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Bhopal, Raj Singh was born on April 10, 1953 in Moga, India. Son of Jhanda Singh and Bhagwanti Kaur (Rakhra) Bhopal.
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Epidemiology concerns the frequency, pattern, and causes of disease in populations. It is one of the most important modern sciences underpinning health and healthcare- including medicine, public health and profession allied to medicine. Concepts in Epidemiology explains and illustrates the key concepts(language, principles and methods) that underpin the science of epidemiology and its applications to policy making, health service planning and health promotion. Richly illustrated, there are exercises to help readers deepen their understanding, with detrailed material captured in tables. Each chapter ends in a summary, and all technical and specialized terminology is explained and defined in a glossary. The book places heavy emphasis on integrating the ideas of epidemiology. Topics include: the nature and scope of epidemiology; the epidemiological concepts of population; variation in disease by time, place and person: error, bias, risk modification and confounding; cause and effect: the concepts of natural history, spectrum, iceberg, population patterns and screening; risk and measures of disease frequency; presentation and interpretation of epidemiological data on risk; study design; and theoretical, ethical, contextual, practical and critical foundations of epidemiology.
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Epidemiology is the science that underpins health and health care, and is concerned with the pattern, frequency and causes of disease. This introductory text describes and illustrates epidemiology and its applications to policy making, health service planning, and health promotion. Raj Bhopal developed a conceptual approach to epidemiology in the first edition of this successful text, which involved a systematic focus on underlying concepts and fundamental principles, and this second edition expands upon this popular method. It emphasizes theories and principles, as the bedrock of methodology, countering the mounting criticism that epidemiology is an atheoretical discipline. The interdependence of epidemiological studies and their essential unit within a theoretical, technical and ethical framework is an important theme of this book. The emphasis is on interactive learning throughout, with each chapter including learning objectives, both theoretical and numerical exercises, recent examination questions from relevant courses, and a summary. The text is richly illustrated, with detailed material summarised in tables. The book is written in plain language, with all the necessary technical and specialised terminology explained and defined in a glossary.
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physician Epidemiology and public health educator
Bhopal, Raj Singh was born on April 10, 1953 in Moga, India. Son of Jhanda Singh and Bhagwanti Kaur (Rakhra) Bhopal.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1975. Bachelor of Medicine, BChir, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1978. Doctor of Medicine, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1991.
Master in Public Health, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1985. Doctor of Science (honorary), Queen Margaret University College, 2005.
House officer in medicine City Hospital, Edinburgh, 1978-1979. House officer in surgery St. Bernard's Hospital, Gibralter, 1978-1979. Trainee general practitioner Edinburgh, 1980-1981.
Senior house officer in medicine Neville Hall Hospital, Abergavenny, Wales, 1981-1982, East Birmingham Hospital, 1982. Registrar then senior registrar community medicine Greater Glasgow Health Board, 1983-1985. Lecturer, honorary senior registrar in community medicine Glasgow University, Glasgow, 1985-1988.
Senior lecturer and consultant community medicine University Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1988-1991. Head department epidemiology, professor chair epidemiology & public health Newcastle Medical School, United Kingdom, 1991-1999. Non-executive director, vice-chairman Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority, 1992-1996.
Bruce and John Usher professor public health Edinburgh Medical School, since 1999. Honorary consultant in public health medicine Lothian Health Board, since 1999. Head Department Community Health Sciences, 2000—2003.
Respiratory infection task force Schering Plough International, 1993-1996. Non-executive director Health Education Authority of England and Wales, 1996-1999.
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Governor Coquet Park First School, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom, 1992-1996. Member health panel Racial Equality Council, Newcastle, 1990-1993. Fellow: Royal College Physicians, Faculty of Public Health Medicine (Littlejohn Gairdner prize 1987), Society of Public Health (Maddison prize 1993, Neech prize 1995).
Member: South Association Health Foundation (award 2008), British Association Physicians Indian Origin (award 2008), International Epidemiology Association, Society for Social Medicine, British Medical Association.
Married Roma Mazumdar, June 21, 1981. Children: Sunil, Vijay, Anand, Rajan.