Table of contents: Philosophy and development of public and community health in South Africa • Perspectives on national and international health care delivery • The foundations of community health • Primary health care • Health trends • Community assessment • Managing community and primary health services • Development and health problems across the lifespan • Community health practice • Managing chronic health problems
Epidemiology: A Research Manual for South Africa 4e Content editors: G Joubert and L Myer
Epidemiology: A Research Manual for South Africa off ers an applied introduction to epidemiological research methods, for students of various health science disciplines who are required to conduct or reference epidemiological research. Directed at readers who are new to epidemiological theory and practice, the text explains fundamental concepts and methods in a manner that is clear and accessible. The text off ers a step-by-step guide to the development of a research protocol and the application of epidemiological methods, and addresses specifi c content areas and methodologies that are important in contemporary epidemiological research. Examples focus on the South African setting, highlighting regional conditions, diseases and health services.
New to this edition: • The fourth edition is comprehensively revised to refl ect current knowledge and practice, and off ers many new, local examples.
• The text refl ects greater emphasis on the use of routinely available health data for research purposes • The fourth edition includes a new chapter on Perinatal epidemiology • The text presents an expanded focus on community participation, and on injury and violence.
“This is an established and respected text which covers the latest in epidemiology theory with translation to the South African context providing the top resource for teaching epidemiology in South Africa and Africa. ” Prof D Jackson, University of the Western Cape
Table of Contents Section A Introducing research and epidemiology • Chapter 1: Why do epidemiologic research? A South African perspective • Chapter 2: Key concepts in epidemiology • Chapter 3: Research ethics, human rights and community participation • Section B Epidemiological research methods and protocol development research project
• Chapter 4: Planning a • Chapter 5: Setting objectives for research • Chapter 6: Literature review • Chapter 7: Study
design • Chapter 8: Population and sampling • Chapter 9: Data collection and measurement • Section C Analysis and presentation • Chapter 10: Exploring, summarising and presenting data • Chapter 11: Analysing and interpreting epidemiological data • Chapter 12: Precision and validity in epidemiological studies • Chapter 13: Writing a research report
• Section D Applications of epidemiology • Chapter 14: Routine health information
systems and disease surveillance • Chapter 15: Burden of disease and mortality studies • Chapter 16: Social epidemiology • Chapter 17: Infectious disease epidemiology • Chapter 18: Outbreak investigation • Chapter 19: Noncommunicable disease epidemiology • Chapter 20: Environmental epidemiology • Chapter 21: Occupational epidemiology • Chapter 22: Measuring disability • Chapter 23: Mental health epidemiology • Chapter 24: Nutritional epidemiology • Chapter 25: Clinical epidemiology • Section E Adjuncts to epidemiologic research • Chapter 26: Health systems research • Chapter 27: Qualitative research methodology: an introduction • Appendix I: Standardisation • Appendix II: Random number table • Appendix III: Sample size determination
Ethics for Health Care 4e Author: C Berglund
Generally, there are three ways that ethics may be taught to health students: in a stand-alone ethics unit, an ethics and law unit, or integrated across a number of units in a programme.
Ethics can be taught in diff erent ways. It can take a traditional thematic approach, a “phases of life” approach or a treatment consequence approach. Whilst the book continues to follow a treatment sequence approach, the author adopts a “phases of life” approach for chapters 6–9.
The author also provides a thematic guided to the text if courses are covering classic ethics topics in a traditional thematic way.
In this edition: • Focuses solely on ethics ( no coverage of law ) • Considers ethics in the routine context of health care for all health professions • Includes a number of exercises and examples, which are useful for both lecturers and students which illustrate and focus on the contemporary, everyday nature of ethical decision making
PAPERBACK NOV 2021 OUP SA
448 PAGES 9780190758691 9780190732295
PAPERBACK JUL 2012 OUP AUS
256 PAGES 9780195519570
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