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020			_a9780199348428
082			_a614.4 _bKRI
100			_aKrieger, Nancy
245			_aEpidemiology and the people's health: theory and context
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2013. _aOxfod:
300			_axii, 381p.; _bpbk; _c23cm
504			_aIncludes reference and index
520			_aEpidemiology is often referred to as the science of public health. However, unlike other major sciences, its theoretical foundations are rarely articulated. While the idea of epidemiologic theory may seem dry and arcane, it is at its core about explaining the people's health. It is about life and death. It is about biology and society. It is about ecology and the economy. It is about how myriad aspects of people's lives—involving work, dignity, desire, love, play, conflict, discrimination, and injustice—become literally incorporated into our bodies and manifest in our health status, individually and collectively. And it is about essential knowledge critical for improving the people's health and minimizing inequitable burdens of disease, disability, and death. Tracing the history and contours of epidemiologic from ancient societies on through the development of—and debates within—contemporary epidemiology worldwide, this book shows how epidemiologic theory has long shaped epidemiologic practice, knowledge, and the politics of public health. Outlining an ecosocial theory of disease distribution that situates both population health and epidemiologic theory in societal and ecologic context, it offers a more holistic picture of how we embody the human experience. https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195383874.001.0001/acprof-9780195383874
650			_aEpidemiology
650			_aEpidemiology--Methodology
650			_aEpidemiology--Theory
650			_aSocial epidemiology
650			_aDisease--Ecosocial theory
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