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Go where the problems are -- Get into the field -- Forget the job description -- Don't count on things staying the same -- Follow most, but not all, of the rules -- Collect good data, even if you don't yet know what important questions they might answer -- Remember your humanity -- Use data to set policy -- If you think you're right, keep pushing -- Take the long view. |
Summary |
A personal tale of the rise of public health.There are occasions when a story told from a personal viewpoint can illuminate a profession. This epidemiological memoir is such a book. Adventurous, illuminating, and thought provoking, this is more than the story of one man's work. It tells the tale of how epidemiology grew into global health. The book is organized around ten lessons the author learned as his career took him around the world, and within these lessons, he explains how the modern era of public health research was born. Three themes emerge from the author's story: the duty to help your fellow human beings by traveling to places where there are problems; the knowledge that data-driven research is the key to improving public health; and the need to persevere with sensitivity and strength when science and cultural or sociological forces clash. |
Subject |
Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
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Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
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Sommer, Alfred, 1942-
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Sommer, Alfred, 1942- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwmXYKJ3RtfTRhPrykbh3
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Public health -- United States -- Biography.
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Epidemiology.
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International cooperation.
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World health.
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World Health -- Personal Narratives -- United States. |
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Epidemiology -- Personal Narratives -- United States. |
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Epidemiology -- United States -- Personal Narratives. |
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Epidemiology |
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International Cooperation -- Personal Narratives -- United States. |
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International Cooperation -- United States -- Personal Narratives. |
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International Cooperation |
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Global Health |
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Global Health -- United States -- Personal Narratives. |
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United States |
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Santé publique -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
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Épidémiologie.
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Coopération internationale.
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Santé mondiale.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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World health
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International cooperation
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Epidemiology
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Public health
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Genre/Form |
Personal Narrative |
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Personal narratives
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Biographies
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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Added Title |
Ten lessons in public health |
Other Form: |
Print version: Sommer, Alfred, 1942- 10 lessons in public health. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 9781421409528 (DLC) 2012035330 (OCoLC)809310066 |
ISBN |
1421409054 (electronic bk.) |
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9781421409054 (electronic bk.) |
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9781421409528 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1421409526 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781421409047 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1421409046 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
ebc3318686 |
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DEBBG BV042795166 |
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DEBBG BV044101910 |
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DEBSZ 42124836X |
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DEBSZ 449715345 |
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GBVCP 804497168 |
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