PDQ Public Health

Chapter 1: What Is Public Health? *A Brief History of Public Health*Dogma and Disease - The Sociology of Public Health*Bad Smells, Bodies, and Boards of Health: Controlling Disease Becomes a Legislative Process*We Can See You Now - Germs Identified as the Enemy*Better Sanitation Through Cleaning the Gene Pool - Eugenics and SocialEngineering*Why Modern Schools of Public Health Owe Their Origin to an Alpine Railway*Tunnel - The Medical Science of Social and Economic Development*It's Easier to Prevent It Than Treat It - Mid 20th Century Public Health Public Health and Emergencies*Taking Care of It Yourself - The Ascent of Health Promotion*Meetings and Definitions - Making Sure Everyone Is on the Same PageChapter 2: Classical Key Concepts*Some Basic Terminology*Person, Place, and Time -- The Determinants of Health*SummaryChapter 3: Surveillance*The Uses of Surveillance*Methods of Surveillance*Sources of Data*Spectrum of Outcomes*Attributes of Surveillance Systems*SummaryChapter 4: Outcomes*Counting the Bodies*Measures of Mortality*Measures of Impact*DALYs, QALYs, and Other Outcomes That Don't End in "LY"*SummaryChapter 5: Risk*On the Varieties of Risk*Risk Assessment*Risk Perception*Communicating Risk*Risk Tolerance*SummaryChapter 6: Mitigation and Prevention*Changing the Outcomes*Making a Difference -- Modern Public Health Interventions*The Origin of Public HealthChapter 7: Globalization of Public Health and the Influence of Population Mobility*Globalization and Public Health over the Ages*SummaryChapter 8: The Future*Changing Management of Threats, Risks, and the Perception of Risk in Public Health*Inter-connectivity and Globalization of Public Health*Integration of Health and Public Health Capacities - Coordination and Collaboration*Population Mobility and International Diversity and Disparity*Moving from Stakeholders to Stewardship: Integration of Health, Public Health with Other Non-Health Sectors*Summary