Mental and Behavioral Health

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21 Mental and Behavioral Health Elizabeth C. Katz, Eugene M. Dunne, Samantha Lookatch, Joshua S. Camins Chapter Outline I. MENTAL HEALTH/BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS AND SUICIDE  A. Definitions  B. Epidemiology  C. Costs  II. RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS …

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Public Health Practice in Communities

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26 Public Health Practice in Communities Thiruvengadam Muniraj Chapter Outline I. THEORIES of COMMUNITY CHANGE  A. Social Cognitive Theory  B. Community Organization  1. Participatory Research  C. Diffusion of Innovations Theory  1. Social Marketing in Public Health …

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Prevention of Infectious Diseases

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20 Prevention of Infectious Diseases Patricia E. Wetherill Chapter Outline I. OVERVIEW OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE  A. Burden of Disease  B. Obtaining an Accurate History  II. PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES  A. HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria  1. Human Immunodeficiency…

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Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing

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10 Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing Chapter Outline I. NATURE AND PURPOSE OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE  A. Differences between Deductive and Inductive Reasoning  B. Differences between Mathematics and Statistics  II. PROCESS OF TESTING HYPOTHESES  A. False-Positive…

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Bivariate Analysis

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11 Bivariate Analysis Chapter Outline I. CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE STATISTICAL TEST  II. MAKING INFERENCES (PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS) FROM CONTINUOUS DATA  A. Joint Distribution Graph  B. Pearson Correlation Coefficient  C. Linear Regression Analysis  III. MAKING INFERENCES (NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSIS)…

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Epidemiologic Data Measurements

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2 Epidemiologic Data Measurements Chapter Outline I. FREQUENCY  A. Incidence (Incident Cases)  B. Prevalence (Prevalent Cases)  1. Difference between Point Prevalence and Period Prevalence  C. Illustration of Morbidity Concepts  D. Relationship between Incidence and Prevalence  II. RISK …

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Introduction to Public Health

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24 Introduction to Public Health Chapter Outline I. DEFINITIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH  II. HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES  A. Major Sources of Mortality and Morbidity  B. Actual Causes of Death  C. Disability-adjusted Life Years  D. Health…

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Health Management, Health Administration, and Quality Improvement

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28 Health Management, Health Administration, and Quality Improvement Chapter Outline I. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DECISION MAKING  II. ASSESSING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE  A. Measurement Tools and Budgeting  B. Variance Analysis  1. Break-even Calculation  III. BASICS OF QUALITY improvement …

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