Doctors Revision

Public Health curriculum

Public health foundations

Demography

Biostatistics

Epidemiology

Research methods

Communicable disease prevention and control

Non-communicable disease prevention and control

Environmental sanitation

Maternal and child health

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

Nutrition

Occupational health

Health service management

Community placement

References & further reading

National Council for Higher Education. Minimum Standards for Courses of Study in Medicine and Surgery — Undergraduate Programmes (2007), section 8.15. Reading-list editions are recorded as listed; consult your tutors or library for current editions.

NCHE reading list — 2007 benchmark
  1. Jekel JF. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine. WB Sanders Company, New Haven, Connecticut 1996
  2. Alderson M. An Introduction to Epidemiology. Macmillan Press 1983
  3. Introduction to demography by Kpedepko
  4. Holland WW, Detels R, Knox G. Oxford Textbook of Public Health. 2nd Edition Volume 2. Methods of Public Health. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991.
  5. Sofoluwe GO, Schram R, Ogunmekan DA. Principles and Practice of Public Health in Africa, University Press PLC, Ibadan 1996.
  6. Ukoli FMA. Prevention and Control of Parasitic Diseases in Tropical Africa. The Main Issues. University Press PLC, Ibadan 1992.
  7. Riegelman RK, Hirsch RP. Studying a Study and Testing a Test. Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1989.
  8. Ugandan MOH. Health Sub-Districts in Uganda. Concept Paper Draft III, Jan 1999
  9. Ugandan MOH. The Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP), Kampala, June 2000.
  10. Ugandan MOH/HPD. Manual for HSD Planning and Implementation. Kampala, January 2000.
  11. Amondo-Lartson R et al. District Health Care: Challenges for Planning Organization and Evaluation in Developing Countries. ELBS MacMillan, 1991.
  12. McMahon R et at al. On Being in Charge. A Guide to Management in Primary Health Care. WHO, Geneva 1992.
Additional reading preserved from the earlier directory
  1. Gordis, L. (2004) Epidemiology (3rd Ed). Philadelphia: Saunders Company
  2. World Health Organisation (2002) Basic Epidemiology, Geneva: WHO
  3. Jekel JF. (1996) Epidemiology, biostatistics and preventive medicine; W.B. Saunders
  4. Bonita, R, & Beaglehole, R. (2007). Basic Epidemiology. Geneva: World Health Organization.
  5. Bhopal, R. (2008) Concepts of Epidemiology: Oxford.
  6. Moon, G, & Gould, M (2000). Epidemiology: An Introduction: Open University Press
  7. Bland, M. (2000). An introduction to Medical Statistics, Third Edition, Oxford University Press
  8. Dinitz, M. (2004). Medical Statistics Made Easy. Taylor and Francis Group plc.
  9. Campbell, MJ, Machin, D & Walters, SJ (2007) Medical Statistics: Wiley-Interscience;
  10. Yaukey, D, Anderton, DL & Lundquist, JH (2007) Demography: Waveland Press
  11. Katz, DL, Jekel, JF at al (2007) Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine; Saunders
  12. Marquis, BL & Husto, CJ (2008) Leadership Roles and Management in Nursing: Prentice Hall.
  13. Chitty, K. K. (2005). Professional Nursing: Concept & Challenges: Elsevier Saunders.
  14. Kelly, P (2003) Nursing Leadership and Management, Thomson Delmar Learning
  15. Manteno, KS & Schulte P, (1991) Health services Management: AMREF, Nairobi: Kenya
  16. Yoder-Wise, P, (2006) Leading and Managing in Nursing; Mosby
  17. Ukoli FMA. (1992). Prevention and Control of Parasitic diseases in tropical Africa: Ibadan.
  18. Anderson, E. T. & McFarlance, J. (2004). Community as Partner: Philadelphia: Lippincott
  19. Edelman C.L & Mandle C. L. (2002). Health Promotion through out the lifespan; Mosby
  20. Stanhope, M. & Lancaster, J. (2004). Community and Public Health Nursing: Mosby
  21. Heymann, D. L. (Ed.). (2014). Control of communicable diseases manual (20th ed.). American Public Health Association.
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