Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Basics: A Primer

by Madeline Hurster

Overview

What disease is and how it affects humans is the focus of this primer. Designed to cover the basics of communicable and non-communicable diseases, the book provides a framework for understanding the major health problems in our society. Hurster uses the Biological Laws of Disease to frame each discussion and to demonstrate how these laws relate to the prepathogenesis and pathogenesis stages of the natural history of any disease. Considerable attention is given to the roles of the individual, the community, and the government in bringing about behavior change with respect to disease prevention, detection, control, and management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780897895071
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/13/1997
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

MADELINE M. HURSTER is Retired Associate Professor of Health at Queens College, New York. She has served as Coordinator of the college's Health Education Program and has held offices in several professional health organizations. She is the author of numerous articles as well as the text, Health for Better Living (1964).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Introduction
Framework for Understanding the Disease Process
Communicable Diseases
Non-Communicable Diseases
Roles of the Individual, the Community, and the Government in Disease Prevention
Appendix: Problems 1-10
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

A clearly written, compact text providing a basic framework for understanding the disease process in humans, covering causes and symptoms of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and prevention, control, and management of disease at the individual, community, and government levels. Includes b&w diagrams and charts, a glossary, and problems. For undergraduate students in allied health professional preparation programs, personal health courses, and undergraduates in early childhood elementary education. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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