Author: William G. Rothstein
Edition: 1
Publisher: BOYE6
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1580462863
Public Health and the Risk Factor (Rochester Studies in Medical History)
The greatest revolutions in twentieth-century public health and preventive medicine have been the concepts of risk factors and healthy lifestyles as methods of preventing disease. Medical books Public Health and the Risk Factor . A risk factor is anything that increases the risk of disease in an individual. Lifestyle refers to the individual's personal behaviors with regard to risk factors. Identifying risk factors and modifying them by changing lifestyles in order to prevent disease has become ubiquitous as a strategy in public health.
The book examines the history and evolution of the concepts of risk factors and healthy lifestyles and their application to coronary heart disease, the major chronic disease of the twentieth century Medical books Public Health and the Risk Factor: A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution. Categories: Health risk assessment, Medicine->History->20th century, Public health->History. Contributors: William G. Rothstein - Author. Format: Paperback
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Categories: Health risk assessment, Medicine->History->20th century, Public health->History. Contributors: William G. Rothstein - Author. Format: Paperback
Categories: Health risk assessment, Medicine->History->20th century, Public health->History. Contributors: William G. Rothstein - Author. Format: Paperback
Public Health and the Risk Factor, ISBN-13: 9781580462860, ISBN-10: 1580462863
TheNile.com.au About FAQ Payment Delivery Contact Us 1800-987-323 Public Health and the Risk Factor: A History of an Uneven Medical Revolution (English) by William G. Rothstein Format Paperback Condition Brand New Language English The greatest revolutions in twentieth-century public health and preventive medicine have been the concepts of risk factors and healthy lifestyles as methods of preventing disease. A risk factor is anything that increases the risk of disease in an individual. Lifestyle
Medical Book Public Health and the Risk Factor
A risk factor is anything that increases the risk of disease in an individual. Lifestyle refers to the individual's personal behaviors with regard to risk factors. Identifying risk factors and modifying them by changing lifestyles in order to prevent disease has become ubiquitous as a strategy in public health.
The book examines the history and evolution of the concepts of risk factors and healthy lifestyles and their application to coronary heart disease, the major chronic disease of the twentieth century. The first part contains a history of the use of statistics in public health and medicine, and the ways in which various industries developed the concept of the risk factor. The second part describes the concept of healthy lifestyles, which was devised by municipal public health departments and life insurance companies in the early part of the century. The third and fourth parts examine how the concepts of risk factors and lifestyles were applied to the primary chronic disease of the twentieth century -- coronary heart disease. The focus of the book overall is on coronary heart disease as a public health, rather than a medical, issue, and the various concepts that have been used in preventing it.
