Population Health Science

Population Health Science

POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE formalizes an emerging discipline at the crossroads of social and medical sciences, demography, and economics--an emerging approach to population studies that represents a seismic shift in how traditional health sciences measure and observe health events. <br><br>Bringing together theories and methods from diverse fields, this text provides grounding in the factors that shape population health. The overall approach is one of consequentialist science: designing creative studies that identify causal factors in health with multidisciplinary rigor. <br><br>Distilled into nine foundational principles, this book guides readers through population science studies that strategically incorporate: <br><br>· macrosocial factors <br>· multilevel, lifecourse, and systems theories<br>· prevention science fundamentals<br>· return on investment <br>· equity and efficiency <br><br>Harnessing the power of scientific inquiry and codifying the knowledge base for a burgeoning field, POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCE<em> </em>arms readers with tools to shift the curve of population health.<br>