Applied Demography And Public Health In The 21st Century
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Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st Century
Author | : M. Nazrul Hoque,Beverly Pecotte,Mary A. McGehee |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2016-10-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783319436883 |
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This book demonstrates different statistical techniques for analyzing health-related data as well as providing new techniques for forecasting and/or projecting the incidence of diseases/disorders. It presents information on a variety of health related issues from the developed and developing world. Featuring cutting edge research from distinguished applied demographers and public health specialists, the book bridges the gap between theory and research. Each chapter provides methods and materials that can be used to conduct further research aimed at promoting public health issues. This book is intended for public health professionals, health policy makers, social epidemiologists, administrators, researchers, and students in the fields of applied demography and public health who are interested in exploring the potential of ground-breaking research or who want to further develop their existing research techniques. It complements another volume in the Applied Demography Series, Applied Demography and Public Health (Springer, 2013), which describes how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues.
Applied Demography and Public Health
Author | : Nazrul Hoque,Mary A. McGehee,Benjamin S. Bradshaw |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 387 |
Release | : 2013-04-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789400761407 |
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This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure, cause-specific mortality, and maternal health and morbidity, the book provides several chapters on special analysis and methodological issues. The chapters provide a number of resources and tools that can be used in conducting research aimed at promoting public health. These resources include information on a variety of health research datasets, different statistical methodologies for analyzing health-related data and developing concepts related to health status, methodologies for forecasting or projecting disease incidences and associated costs, and discussions of demographic concepts used to measure population health status.
Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century
Author | : Nazrul Hoque,David A. Swanson |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2013-01-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789400722972 |
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Applied demography continues its rapid pace of evolution in concert with the emerging trends of the 21st century. One significant area of change is the extension of applied demography beyond the United States; this book includes material dealing with applied demography in Australia, Canada, Estonia, and Mexico. Opportunities and Challenges for Applied Demography in the 21st Century presents a score of selected papers from the second post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, held in San Antonio, Texas, in January, 2010, under the sponsorship of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Coverage includes the assembly of data by government agencies, with a focus on issues facing the United States; demographic issues associated with globalization; business demography and health demography, as well as a section examining methodological advances in the areas of estimation and projection.
Applied Demography in the 21st Century
Author | : Steve H. Murdock,David A. Swanson |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2008-03-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781402083297 |
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The topic of Applied Demography is clearly evolving as its practitioners become involved in the emerging trends of the Twenty-First Century. This book derived from the first post-2000 national conference on Applied Demography, held in San Antonio, Texas, January 7-9, 2007, at The University of Texas. The conference presented a unique opportunity and this resulting work provides a cross-sectional view of Applied Demography and an evaluation of its likely future.
Applied Demography in the 21st Century
Author | : Steve H. Murdock,David A. Swanson |
Publsiher | : Springer Verlag |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2008-04-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1402083289 |
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"This work provides selected, peer-reviewed papers from the Biennial Conference on Applied Demography held in San Antonio, Texas on January 7-9 and sponsored by the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The work provides an excellent overview of the state of applied demography at the beginning of the 21st Century which should be of interest to all demographers and be appropriate for adoption for courses in a variety of disciplines including demography, sociology, economics, geography, planning, statistics and others." --Book Jacket.
The Future of the Public s Health in the 21st Century
Author | : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 2003-02-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780309133180 |
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The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health
Author | : Roger Detels,Martin Gulliford,Quarraisha Abdool Karim,Chorh Chuan Tan |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1717 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780198810131 |
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Sixth edition of the hugely successful, internationally recognised textbook on global public health and epidemiology, with 3 volumes comprehensively covering the scope, methods, and practice of the discipline
World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty First Century
Author | : Wolfgang Lutz,William P. Butz,Samir KC |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 737 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780198813422 |
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Condensed into a detailed analysis and a selection of continent-wide datasets, this revised edition of World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century addresses the role of educational attainment in global population trends and models. Presenting the full chapter text of the original edition alongside a concise selection of data, it summarizes past trends in fertility, mortality, migration, and education, and examines relevant theories to identify key determining factors. Deriving from a global survey of hundreds of experts and five expert meetings on as many continents, World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview emphasizes alternative trends in human capital, new ways of studying ageing and the quantification of alternative population, and education pathways in the context of global sustainable development. It is an ideal companion to the county specific online Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer.