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Zusatztext The most important value of this work is that it recognizes and clearly defines the difference between clinical evidence-based medicine and evidence-based public health. Klappentext This introductory textbook gives practical methods! and their theoretical basis! for applying evidence to the field of Public Health Zusammenfassung This introductory textbook gives practical methods, and their theoretical basis, for applying evidence to the field of Public Health Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part 1: Ask the question - what is the need for evidence for population health? 1: What is evidence for population health? 2: The population or the individual in public health 3: Shifting the distribution Part 2: Collect the evidence - what measures should we make? 4: Measuring the population impact 5: Evaluating population-based risks and interventions 6: Getting the outcome measure right 7: Public health informatics: the role of e-science in building the evidence base Part 3: Understand and use the evidence - how can professionals and the public understand and use evidence to improve population health? 8: Perceptions of risk among policy-makers and the public 9: Managing knowledge for population health 10: Applying evidence to inform public health practice and health policy decision-making 11: Individual or population priorities for population health: involving the public 12: Evidence into action: population impact assessment and the population health decision support