Historical epidemiology and global health history
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3065855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Webb (0000-0002-1547-1222, Colby College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | suppl 1 |
| Pages | 13-28 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702020000300002 |
| PMID | 32997055 |
| OpenAlex | W3088607807 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-59702020000900013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The subdiscipline of historical epidemiology holds the promise of creating a more robust and more nuanced foundation for global public health decision-making by deepening the empirical record from which we draw lessons about past interventions. This essay draws upon historical epidemiological research on three global public health campaigns to illustrate this promise: the Rockefeller Foundation's efforts to control hookworm disease (1909-c.1930), the World Health Organization's pilot projects for malaria eradication in tropical Africa (1950s-1960s), and the international efforts to shut down the transmission of Ebola virus disease during outbreaks in tropical Africa (1974-2019
Development economics · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Foundation (evidence) · Global health · Malaria · Outbreak · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public health interventions · Tropical disease · Epidemiology · Law · Medicine · Virology · Zoonotic diseases and public health
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |