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Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being grew out of a conference held in Washington, D.C. in June 2003 on "Workforce/Workplace Mismatch: Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being" sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The text considers multiple dimensions of health and well-being...
by Jessica Gall Myrick
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Health-related media permeate our modern experience, from using an online search engine to reading a pamphlet about vaccinations at the doctor’s office or watching a television news report on the dangers of sitting too much. This book makes the argument that if prevention-focused health messages...
Co-Creating in Health Practice
The Integrated Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
'If...we feel better able to express and explore who we are, we may find that our health practice can also become a 'self-practice' in which we can create healthier existences for ourselves too. At the heart of it all communication is the search for brighter light, for insight, even for enlightenment....
Transdisciplinary Public Health
Research, Education, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
"This book makes a great leap in the conceptualization of transdisciplinary approaches, as well as provides concrete examples in practice, teaching, policy, and research."
—From the Foreword by Edward F. Lawlor, dean and the William E. Gordon Distinguished Professor, the Brown School; and...
Restoring Quality Health Care
A Six-Point Plan for Comprehensive Reform at Lower Cost
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
In Restoring Quality Health Care, Dr. Scott Atlas examines the status of US health care, particularly in light of the Affordable Care Act, and presents a series of key reforms to meet the significant health care challenges facing the nation. Atlas proposes a six-point, strategic, incentive-based reform...
Public Health
Local and Global Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
This book provides students with a comprehensive overview of Australian and international public health issues and contexts. It explores recent changes in the local public health field, as well as complex global public health issues, and engages with the political and cultural impacts these have on...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!
That health has many social determinants is well established and a myriad range of structural factors – social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental – are now known to impact on population well-being. Public health practice has started...
by Melinda M. Manore, Nanna L. Meyer, Janice L. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Sport Nutrition for Health and Performance, Second Edition, will help students and practitioners understand the function of the nutrients in the body and how these nutrients affect health and athletic performance. The authors present clear, comprehensive, and accurate nutrition information that may...
Revitalizing Health for All
Case Studies of the Struggle for Comprehensive Primary Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
The concept of Comprehensive Primary Health Care focuses on health system efforts to improve equity in health care access, community empowerment, participation of marginalized groups, and actions on the social determinants of health. Despite its existence since the late 1970s very few studies have...
Contemporary Nursing - E-Book
Issues, Trends, & Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Contemporary Nursing, Issues, Trends, & Management, 6th Edition prepares you for the rapidly evolving world of health care with a comprehensive yet focused survey of nursing topics affecting practice, as well as the issues facing today’s nurse managers and tomorrow’s nurse leaders. Newly revised...
Lesbian Women and Sexual Health
The Social Construction of Risk and Susceptibility
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Interviewer: Where did you find out how to have safe lesbian sex?
Val: I found out in jail.
Why do so many lesbian women engage in sexual behavior that puts their health, even their lives, at risk? Many know they’re at risk, yet somehow feel safe enough to behave as if there is no reason...
Case Studies in Global School Health Promotion
From Research to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2009
A growing body of research identifies strong links between children’s health, social and educational outcomes; it also notes the reciprocal benefits of access to quality education on individual and family health status. In response to these findings, the World Health Organization developed the concept...
Igniting the Power of Community
The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Igniting the Power of Community: The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health introduces readers to the pursuit and potential of community-based organizations and nongovernmental organizations to transform global public health. At a time of unprecedented challenges, economic crises, social inequalities,...
Taxing Soda for Public Health
A Canadian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
This timely reference analyzes the rationale, impact, and feasibility of taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) as a public health measure to contribute curbing obesity and diabetes rates, specifically in Canada. It presents the pros and cons of taxing soda, with the latest data on adverse health...