Public Health category: 1911 books
Inequity and Madness
Psychosocial and Human Rights Issues
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Two ofthe most important notions concerning the rights of people with mental illness are among the most neglected: the first is that human rights and duties are complementary and that both must be considered in constructing a framework for mental health care. The second is that we must strive for...
The AIDS Pandemic
Impact on Science and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2004
The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches. Novel perspectives are provided by a unique panel of internationally recognised experts who cover the unprecedented impact onf AIDS on culture, demographics and politics...
Becoming Ecological
An Expedition into Community Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2006
Community psychology emphasizes an ecological approach to mental health by focusing on the individual in the environment and the influences that shape and change behavior. Becoming Ecological brings together the work of James G. Kelly, one of the founders of community psychology and among the field's...
Doctors in Canada
The Changing World of Medical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1991
Through the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of any other profession in Canada. In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the social and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how it has...
by Romeo Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Scientific Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, , language: English, abstract: Current HIV prevention programs in the Philippines have given only some attention to the general adult male population, despite evidence showing that this demographic sector is non-monolithic...
Sick Societies
Responding to the global challenge of chronic disease
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Chronic diseases-heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and common cancers-claim more than one out of every two lives worldwide. Within the next few decades their toll will rise, most greatly in developing countries. Yet this rapid growth of chronic diseases is not being met with a proportionate global...
Healthcare Analytics
From Data to Knowledge to Healthcare Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Features of statistical and operational research methods and tools being used to improve the healthcare industry
With a focus on cutting-edge approaches to the quickly growing field of healthcare, Healthcare Analytics: From Data to Knowledge to Healthcare Improvement provides an integrated...
Health Care Financing and Insurance
Options for Design
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
As a contribution to the search for suitable and sustainable solutions to finance rising medical care expenditures, the book proposes a typology of healthcare financing and insurance schemes, based on the dimensions of basic vs. supplementary services and mandatory vs. voluntary coverage, to analyse...
Success Stories as Hard Data
An Introduction to Results Mapping
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to Results Mapping, an in novative approach for assessing the worth of hard-to-evaluate social, health, and education programs. Results Mapping represents a true milestone in program evaluation-a milestone both as methodology for program accountability...
by Bee Choo Tai, David Machin
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Regression Methods for Medical Research provides medical researchers with the skills they need to critically read and interpret research using more advanced statistical methods. The statistical requirements of interpreting and publishing in medical journals, together with rapid changes in science...
The Mediterranean Diet
An Evidence-Based Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
The Mediterranean Diet offers researchers and clinicians a single authoritative source which outlines many of the complex features of the Mediterranean diet: ranging from supportive evidence and epidemiological studies, to the antioxidant properties of individual components. This book embraces a holistic...
Alcohol and Aging
Clinical and Public Health Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
This book provides a current perspective on alcohol and aging to better understand the trends, costs, benefits, and clinical and community evidenced-based strategies. This book embraces not only the physical, cognitive, psychological, and social health benefits of moderate drinking in the elderly,...
Analytical Assessment of e-Cigarettes
From Contents to Chemical and Particle Exposure Profiles
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
A volume in the Emerging Issues in Analytical Chemistry series, Analytical Assessment of E-Cigarettes: From Contents to Chemical and Particle Exposure Profiles addresses the many issues surrounding electronic cigarettes in an unprecedented level of scientific detail. The plethora of product devices,...
Cyberbullying Across the Globe
Gender, Family, and Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
This book provides a much-needed analysis of the current research in the global epidemic of electronic bullying. Scholars and professionals from the Americas, Europe, and Asia offer data, insights, and solutions, acknowledging both the social psychology and technological contexts underlying cyberbullying...