Principles and Application of Evidence-Based Public Health Practice

Presents the principles and domains of public health for scholars or specialists in internal medicine or other clinical disciplines without formal public health training

Soundappan Kathirvel (Edited by), Amarjeet Singh (Edited by), Arun Chockalingam (Edited by)

9780323953566

Paperback / softback, published 7 August 2023

354 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.45 kg

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.

Foreword
Paul McDonald

Preface

Section I: Introduction to public health practice
1. Principles and approaches in public health practice
Rajavel Saranya and Soundappan Kathirvel
2. Principles of public health research and writing
Periyasamy Gandhi Aravind and Soundappan Kathirvel
3. Evidence-based public health practice
Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader
4. Applying evidence-based strategies for public health preparedness and emergency management
Vinayagamoorthy Kalaiselvi and Jaya Prasad Tripathy

Section II: Case studies of public health practice
5. How the public health practice changes clinical practice and vice versa
Kathiresan Jeyashree
6. Effect of public health research on policy and practice
Punam Bandokar and Madhur Verma
7. Public health policy for social action to ensure better population health
Kalaiselvi Selvaraj
8. Democratization of health care in hospital settings: An integral part of public health practice
Ishwarpreet Kaur and Amarjeet Singh
9. Community participation for improving the coverage and quality of evidence-based public health practice
Hemant Shewade, Deepak H.J. Murthy and Seetharam Mysore
10. Intersectoral coordination for concerted efforts to improve the population health using evidence-based public health practice
Seetharam Mysore, Deepak H.J. Murthy and Hemant Shewade
11. Public health approaches to address substance use: An urgent need of multisectoral engagement
Cristina Rabadan-Diehl
12. Healthy aging and quality of life of the elderly
Amarjeet Singh, Soundappan Kathirvel and Arun Chockalingam

Section III: Future of public health practice
13. The need for a paradigm shift to ensure adequate skilled human resources for effective public health practice
Myo Minn Oo
14. Effective use of information technology for the quality of public health practice
Palanivel Chinnakali and Swetha S. Kumar
15. Sustaining population benefit using evidence-based public health
Rama Shankar Rath and Aysuh Lohiya
16. Precision medicine and public health practice
Gomathi Ramaswamy
17. Public health practice: A futuristic perspective
Patricio V. Marquez and Arun Chockalingam

Subject Areas: Life sciences: general issues [PSA]