Description
Principles and Application of Evidence-Based Public Health Practice helps clinicians who conduct population-based studies in the community be aware of the principles and ethics involved in public health research. Further, the book helps social scientists involved in public health, especially regarding the medical implication of public health practice. Community-based epidemiological research studies are vital for any public health activities, be it evaluation of health programs, health systems strengthening, surveillance or preventive/promotive trials in the community. While hospital/clinic-based research is conducted in a very controlled setting, community trials are more practical. Community-based studies require a fairly different set of ethical and epidemiological principles to be followed. The same has been reiterated in the ethical guidelines for biomedical research on human subjects released by various national research organizations.- Facilitates an in-depth understanding of basic principles of public health practice and its practical application.- Includes the basic principles of public health research and ethics.- Uses case studies to discuss the public health strategies and approaches to be considered during routine day-to-day practice and a public health emergency.- Helps build the capacity of public health practitioners with a futuristic view, including technology-based and precision public health practice.
Table of Contents
ForewordPaul McDonaldPrefaceSection I: Introduction to public health practice1. Principles and approaches in public health practiceRajavel Saranya and Soundappan Kathirvel2. Principles of public health research and writingPeriyasamy Gandhi Aravind and Soundappan Kathirvel3. Evidence-based public health practiceRizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader4. Applying evidence-based strategies for public health preparedness and emergency managementVinayagamoorthy Kalaiselvi and Jaya Prasad TripathySection II: Case studies of public health practice5. How the public health practice changes clinical practice and vice versaKathiresan Jeyashree6. Effect of public health research on policy and practicePunam Bandokar and Madhur Verma7. Public health policy for social action to ensure better population healthKalaiselvi Selvaraj8. Democratization of health care in hospital settings: An integral part of public health practiceIshwarpreet Kaur and Amarjeet Singh9. Community participation for improving the coverage and quality of evidence-based public health practiceHemant Shewade, Deepak H.J. Murthy and Seetharam Mysore10. Intersectoral coordination for concerted efforts to improve the population health using evidence-based public health practiceSeetharam Mysore, Deepak H.J. Murthy and Hemant Shewade11. Public health approaches to address substance use: An urgent need of multisectoral engagementCristina Rabadan-Diehl12. Healthy aging and quality of life of the elderlyAmarjeet Singh, Soundappan Kathirvel and Arun ChockalingamSection III: Future of public health practice13. The need for a paradigm shift to ensure adequate skilled human resources for effective public health practiceMyo Minn Oo14. Effective use of information technology for the quality of public health practicePalanivel Chinnakali and Swetha S. Kumar15. Sustaining population benefit using evidence-based public healthRama Shankar Rath and Aysuh Lohiya16. Precision medicine and public health practiceGomathi Ramaswamy17. Public health practice: A futuristic perspectivePatricio V. Marquez and Arun Chockalingam
