Preventive Medicine

A Practical Guide to Disease Prevention, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion

von Tommy A Nguyen

438 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Preventive medicine is the foundation of effective public health, clinical risk reduction, and population health. Preventive Medicine: A Practical Guide to Disease Prevention, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion provides a practical, clinically oriented framework for understanding how disease can be anticipated, prevented, detected, and controlled across individuals, communities, and operational environments.

The book brings together essential principles of epidemiology, communicable disease prevention, environmental health, sanitation and hygiene, occupational and environmental risk management, vector and pest control, drinking-water safety, food and recreational health, waste management, climatic injury prevention, air quality, environmental noise, and health promotion.

Drawing on contemporary preventive-medicine principles, the text emphasizes risk assessment, surveillance, evidence-informed interventions, health education, early detection, population protection, and practical decision-making. Complex concepts are presented in clear, accessible language with emphasis on their application to real-world public-health and clinical settings.

Designed for medical students, physicians, nurses, public-health professionals, preventive-medicine practitioners, healthcare workers, military health personnel, and students of epidemiology, this guide offers a structured resource for developing a comprehensive understanding of disease prevention and health protection.

Whether used for study, professional reference, or public-health practice, this book highlights a central principle of modern medicine: preventing disease and reducing risk are essential to improving health, strengthening communities, and promoting healthier lives.

• ISBN: 9798194536351
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.08.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp