This book marks the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA). It is a unique compendium by the world's leading epidemiologists of how the field has developed, and how it can be (and has been) applied to the control of common conditions and threats to public health. Five distinct sections guide the reader through the wealth of material:
· Gives an historical account of the concepts and ideas, and current importance of epidemiology to global health issues and to organisations such as the WHO.
· Illustrates the advances and contributions to epidemiologic knowledge and the control of disease in specific areas such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, non-biologic disorders such as war and disasters, and new infectious diseases.
· Outlines the use of epidemiology in areas such as public health, health services, occupational and environmental medicine, social epidemiology and nutrition.
· Discusses methodological developments such as statistics, information sources, investigation of disease outbreaks and clinical epidemiology.
· Looks at how the subject has developed internationally, with perspectives on regions such as the Americas, Poland, Spain, Eastern Mediterranean, New Zealand, China, Thailand and Japan.
This remarkable insight into how epidemiology has developed is essential reading for both existing and aspiring epidemiologists.
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Section 1 - History and setting the scene
1: Walter W Holland, Charles Florey and Jørn Olsen: Introduction
2: John Pemberton: Setting the scene (largely from the UK point of view)
3: Alfredo Morabia: Epidemiological methods and concepts in the nineteenth century and their influences on the twentieth century
4: Rodolfo Saracci: Epidemiological concepts pre-1950 and their relation to work in the second half of the century
5: Colin Mathers: Epidemiology and world health
6: Richard Doll: Development of the epidemiology of cancer
7: Henry Blackburn: Cardiovascualr disease epidemiology
8: Frank E. Speizer and Ira B. Tager: Chronic respiratory disease epidemiology
9: Rebecca Fuhrer and Lee Robins: The epidemiological study of mental disorders since the beginning of the twentieth century
10: Claude Rumeau-Rouquette and Gérard Bréart: Perinatal epidemiology
11: Haroutune K. Armenian: Epidemiology in war and disasters
12: Roger Detels: Emerging infectious diseases
13: George W Comstock: Tuberculosis
14: Richard H Morrow and William J Moss: Malaria
Section 3 - Applications and role of epidemiology in related domains
15: Lester Breslow and Roger Detels: Public health and epidemiology
16: Kerr L. White: Health services research and epidemiology
17: Malcolm Harrington and Tom Sorahan: Occupational epidemiology
18: Mervyn Susser and Landon Myer: Social epidemiology
19: Basil S Hetzel: Nutritional epidemiology
Section 4 - Methodology
20: Olli S Miettinen: Theoretical developments
21: Kenrad Nelson: Outbreak investigations
22: Manolis Kogevinas: Data sources and their utilisation
23: Richard F Heller: Development of modern epidemiology: clinical epidemiology
Section 5 - Regions and countries
24: Eduardo L. Franco, Salaheddin Mahmud and Andrew G. Dean: Epidemiological methods: a view from the Americas
25: Jørn Olsen and Rodolfo Saracci: Epidemiology as a common European endeavour
26: Adetokunbo O. Lucas: Epidemiology methods, a view from Africa
27: Ian Prior and Robert Beaglehole: The development of epidemiology in New Zealand and the South Pacific
28: Mohamed H Wahdan and Ahmed Mandil: Epidemiological methods, a view from East Mediterranean
29: Yu Shun-Zhang: Epidemiological methods: a view from China
30: Chitr Sitthi-amorn: Development of modern epidemiology in the East
31: Kunio Aoki and Itsuzo Shigematsu: Epidemiology methods: a view from North Asia/Japan
32: Julio Frenk, Rafael Lozano and Octavio Gómez-Dantes: Health transitions in Mexico and Central America: implications for health policy
33: Warren Winkelstein, Jr. and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor: The development of epidemiology: United States of America
34: Poland
i: Miroslaw J Wysocki and Jan E Zejda: Development of epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in Poland
ii: Wieslaw Magdzik: Epidemiology, prevention and control of infectious diseases in Poland in the twentieth century
35: Arpo Aromaa: Epidemiology and public health in Finland and Scandinavia - development and current state
36: Rodolfo Saracci, Benedetto Terracini and Franco Merletti: History of modern epidemiology: Italy
37: Francisco Bolúmar: The development of epidemiology: Spain