Public Health category: 1911 books
The Cult and Science of Public Health
A Sociological Investigation
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
In contemporary manifestations of public health rituals and events, people are being increasingly united around what they hold in common—their material being and humanity. As a cult of humanity, public health provides a moral force in society that replaces ‘traditional’ religions in times of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Choice Outstanding Academic Title! 4 Stars - Doody's!
Praise for the Third Edition:
"This work will be one that students and clinicians keep on their shelves as the gold-standard reference for health behavior change. Summing up: Essential"
--Choice
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Social Neuroscience and Public Health
Foundations for the Science of Chronic Disease Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
The field of public health is primarily concerned with understanding and improving physical health from a large group perspective (i.e., communities and whole populations). The field of social neuroscience, on the other hand, is primarily concerned with examining brain-behavior relationships that...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Pharmacists are on the frontlines of public health. Their public-facing roles uniquely position them to identify and address emerging disease challenges, discrepancies in health literacy, and barriers to treatment in the communities they serve. In today's interconnected world, the clients consulting...
by Robin Bunton, Alan Petersen
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
The rapid advancement of genetic science, fuelled by the Human Genome Project and other related initiatives, promises a new kind of public health practice based on the pre-detection of disease according to calculations of genetic risk. This book by two well-known sociologists:
* explores the implications...
Public Health Genomics
The Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recognized genomics as a priority area in public health education. To help public health students and professionals achieve proficiency in the language of genetics and attain genomics competencies delineated by the CDC, this book offers an introduction to...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
This wide-ranging study reviews the state of public health worldwide and presents informed recommendations for real-world solutions. Identifying the most urgent challenges in the field, from better understanding the causes of acute diseases and chronic conditions to reducing health inequities, it...
by Dawne Gurbutt
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Collaborative Practice for Public Health encourages individuals to consider the opportunities and impacts of working in public health as well as the gains that can be made by working collaboratively. Chapters explore some of the sociological issues that underpin the practice of public health and offer...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Behavioral economics has potential to offer novel solutions to some of today's most pressing public health problems: How do we persuade people to eat healthy and lose weight? How can health professionals communicate health risks in a way that is heeded? How can food labeling be modified to inform...
Nutrition Promotion
Theories and methods, systems and settings
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Affluenza in developed societies is damaging our health, leading to increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Growth in individual food consumption is also threatening ecological sustainability. More than ever before, dieticians, nutritionists, and other health professionals...
Cost-Sharing in Health Care
Proceedings of the International Seminar on Sharing of Health Care Costs Wolfsberg/Switzerland, March 20–23, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In view of the continuing preoccupation of all industrialized countries with the rising share of national resources devoted to health care, it is valuable to compare the fmanc ing and breakdown of health care expenditure on an international basis. How far should public spending on health care be...
by Deborah K. Padgett
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011
Designed to meet the needs of public health students, practitioners, and researchers, this exciting and contemporary new text from the author of Qualitative Methods in Social Work Research, Second Edition offers a firm grounding in qualitative and mixed methods, including their social science roots...
Principles of Public Health
Book on Hygene Presenting the Principles Fundamental to the Conservation of Individual and Community Health
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
The earliest history of remote ages describes methods employed in combating disease, and down through all the centuries the struggle against infection has been going on. The science of health as applied in recent years reveals wonderful progress in the avoidance of disease, and in the control of the...
Worst Case Bioethics
Death, Disaster, and Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
Bioethics, still in its infancy, is routinely called on by the government to provide political cover for controversial public health decisions involving the life and death of Americans. Doomsday or worst-case scenarios are often at the heart of these biopolitical decisions. A central feature of science...