Rothstein Public Health and the Risk Factor

A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-1-58046-614-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 480 Seiten

Reihe: Rochester Studies in Medical History

A look at how the concept of "risk factor" has influenced public health and preventive medicine, with an emphasis upon the study of heart disease.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rothstein, William G.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Origins of Probability and Statistics
Censuses and Vital Statistics
Statistical Analyses of Medical and Social Data
Life Insurance and the Risk Factor
Cultural And Environmental Influences on Urban Mortality Rates
The Germ Theory and Health Education in Diptheria and Tuberculosis Control
Health Education and Infant Mortality in New York City
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Health Education Programs
Early Twentieth-Century Mortality Trends and Rheumatic Heart Disease
The Early Years of the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic
Causes, Correlations, and the Etiology of Disease
Cigarette Smoking and Statistical Correlations
Blood Pressure and the Benefits of Treatment
The Framingham Heart Study and the Risk Factor
Theories of the Causes of Coronary Heart Disease
The Diet-Heart Hypothesis
Dietary Recommendations and Guidelines
The Secular Decline in the Coronary Heart Disease Epidemic