Customer Reviews

Introduction to Global Health

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I teach a large undergraduate class in global health and this was the second textbook I have tried for the course. It is quite strong on infectious disease and epidemiology - but almost totally silent on noncommunicable disease, which is an unforgivable omission these days. Student recommendations were not very enthusiastic, so I switched this year to another book. I am considering returning to it next year, however, and supplementing it with my own selection of articles on NCDs. If a second edition is contemplated, please include the NCDs and road traffic accidents as well - major causes of morbidity and mortality in low and middle income countries.
PS I was prompted to write this brief review by the totally LAME reviews posted by students - commenting before they had read the book, or worse, giving it one star because it had marks in it!! Hello - the author did not put those marks in there. Buy a new copy if you want a clean copy! Jeez. Let's be intelligent about these reviews.

I bought this book for a class. It is very readable, interesting, informative, clear, and to the point. It's well organized with headings, key terms in bold, interesting maps, graphs, diagrams, etc. I've often used it as a reference in my life outside of class as well. Definitely a good book for anyone interested in public health or international development.

I purchased this book for an International Nutrition class, expecting it to be boring. Surprisingly, however, this book is both easy to read and interesting. There are, of course, lots of statistics, but also many interesting facts. I was both fascinated and horrified by the chapter about parasitic worms.

This is an excellent book. The information is thought provoking, and is one of the only texts I have ever really enjoyed reading.

Bought this book for a class as used, arrived as described. Havent used it yet but appears to be an easy read. Well organized.

This text had writing all over it and did not come as the description stated. I was a little disappointed in it, but got thru the class with an "A".

As far as textbooks go, it's not that bad of a read. And pretty informative as well.