Description
Book SynopsisA comprehensive, practical, and accessible guide to screening programmes, for public health practitioners and anyone else involved in or with an interest in screening. It covers the concepts and evidence behind screening, how to make sound policy on screening, and how to plan and deliver high quality programmes at affordable cost.
Trade ReviewThis is the best textbook I have ever read on all facets of an often hotly debated topic and "aha" experiences are guaranteed. If only everyone involved in the many screening debates had read this book, we would be having more constructive and useful discussions, and take better decisions. * Matthias Egger, University of Bern, Switzerland *
A readable, yet encyclopaedic guide to screening: its history, its key design elements, its implementation and its policy challenges. A must read for clinicians, managers, and policy-makers who would like to assist Raffle, Mackie, and Gray in achieving their goal: "to sort out the mess". * H. Gilbert Welch, Dartmouth College, USA *
Essential reading for anyone touched by screening, the new edition is not just a superficial update, it has been radically revised, and I commend it to all, whether or not they are familiar with the original. * Bob Steele, UK National Screening Committee *
This welcome second edition contains new and updated material, and rigorous emphasis throughout ... I commend this book for academics as well as practitioners, and for those in clinical specialties as well as public health. * Iain Chalmers, James Lind Library, UK *
Table of Contents1: How screening started 2: What screening is, and is not 3: What screening does 4: Measuring what a screening programme does 5: Implementing screening programmes 6: Quality assuring screening programmes 7: Day-to-day management of screening progammes for public health practitioners and managers 8: Making policy on screening programmes
