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Cwikel, Julie.

Social epidemiology : strategies for public health activism / Julie G. Cwikel. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2006. - xvi, 613 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [491]-595) and index.

Introduction to social epidemiology -- Basic concepts in health and illness -- The context for social epidemiology -- A history of public h ealth and medicine -- The development of modern social epidemiology -- Concepts and theories in social epidemiology: the SOCEPID model -- Meth ods of descriptive epidemiology -- Research design for the identificati on of risk factors -- Program evaluation in social epidemiology -- Foll owing social epidemiological research: then what? -- Social epidemiolog y applied to chronic disease: cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis , diabetes, and obesity -- Injury control and violence prevention -- Se xually transmitted diseases, HIV, and AIDS -- Environmental hazards, oc cupational health, and community exposures -- Immigrants, migrants, and special populations: new challenges in social epidemiology and applica tions for the future.

ISBN: 0231100485 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780231100489 (cloth : alk. paper)

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101284779 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social medicine.
Epidemiology-- Social aspects.
Epidemiology.
Social Medicine.

Dewey Class. No.: 614.4

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 31 / C993s 2006