Public Health category: 1911 books
Service Delivery for Vulnerable Populations
New Directions in Behavioral Health
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
"[This book] provides a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities for all of us working with vulnerable populations to develop thoughtful, workable programs. The topics presented are not limited to the severely mentally ill, but it is an encyclopedia of resources and creative options for service...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Health, Safety and Ergonomics provides an account of the part ergonomics play in the improvement of working conditions.
The book begins with the presentation of the advantages of ergonomics intervention. Subsequent chapters focus on the discussion of the principles, applications, and methods of ergonomics...
Gender Equality Results Case Study
Bangladesh—Second Urban Primary Health Care Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The Urban Primary Health Care Project strengthened and expanded primary health care infrastructure and services with a focus on the urban poor in Bangladesh. The overall purpose of the project was to improve access to and utilization of efficient, effective, and sustainable high-quality primary health...
Broken Pumps and Promises
Incentivizing Impact in Environmental Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This volume highlights some of the challenges in delivering effective environmental health interventions, and presents examples of emergent theories and case studies that can help close the gap between intent and impact. These include impact crediting systems, objective evidence gathering tools, and...
Handbook of Health Behavior Research IV
Relevance for Professionals and Issues for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Volume 4 considers the importance of health behavior research in practical settings. Particularly notable are treatments of the "narrative approach", the taxonomy of health behavior, and the organization of health behavior knowledge. Each volume features extensive supplementary and integrative...
Global Health Experiential Education
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
This book presents best practices for ethical and safe international health elective experiences for trainees and the educational competencies and evaluation techniques that make them valuable. It includes commentaries, discussions and descriptions of new global health education guidelines, reviews...
The Economics of New Health Technologies
Incentives, organization, and financing
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
Technological change in healthcare has led to huge improvements in health services and the health status of populations. It is also pinpointed as the main driver of healthcare expenditure. Although offering remarkable benefits, changes in technology are not free and often entail significant financial,...
Doctors in Denial
The Forgotten Women in the 'Unfortunate Experiment'
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
When Dr Ron Jones joined the staff of National Women's Hospital in Auckland in 1973 as a junior obstetrician and gynecologist, Professor Herbert Green's study into the natural history of carcinoma in-situ of the cervix (CIS) – later called ‘the unfortunate experiment' – had been in progress...
Cholesterol and Beyond
The Research on Diet and Coronary Heart Disease 1900-2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
“Only once in a great while does a book come along that really does the job in addressing a major medical issue. When this happens, all can be joyful… Readers will find ALL their favorite dietary puzzlements dealt with… With consummate scholarship, clarity and brevity, Truswell sifts out the...
Histories of Health in Southeast Asia
Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Health patterns in Southeast Asia have changed profoundly over the past century. In that period, epidemic and chronic diseases, environmental transformations, and international health institutions have created new connections within the region and the increased interdependence of Southeast Asia with...
Health Assets in a Global Context
Theory, Methods, Action
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
As global health inequities continue to widen, policymakers are redoubling their efforts to address them. Yet the effectiveness and quality of these programs vary considerably, sometimes resulting in the reverse of expected outcomes. While local political issues or cultural conflicts may play a part...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
This concisely written and easy-to-read resource provides timely information on emerging issues and valuable historical context that enables students to better understand a broad range of environmental health topics, from pollution to infectious diseases, natural disasters, and waste management.
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Culture and Health
Applying Medical Anthropology
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2008
Culture and Health offers an overview of different areas of culture and health, building on foundations of medical anthropology and health behavior theory. It shows how to address the challenges of cross-cultural medicine through interdisciplinary cultural-ecological models and personal and institutional...
The Breast Test Book
A Woman's Guide to Mammography and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in American women. Although cardiovascular-related deaths significantly outnumber breast cancer deaths, breast cancer is arguably the most feared diagnosis among American women. Great...