Case Studies in Public Health contains selected case studies of some of the most important and influential moments in medicine and epidemiology. The cases chosen for this collection represent a wide array of public health issues that go into the makeup of what can be termed the New Public Health (NPH), which includes traditional public health, such as sanitation, hygiene and infectious disease control, but widens its perspective to include the organization, financing and quality of health care services in a much broader sense. Each case study is presented in a systematic fashion to facilitate learning, with the case, background, current relevance, economic issues, ethical issues, conclusions, recommendation and references discussed for each case.
The book is a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers with specialized knowledge who need further information on the general background and history of public health and important scientific discoveries within the field. It is an ideal resource for students in public health, epidemiology, medicine, anthropology, and sociology, and for those interested in how to apply lessons from the past to present and future research.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. About the Author - p. xiii 7. Foreword - p. xvii 8. Preface - p. xxi 9. Acknowledgments - p. xxv 10. Chapter 1. James Lind and Scurvy - p. 1 11. Chapter 2. Edward Jenner, Vaccination and Eradication of Smallpox - p. 17 12. Chapter 3. From Panum to Eradication of Measles - p. 35 13. Chapter 4. Semmelweis, Credé, Lister, and Nightingale: Pioneers in Controlling Hospital Infections - p. 57 14. Chapter 5. John Snow, Cholera, the Broad Street Pump; Waterborne Diseases Then and Now - p. 77 15. Chapter 6. Pasteur on Microbes and Infectious Diseases - p. 101 16. Chapter 7. Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich: Criteria of Causation of Disease and Chemotherapy as “Magic Bullets” - p. 117 17. Chapter 8. Bismarck and the Long Road to Universal Health Coverage - p. 131 18. Chapter 9. Joseph Goldberger, Pellagra, and Nutritional Epidemiology - p. 181 19. Chapter 10. Endemic Goiter and Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders - p. 201 20. Chapter 11. Elmer McCollum and Edward Mellanby: Vitamin D and Cod Liver Oil for Prevention of Rickets and Osteoporosis - p. 227 21. Chapter 12. Norman Gregg and Congenital Rubella Syndrome - p. 257 22. Chapter 13. Ethical Issues in Public Health - p. 277 23. Chapter 14. Framingham and North Karelia: Studies that Changed the Cardiovascular Disease Pandemic - p. 317 24. Chapter 15. Milton Roemer, Hospital Bed Supply and Economics of Health - p. 357 25. Chapter 16. John Enders, Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and Eradication of Poliomyelitis - p. 383 26. Chapter 17. Preventing Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Newborns - p. 407 27. Chapter 18. Eliminating Beta Thalassemia Major and Other Congenital Blood Disorders - p. 423 28. Chapter 19. Maurice Hilleman: Creator of Vaccines That Changed the World - p. 443 29. Chapter 20. Robert Guthrie and Nicholas Wald: Screening and Preventing Birth Defects - p. 471 30. Chapter 21. Marc Lalonde, the Health Field Concept and Health Promotion - p. 523 31. Chapter 22. Warren, Marshall, Helicobacter Pylori, Peptic Ulcers and Gastric Cancer - p. 543 32. Index - p. 561
Case Studies in Public Health contains selected case studies of some of the most important and influential moments in medicine and epidemiology. The cases chosen for this collection represent a wide array of public health issues that go into the makeup of what can be termed the New Public Health (NPH), which includes traditional public health, such as sanitation, hygiene and infectious disease control, but widens its perspective to include the organization, financing and quality of health care services in a much broader sense. Each case study is presented in a systematic fashion to facilitate learning, with the case, background, current relevance, economic issues, ethical issues, conclusions, recommendation and references discussed for each case.
The book is a valuable resource for advanced students and researchers with specialized knowledge who need further information on the general background and history of public health and important scientific discoveries within the field. It is an ideal resource for students in public health, epidemiology, medicine, anthropology, and sociology, and for those interested in how to apply lessons from the past to present and future research.
1. Cover image - p. Cover 2. Title page - p. iii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. About the Author - p. xiii 7. Foreword - p. xvii 8. Preface - p. xxi 9. Acknowledgments - p. xxv 10. Chapter 1. James Lind and Scurvy - p. 1 11. Chapter 2. Edward Jenner, Vaccination and Eradication of Smallpox - p. 17 12. Chapter 3. From Panum to Eradication of Measles - p. 35 13. Chapter 4. Semmelweis, Credé, Lister, and Nightingale: Pioneers in Controlling Hospital Infections - p. 57 14. Chapter 5. John Snow, Cholera, the Broad Street Pump; Waterborne Diseases Then and Now - p. 77 15. Chapter 6. Pasteur on Microbes and Infectious Diseases - p. 101 16. Chapter 7. Robert Koch and Paul Ehrlich: Criteria of Causation of Disease and Chemotherapy as “Magic Bullets” - p. 117 17. Chapter 8. Bismarck and the Long Road to Universal Health Coverage - p. 131 18. Chapter 9. Joseph Goldberger, Pellagra, and Nutritional Epidemiology - p. 181 19. Chapter 10. Endemic Goiter and Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders - p. 201 20. Chapter 11. Elmer McCollum and Edward Mellanby: Vitamin D and Cod Liver Oil for Prevention of Rickets and Osteoporosis - p. 227 21. Chapter 12. Norman Gregg and Congenital Rubella Syndrome - p. 257 22. Chapter 13. Ethical Issues in Public Health - p. 277 23. Chapter 14. Framingham and North Karelia: Studies that Changed the Cardiovascular Disease Pandemic - p. 317 24. Chapter 15. Milton Roemer, Hospital Bed Supply and Economics of Health - p. 357 25. Chapter 16. John Enders, Jonas Salk, Albert Sabin and Eradication of Poliomyelitis - p. 383 26. Chapter 17. Preventing Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Newborns - p. 407 27. Chapter 18. Eliminating Beta Thalassemia Major and Other Congenital Blood Disorders - p. 423 28. Chapter 19. Maurice Hilleman: Creator of Vaccines That Changed the World - p. 443 29. Chapter 20. Robert Guthrie and Nicholas Wald: Screening and Preventing Birth Defects - p. 471 30. Chapter 21. Marc Lalonde, the Health Field Concept and Health Promotion - p. 523 31. Chapter 22. Warren, Marshall, Helicobacter Pylori, Peptic Ulcers and Gastric Cancer - p. 543 32. Index - p. 561
