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First published in 1973, this well-established textbook offers medical students and junior doctors a readable introduction to the principles of public health with special reference to situations in the developing countries of the tropics. This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent advances in public health. It retains the popular approach of previous editions in stressing basic principles illustrated by selected examples pertinent to the regions in question. The book focuses on both communicable and non-communicable diseases and covers gender-specific issues as well as health systems, health promotion, and health economics.
List of contents
Concepts in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Health Statistics: Information for Health. Epidemiology. Communicable Diseases: Infections Through The Gastro-Intestinal Tract. Infections Through Skin And Mucous Membranes. Infections Through The Respiratory Tract. Arthropod-Borne Infections. Non-Communicable Disease: Health In Transition. Nutritional Disorders. Organization of Health Services. Approaches to Economic Evaluation. Family Health. Environmental Health. Health Promotion and Education. International Health Co-Operation.
About the author
Adetokunbo O. Lucas, Adjunct Professor of International Health, Harvard University, USA; Visiting Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK; Formerly Professor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Herbert M. Gilles, Emeritus Professor, University of Liverpool, UK; Visiting Professor of Public Health, University of Malta; Formerly Professor & Dean, LSTM, Liverpool, UK and Formerly Professor, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Dr Timothy O'Dempsey, Director of Humanitarian Studies and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
Dr Taofeek Ibrahim, Senior Lecturer, Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University & Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
Summary
First published in 1973, this well-established textbook offers medical students and junior doctors a readable introduction to the principles of public health with special reference to the situation in the developing countries of the tropics.
This fifth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent advances in public health, while retaining the popular approach of previous editions in stressing basic principles illustrated by selected examples highly pertinent to the regions in question.
Infectious diseases continue to feature strongly, and are grouped epidemiologically based on the mode of transmission and the public health approaches for their control. The fifth edition also features an expanded section on non-communicable diseases, including the global epidemiology of type II diabetes, chronic heart disease, and smoking-related diseases, with particular reference to the problems associated with their management in developing countries.
Written for those studying in, or planning to undertake work in, developing nations, the new edition continues to recognise the wide diversity in the situations seen in different countries and concentrates on delivering basic principles that can readily be adapted to local conditions.
