERIC OZONE ATTENUATION
- RESOURCE DEPLETION
- SPECIES EXTINCTION AND REDUCED BIODIVERSITY
- DESERTIFICATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
- EMERGING AND REEMERGING INFECTIONS
- OTHER RELEVANT CHANGES
- PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES
- GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM
- ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE
- MITIGATION OPTIONS
- ADDENDUM
- REFERENCES
The Status of Environmental Health
Toxicology
Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment
Biomarkers
Asbestos and Other Fibers
Coal Workers’ Lung Diseases
Silicosis
Health Significance of Metal Exposures
Diseases Associated with Exposure to Chemical Substances
Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Polychlorinated Dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans
Brominated Flame Retardants
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
Pulmonary Responses to Gases and Particles
Pesticides
Temperature and Health
Ionizing Radiation
Nonionizing Radiation
Effects of the Physical Environment: Noise as a Health Hazard
Ergonomics and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
Industrial Hygiene
Surveillance and Health Screening in Occupational Health
Workers with Disabilities
Environmental Justice: From Global to Local
The Health of Hired Farmworkers
Women Workers
Health Hazards of Child Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Ensuring Food Safety
Water Quality Management and Water-Borne Disease Trends
Hazardous Waste: Assessing, Detecting, and Remediation
Aerospace Medicine
Housing and Health
Human Health in a Changing World
IV Behavioral Factors Affecting Health
- TOLL OF SMOKING
- CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
- CANCER
- OTHER SMOKING-RELATED DISEASES
- HEALTH RISKS OF SECONDHAND SMOKE
- TRENDS IN TOBACCO USE
- TOBACCO INTERVENTIONS
- TOBACCO ECONOMICS
- SMOKING AND THE WORKPLACE
- INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON TOBACCO
- CHALLENGES IN TOBACCO USE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- REFERENCES
- INTRODUCTION
- CATEGORIES OF ALCOHOL USE ALONG THE DRINKING CONTINUUM
- ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY DEFINITIONS
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL ABUSE AND DEPENDENCY
- GENERAL MECHANISMS OF ALCOHOL-RELATED DYSFUNCTION AND DAMAGE
- ESTIMATING THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE OF ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS
- SUMMARY
- REFERENCES
Health Behavior Research and Intervention
Tobacco: Health Effects and Control
Alcohol-Related Health Problems
Prevention of Drug Use and Drug Use Disorders
Community Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Risk Communication—An Overlooked Tool for Improving Public Health
Health Literacy
V Noncommunicable and Chronic Disabling Conditions
Screening for Early and Asymptomatic Conditions
Cancer
Heart Disease
Renal and Urinary Tract Disease
Diabetes
Respiratory Disease Prevention
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Neurological Disorders
Disabling Visual Disorders
Psychiatric Disorders
Childhood Cognitive Disability
Prevention of Disability in Older Persons
Nutrition in Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Postmarketing Medication Safety Surveillance: A Current Public Health Issue
VI Health-Care Planning, Organization, and Evaluation
VII Injury and Violence
Topics within this title:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- AIDS
- Alcohol Abuse
- Amebiasis
- American Trypanosomiasis
- Ancylostomiasis
- anomalies
- Anthrax
- Asbestosis
- Aseptic Meningitis
- Aspergillosis
- Asthma
- Avian Influenza
- Back Pain
- Bacterial Infections
- Bronchitis
- Brucellosis
- Cancer
- Candidiasis
- case management
- Cestode Infections
- Cholera
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Clonorchiasis
- Communicable Diseases
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Cryptococcosis
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cysticercosis
- Cytomegalovirus Infections
- Delta Hepatitis
- Dermatophytoses
- Diabetes
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Diarrhea
- Diphtheria
- Down Syndrome
- Dracunculiasis
- Drug Use Disorders
- Echinococcosis
- Fever
- Fevers
- Fibrosis
- Filariasis
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Frostbite
- Genital Herpes
- Giardiasis
- Gonorrhea
- health system
- Heart Disease
- Hepatitis
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis E
- Herpes Simplex
- Herpes simplex virus
- Herpes Zoster
- HIV
- HIV Infection
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Influenza
- Ionizing radiation
- Legionellosis
- Leishmaniasis
- Leprosy
- Low Back Pain
- Lung Diseases
- Lyme Disease
- Lymphatic Filariasis
- Malaria
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Meningoencephalitis
- Mental Retardation
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
- Mumps
- Necatoriasis
- Neck Pain
- Neoplasms
- Neurological Disorders
- Nicotine Dependence
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Obesity
- Onychomycosis
- Opisthorchiasis
- Osteoarthritis
- Pain
- Pertussis
- Plague
- Pleural Effusions
- Poisoning
- Poliomyelitis
- Psittacosis
- Pulmonary Disease
- Q Fever
- quality assurance
- Rabies
- Renal Cancer
- Respiratory Infections
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Respiratory Tract Infection
- Respiratory Tract Infections
- Rubella
- Salmonellosis
- Schistosomiasis
- Shigellosis
- Shock
- Silicosis
- Syndrome
- Taeniasis
- Temperature
- Tetanus
- Tinea
- Tinea Capitis
- Tinea Pedis
- Tinea Unguium
- Toxic Shock
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Toxicity
- Toxoplasmosis
- Trypanosomiasis
- Tuberculosis
- Tularemia
- Typhoid
- Typhoid Fever
- Varicella
- Viral Diseases
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
- Virus
- X-Linked Mental Retardation
- Zoonoses
- Zoster
- Zygomycosis