Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context by Krieger, Nancy
Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context by Krieger, Nancy

Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context

Epidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its...
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Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context by Krieger, Nancy

Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context

$892.83
Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context by Krieger, Nancy

Epidemiology and the People's Health: Theory and Context

$892.83
Author: Nancy Krieger
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Epidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are rarely articulated. While the idea of epidemiologic theory may seem dry and arcane, it is at its core about explaining the people's health. It is about life and death. It is about biology and society. It is about ecology and the economy. It is about how myriad aspects of people's lives--involving work, dignity, desire, love, play, conflict, discrimination, and injustice--become literally incorporated into our bodies and manifest in our health status, individually and collectively. And it is about essential knowledge critical for improving the people's health and minimizing inequitable burdens of disease, disability, and death.

Woven from a vast array of schools of thought, including those in the natural, social, and biomedical sciences, epidemiologic theory is a rich tapestry whose time for analysis is long overdue. By tracing its history and contours from ancient societies on through the development of--and debates within--contemporary epidemiology worldwide, Dr. Krieger shows how epidemiologic theory has long shaped epidemiologic practice, knowledge, and the politics of public health. Outlining an ecosocial theory of disease distribution that situates both population health and epidemiologic theory in societal and ecologic context, she offers a more holistic picture of how we embody the human experience.


Author: Nancy Krieger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/12/2013
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780199348428

About the Author

Nancy Krieger, Ph.D., is Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. She received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. In 1994 she co-founded, and still chairs, the Spirit of 1848 Caucus of the American
Public Health Association, which is concerned with the links between social justice and public health.



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