Infectious Disease Epidemiology: An Introduction

Infectious Disease Epidemiology: An Introduction is a foundational textbook for public health and related health science degrees. It provides a comprehensive public health strategy for understanding and managing the spread of infectious diseases. This unique book offers an integrated approach that covers the important methods underlying the discipline of infectious disease epidemiology, while also illustrating key social and environmental factors critical for understanding disease spread and its effect on population health. The book is divided into four parts that cover the entire scope of infectious disease origin, spread, and management. It breaks down factors leading to disease emergence and modes of transmission, the social, behavioral, cultural, and environmental dimensions that contribute to communicable spread and severity, as well as the tools used for disease detection, surveillance, control, and eradication. It discusses the latest knowledge and technologies in the field—including specific coverage on the role of big data and dgtl disease detection, the impact and challenges of vaccines, and much more. Core epidemiologic principles are explored through rich real—world examples, utilizing a combination of case studies, popular media examples, and didactic exercises. Each chapter has an engaging narrative and includes key terms and definitions, insightful vignettes, visually compelling illustrations, thought questions, and discussion questions to foster critical thinking and spark further investigation. Infectious Disease Epidemiology: An Introduction is an essential resource for students of public health and other health professionals in developing a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of this growing and dynamic field. Key Features: • Provides students with an integrated approach illustrating important epidemiologic methods and tools in the context of current and historic real—world examples • Uses multidisciplinary approaches to contextualize broader socio—behavioral factors and disparities in infectious disease • Illustrates how novel methodological and technological advances support progress in infectious disease epidemiology • Poses engaging discussion questions in each chapter that help guide in—class discussions and group work • Purchase includes dgtl access for use on most mobile devices or computers, and qualified instructors also have access to a full suite of instructor resources

About the Author

Eyal Oren, PhD, MS is the director of the School of Public Health at San Diego State University. He is a tenured professor of epidemiology and a core-investigator at the Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, and for many years was a lead infectious disease epidemiologist in one of the largest metropolitan health departments in the United States. He is trained as an infectious disease and social epidemiologist, with expertise in respiratory infections, and has worked at the interface of infectious etiologies and chronic disease outcomes. He has taught infectious disease epidemiology at the undergraduate level and introduction to epidemiology and social epidemiology to graduate students. Heidi E. Brown, PhD, MPH is a tenured associate professor of public health in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on environmental influences on vector-borne diseases and on infectious causes of cancer. In addition to a graduate level spatial epidemiology course and a data analysis and communication course, she has been teaching undergraduate epidemiology since 2013.