Statistics and the language of global health : : institutions and experts in China, Taiwan, and the world, 1917-1960 / / Yi-Tang Lin.
Yi-Tang Lin presents the historical process by which statistics became the language of global health for local and international health organizations. Drawing on archival material from three continents, this study investigates efforts by public health schools, philanthropic foundations, and internat...
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| Superior document: | Global health histories |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Global health histories (Series)
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 262 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2022). |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; 1. The call for a language of public health: Philanthropic foundations, bacteriologists, and health administrators; 2. The language and dialect of health science: Public health schools and their statistical practices; 3. The language of health administrations: The League of Nations Epidemiological Intelligence Service; 4. The language of policy-making: Research and advocacy through health demonstrations; 5. Popularization at a global scale: The WHO and the postwar health statistics reporting system; 6. The art of rhetoric: Statistical standards at work, from fieldwork to world policy-making; 7. Another way of speaking? Public health statistics in the People's Republic of China; Conclusion: Numbers, experts, and policy-making.