Public Health Foundations -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLE -- PREFACE -- THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND ORGANIZATION -- CHAPTER 1: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- What Is Public Health? -- History of Public Health -- Hallmarks of Public Health -- Core Public Health Disciplines -- Public Health Ethics -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 2: MODERN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS -- Public Health's Three Core Functions -- Understanding Population -- The Social-Ecological Model as a Framework for Prevention -- Three Levels of Prevention -- The U.S. Public Health System -- Public Health Systems Globally -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- PART II: ANALYTIC TOOLS AND METHODS -- CHAPTER 3: DATA FOR PUBLIC HEALTH -- How Do We Decide What to Include in Surveillance? -- Universal Surveillance Systems and Activities -- Survey Data -- Registries -- Reporting Systems -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 4: EPIDEMIOLOGY -- What Is Epidemiology? -- History of Epidemiology -- Types of Epidemiology -- Basic Epidemiological Measures -- Assessing and Interpreting Data -- Epidemiology in Public Health -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 5: STUDY DESIGN -- Observational Studies -- Experimental Studies -- Causal Inference -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 6: BIOSTATISTICS -- Two Case Studies -- Biases in Collecting and Analyzing Epidemiological Data -- Basic Descriptive Statistical Methods -- Basic Biostatistical Concepts -- Using Regression Analysis to Adjust for Confounding -- Revisiting the Two Case Studies -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 7: PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY -- What Is Pharmacoepidemiology?.

History of Pharmacoepidemiology -- Drug Approval and Safety Systems -- Core Areas of Discovery in Pharmacoepidemiology -- Methodological Challenges in Pharmacoepidemiology -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 8: INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGY -- History of Infectious Disease Epidemiology -- Infectious Disease Epidemiology Methods -- Vaccines and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases -- Disease Eradication -- Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 9: ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH -- Environmental Public Health: History and Progression -- Preventing Infectious Diseases of Environmental Origin -- Chronic Diseases and Environmental Health -- Preventing Adverse Chemical Exposure -- Preventing Excess Radiation Exposure -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 10: RISK AND EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT -- Risk Assessment and Precautionary Principle -- Definition of Risk -- Components of a Risk Assessment -- Hazard Identification -- Dose-Response Assessment -- Exposure Assessment -- Risk Characterization -- Risk Management -- Risk Communication -- Summary -- Resources -- Review Questions -- Key Terms -- References -- PART III: BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH -- CHAPTER 11: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES IN PUBLIC HEALTH -- Setting the Stage: Hookah Smoking as a Public Health Issue -- Social and Behavioral Science in Public Health -- Roots of Social and Behavioral Science in Public Health -- Using a Social-Ecological Framework to Understand Health Factors -- Using Social and Behavioral Theories to Inform Public Health Research and Practice -- Community-Level Models -- Societal Level Strategies -- Managing Multiple Theories -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 12: QUALITATIVE DATA AND RESEARCH METHODS IN PUBLIC HEALTH.

What Is Qualitative Research? -- What Are Qualitative Data? -- Qualitative Traditions in Public Health -- Visual Research Methods as Emerging Qualitative Research Strategies -- Evaluating Qualitative Research -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 13: TUBERCULOSIS -- Microbiology, Disease Types, Diagnosis, and Treatment -- History -- Epidemiology -- Prevention and Control -- Current Public Health Challenges to Control Tuberculosis -- The Future of Tuberculosis -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- PART IV: HEALTH SERVICES AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS -- CHAPTER 14: HEALTH POLICY AND THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- U.S. Health Care System -- Health Policy and the Regulatory Process -- Future Direction of the U.S. Health Care System -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 15: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH -- Health Services Research -- Access to Health Care -- Quality of Health Care -- Cost of Health Care -- Information Technology -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- CHAPTER 16: HEALTH DISPARITIES -- What Are Health Disparities? -- Measuring Health Disparities -- Examples of Health Disparities -- Social Determinants of Health Disparities -- Actions to Address Health Disparities -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- PART V: FORECASTING PUBLIC HEALTH -- CHAPTER 17: FUTURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- Can We Plan for the Future? -- How Can We Think About the Future of Public Health? -- Being Ready to Meet the Future: What Do We Need? -- Being Ready to Meet the Future: Public Health Workforce -- Being Ready to Meet the Future: Educated Citizens -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- References -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX -- EULA.