Public health and the risk factor

Description:

Describes the evolution of a concept that has become central to public health and medical thought: the risk factor. The risk factor concept has been controversial because of its statistical methodology, its multifactorial concept of disease etiology, and its effect on the economic interests of commercial, professional, and health organisations. The author uses nontechnical language to guide readers through a wide array of 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century technical developments that are the basis of our current understanding of the risk factor concept.

subjects: Coronary Disease,  Coronary heart disease,  Health behavior,  Health risk assessment,  History,  History of Medicine, 20th Cent,  Life Style,  Prevention & control,  Preventive Medicine,  Public health,  Risk factors,  HEALTH & FITNESS,  Facteurs de risque,  Forschung,  MEDICAL,  Koronare Herzkrankheit,  Evaluation,  Diseases,  Arteres coronaires,  Habitudes sanitaires,  Medizin,  History, 20th Century,  Health Care Issues,  Health Policy,  Risikofaktor,  Gesundheitsfo˜rderung,  Medecine preventive,  Histoire,  Maladies,  General,  Health Care Delivery,  Risques pour la sante,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Medicine, preventive,  Risk Assessment,  Lifestyles,  Health aspects,  Coronary heart diseases