ABSTRACT

Mastering Public Health: A Postgraduate Guide to Examinations and Revalidation, Second Edition is an essential study aid for all those preparing for postgraduate, masters, and higher examinations in public health. Now updated and revised for the second edition, the book continues to provide all postgraduate students taking higher public health exam

part |2 pages

Section 1 Research Methods

chapter |74 pages

1A: Epidemiology

chapter |42 pages

1B Statistics

chapter |32 pages

1C Assessment and Evaluation

chapter |14 pages

1D: Principles of Qualitative Methods

part |2 pages

Section 2: Disease Causation and the Diagnostic Process in Relation to Public Health: Prevention and Health Promotion

chapter |2 pages

2A: Epidemiological Paradigms

chapter |16 pages

2B: Epidemiology of Specific Diseases

chapter |22 pages

2C: Diagnosis and Screening

chapter |14 pages

2D Genetics

chapter |18 pages

2E Health and Social Behaviour

chapter |26 pages

2F Environment

chapter |56 pages

2G Communicable Diseases

part |2 pages

Section 3 Health Information

chapter |18 pages

3A: Populations

chapter |18 pages

3B: Sickness and Health

part |2 pages

Section 4 Medical Sociology, Social Policy, and Health Economics

chapter |18 pages

4A: Health and Illness

chapter |10 pages

4B Healthcare

chapter |24 pages

4C Equality, Equity, and Policy

chapter |38 pages

4D Health Economics

part |2 pages

Section 5: Organisation and Management of Healthcare and Healthcare Programmes

part |2 pages

Section 6 Skills Tested in the Part A MFPH Examination

chapter |10 pages

6B: Drawing Conclusions from Data

chapter |14 pages

6C: Written Presentation Skills