Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance

Preface to the Second Edition vii

Acknowledgements viii

About the Authors ix

How to Use Your Textbook x

Part 1 Introduction 1

1 Introduction to public health 2

2 Public health old and new 4

Part 2 Epidemiology and evidence-based practice 7

3 Incidence and prevalence 8

4 Risks and odds 10

5 Hierarchy of evidence and investigating causation 12

6 Bias, confounding and chance in epidemiological studie...