Health improvement
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn to: define health improvement, the determinants of health and the ethics of prevention; explain high-risk and population approaches to prevention; outline the…
Health economics
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: to explain basic concepts of economics and how they relate to health; to distinguish the main types of economic evaluation; to understand…
Infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance
2South West Health Protection Agency Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: key concepts and terminology in infectious disease epidemiology; principles of and methods for infectious disease surveillance and…
Epidemiological concepts
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: how to distinguish between validity and reliability; how results may be misleading due to bias and the difference between selection, measurement, differential…
Evaluating public health and complex interventions
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: to understand the varied methods used to evaluate public health or complex interventions; to describe the features of a cluster randomised controlled…
Observational studies
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: the main features of the following study designs: (i) case series; (ii) ecological studies; (iii) cross-sectional studies; (iv) case-control studies; (v) cohort…
Audit, research ethics and research governance
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: how to describe the process around the audit cycle; what the general ethical principles are around research; what is the role of…
Health care targets
Learning objectives In this chapter you will learn: what are targets within public health policy; the different sorts of targets that can be set; the positive and negative aspects of…
