From the May 2008 EpiMonitor: Dr. Sharon Schwartz's reading list on individual and population causes of disease

Dr. Sharon Schwartz's reading list on individual and population causes of disease (EpiMonitor May, 2008)

More Reading On The Tension Between An Individual and Population Level Focus in Epidemiology
In sharing her comments about individual and population causes of disease, Columbia University’s Sharon Schwartz kindly shared the reading list from a course she teaches and identified the most directly relevant readings in bold. These references plus a book by Rose are provided below for readers who may wish to examine these issues further.

• Beaglehole R, Bonita R.  (1998) Public Health at the Crossroads: Which Way Forward?  The Lancet 351: 590-592.
• Diez-Roux AV.  (1998) On Genes, Individuals, Society, and Epidemiology.  American Journal of Epidemiology 148:1027-1032.
• Krieger N. (1994) Epidemiology and the Web of Causation: Has Anyone Seen the Spider? Social Science and Medicine 39:887-903.
• Levins R. (1997) When Science Fails Us Forests, Trees and People Newsletter 32/33: February, p. 1-18
• Lewontin RC. (2006) The Analysis of Variance and the Analysis of Causes.  International Journal of Epidemiology 35:520-525.
• McKinlay, JB.  (1997) A Tale Of Three Tails.  Invited paper presentation at “Prevention: Contributions from Basic and Applied Research” conference cosponsored by the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association (APA), Chicago, August 15-18, 1997 p.1-23.
• McMichael AJ (1999) Prisoners of the Proximate: Loosening the Constraints on Epidemiology in an Age of Change.  American Journal of Epidemiology 149:887-897.
• McMichael AJ.  (1995) The Health of Persons, Populations, and Planets: Epidemiology Comes Full Circle.  Epidemiology 6:633-636
• Pearce N.  (1996) Traditional Epidemiology, Modern Epidemiology, And Public Health.  American Journal of Public Health 86: 678-683.
• Rockhill B. (2005) Theorizing about Causes at the Individual Level While Estimating Effects at the Population Level. Epidemiology 16:124-129.
• Rose G. (1985) Sick Individuals and Sick Populations. International Journal of Epidemiology 14:32-38.
• Rose G. (1992) The Strategy of Preventive Medicine.  Oxford University Press.
• Schwartz S and Diez-Roux A. (2001). Causes of Incidence and Causes of Cases: A Durkheimian Perspective on Rose.  International Journal of Epidemiology  30:435-439.
• Schwartz S, Susser E, Susser M. (1999) A Future For Epidemiology?  Annual Review of Public Health 20: 15-33.
• Shy CM. (1997) The Failure of Academic Epidemiology: Witness for the Prosecution. American Journal of Epidemiology 145:479-484. 
• Susser M, Susser E.  (1996) Choosing a Future for Epidemiology: I. Eras and Paradigms.  American Journal of Public Health 86:668-673.
• Susser M, Susser E.  (1996) Choosing a Future for Epidemiology: II. From Black Box to Chinese Boxes and Eco-Epidemiology.  American Journal of Public Health 86:674-677.
• Wing S. (1998) Whose Epidemiology, Whose Health?  International Journal of Health Services 28:241-252.