Subject(s): Public health | Health promotion | Medicine, Preventive
Contents:Part I: Concepts of health and disease in public health / Introduction: Constance Battle -- Essay: the origins and achievements of modern science / Richard Schlagel -- Essay: biochemistry: a foundation for health sciences / Mark S. Elliott -- Genetics and public h
Subject(s): Public health -- Social aspects | Public health -- Psychological aspects | Social medicine
Contents:Why study social and behavioral factors in public health? -- Historical perspectives on population and disease -- Social epidemiology / Jeannine Coreil -- Behavioral and social science theory -- Health and illness behavior -- The