Public Health category: 1911 books
Children and Young People's Nursing
Principles for Practice, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Underpinned by a rights-based approach, this essential text critically analyses the theory and practice of children and young people’s nursing from several perspectives - public health, acute and community based care, education and research. Chapters address the clinical, legal, ethical, political...
Institutionalizing Illness Narratives
Discourses on Fever and Care from Southern India
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
This book is an ethnographic work that uses a critical medical anthropology approach to examine the concept of fever care in the context of southern India. Through a study of fevers, the study provides a critical overview to medical practice itself, as it is said that the history of fevers is also...
Drinking Water Minerals and Mineral Balance
Importance, Health Significance, Safety Precautions
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
The various safety organizations working on drinking water all warn about unhealthy constituents, as well as elements that can cause corrosion or scaling on pipes and installations. However, drinking water may also provide a substantial portion of the daily mineral intake, especially for the elderly...
Biomedical Advances in HIV Prevention
Social and Behavioral Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Biomedical Advances in HIV Prevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives
Lisa A. Eaton and Seth C. Kalichman, editors
Three decades into the epidemic, a great deal is known about HIV and its transmission, more people are living with the disease, and the virus is no longer seen as a...
Viral Infections of Humans
Epidemiology and Control
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014
Striking changes have occurred in the world since the publication of the last edition of Viral Infections of Humans. The global population is rapidly approaching 8 billion; climate change is leading to the introduction of new hosts, vectors and virus diseases heretofore never seen in many parts of...
Behavioural Oncology
Psychological, Communicative, and Social Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Medical, educational, and public health efforts have reduced the spread of many major diseases, yet cancer perseveres, in spite of continuing research and improvements in practice. Especially promising among therapeutic strategies are ones that recognise patients as individuals with thoughts, feelings--and...
Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents
Prevalence and Etiology
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Despite adults’ best preventive efforts, childhood obesity is on the rise in most areas of the world, and with it the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and other formerly adult-onset conditions. Epidemiology of Obesity in Children and Adolescents takes the global...
by Donald A. Smith, MD, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, devoted to Lipids, is edited by Dr. Donald A. Smith. Articles in this issue include: Advanced Lipoprotein Testing; Improving Cardiovascular Risk Assessment: Coronary calcium scor and CT coronary imaging; Understanding HDL; Statin Strategies for Maximizing...
Problem Gambling in Europe
Challenges, Prevention, and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2009
Problem Gambling in Europe
Challenges, Prevention, and Interventions
Edited by Gerhard Meyer, University of Bremen, Germany
Tobias Hayer, University of Bremen, Germany
Mark Griffiths, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
As a leisure activity, gambling...
Global School Feeding Sourcebook
Lessons from 14 Countries
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Compiled by the Partnership for Child Development at Imperial College London, the World Food Programme, the World Bank and the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's Development, this is the first sourcebook of its kind to document government-led school feeding programmes in low and middle income...
by Adelle M. Cadieux
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
This book reviews strategies for assessing and treating pediatric obesity in children with neurodevelopmental disorders (ND). It synthesizes empirical findings and clinical strategies to offer the latest knowledge in key areas, including risk factors, physical activity, nutrition, treatment planning,...
Ginseng and Ginseng Products 101
What are You Buying?
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Choosing the herbs or herbal products that are suitable and safe for use is essential for any consumer. This is especially true when it comes to Ginseng, one of the most commonly used and highly regarded herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine. This book consolidates knowledge from official pharmacopoeias,...
Stakeholders and Scientists
Achieving Implementable Solutions to Energy and Environmental Issues
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental problems. Solving these problems, and those remaining from past energy-related activities, will require iteration, inclusion, and collaboration with a wide range of...
Polio Wars
Sister Kenny and the Golden Age of American Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
During World War II, polio epidemics in the United States were viewed as the country's "other war at home": they could be neither predicted nor contained, and paralyzed patients faced disability in a world unfriendly to the disabled. These realities were exacerbated by the medical community's enforced...