Public Health category: 1911 books
International Humanitarian Action
NOHA Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
This textbook examines a wide range of humanitarian action issues in five parts, presented by specialists from different academic fields. The respective parts reflect the five core modules of the International NOHA Joint Master’s Programme “International Humanitarian Action”: a) World Politics,...
Teaching Epidemiology
A guide for teachers in epidemiology, public health and clinical medicine
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Teaching epidemiology requires skill and knowledge, combined with a clear teaching strategy and good pedagogic skills. The general advice is simple: if you are not an expert on a topic, try to enrich your background knowledge before you start teaching. The new edition of Teaching Epidemiology helps...
by Patrick Kimuyu
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, grade: 1, Egerton University, language: English, abstract: This research paper provides a literature review of social anxiety disorder among teenagers. Indepth research has been carried out on social anxiety disorder etiology...
Food, Eating and Obesity
The psychobiological basis of appetite and weight control
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Although the exact prevalence of overweight and obesity are dependent upon the definition used, these conditions are generally accepted to be widespread and increasing problems by health authorities and the public in most western nations. The proportion of the UK and US populations which are overweight...
Violence among the Mentally III
Effective Treatments and Management Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Prevention of Crime and Violence Among the Mentally III was held in May 1999 in Tuscany, Italy. Participants from 15 countries attended. Since care for persons with mental illness (schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, delusional disorder, atypical...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
This volume creates a multi-disciplinary dialogue about clinician-patient communication. It offers a description of the relevance of culture as a contextual effect that impacts the clinician-patient relationship. Some topics addressed include: oncology care, quality of life issues, supportive survivorship,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Methods, just as diseases or scientists, have their own history. It is important for scientists to be aware of the genesis of the methods they use and of the context in which they were developed.
A History of Epidemiologic Methods and Concepts is based on a collection of contributions which...
Nutrition and HIV
Epidemiological Evidence to Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
The world continues to lose more than a million lives each year to the HIV epidemic, and nearly two million individuals were infected with HIV in 2017 alone. The new Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by countries of the United Nations in September 2015, include a commitment to end the AIDS...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
The consumption of drugs and alcohol, and the pleasures and problems arising from this consumption, can be understood as embedded and constitutive elements of social, family, and recreational life. At the same time, they are key sites of intervention for a broad array of state and non-state actors...
by Kingsley Adimabua, A. M. Odiegwu, G. A. Awemu
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, grade: none, Madonna University Elele, Nigeria, course: Epidemiology, language: English, abstract: There is little or no doubt that stressful situations can cause significant rise in blood pressure. It is no...
by Stuart O. Schweitzer
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2006
The pharmaceutical industry is praised as a world leader in high technology innovation and the creator of products that increase both longevity and quality of life for people throughout the world. At the same time, the industry is also criticized for its marketing and pricing practices and for its...
Integrative Framing Analysis
Framing Health through Words and Visuals
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2017
Much of framing scholarship focuses either exclusively on the analysis of words or of visuals. This book aims to address this gap by proposing a six-step approach to the analysis of verbal frames, visual frames and the interplay between them—an integrative framing analysis. This approach is then...
Management im Gesundheitswesen
Das Lehrbuch für Studium und Praxis
Language: German
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Dieses Lehrbuch, nun in der 4. aktualisierten Auflage, gehört mittlerweile zu den Standardwerken für Studierende von Studiengängen des Gesundheits– und Pflegemanagements, Gesundheitsökonomie, Public Health, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Teilnehmer von postgradualen Studiengängen sowie bereits...
Geriatrische Notfallversorgung
Strategien und Konzepte
Language: German
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Aufgrund der demographischen und ökonomischen Entwicklung erlangt die Behandlung geriatrischer Patienten steigende Bedeutung. Am Beispiel der Zentralen Notfallaufnahme am Klinikum Klagenfurt wird ein Modell für eine spezifische geriatrische Notfallversorgung präsentiert, die hochbetagten multimorbiden...