This book provides an introduction to the fundamental principles and key skills of epidemiology. It aims to assist a wide range of readers, especially students and healthcare professionals across various specializations, ensuring the delivery of the health message to those in need with the required depth. The book highlights the importance of community work in achieving the 'Health for All' strategy, where epidemiology plays a central role. It also suggests how to use epidemiological data, concepts, and methods with ease in monitoring, evaluating, and promoting health and preventing disease, without replacing the need to consult major reference books for deeper scientific understanding.

Primary healthcare should be a result of encouragement, not just a service provided. Changing concepts, practices, and attitudes collectively lead to behavioral changes regarding health and illness through health education. An individual equipped with clear and simple information can prevent many common health problems early and at a lower cost. Psychological and social aspects are inseparable when dealing with medical conditions, which ultimately require population-level observation rather than individual case management. Furthermore, planning to study biological, physical, economic, and social environments to understand ecosystems helps translate administration into executive action, advancing health towards progress and completeness.

The author has aimed for a simple and clear language to make this book accessible to healthcare workers and those with limited education. The most valuable sources relied upon are included at the end, striving for comprehensiveness and diversity in the selected topics, arranged based on teaching experience. The sincere hope is that this book will be well-received and serve as a beneficial and illuminating reference for the scientific journey.

• Number of Pages: 336
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Binding Type: Paperback
• Edition: 2
• Printing Color: Black
• Dimensions (cm): 17x24
• Weight (kg): 0.650
• Barcode: 9789957061319