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Global Public Health Vigilance
Creating a World on Alert
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2010
Global Public Health Vigilance is the first sociological book to investigate recent changes in how global public health authorities imagine and respond to international threats to human health.
This book explores a remarkable period of conceptual innovation during which infectious disease,...
Health and Sustainability
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
Health and sustainability have become ubiquitous topics in all realms of popular discourse. What these discussions often overlook is the fact that the two concepts are interrelated, and that their surrounding policies and practices can often inform and reinforce each other. As sustainability measures...
Tortured Science
Health Studies, Ethics and Nuclear Weapons in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
The U.S.A. s nuclear weapons program has exposed workers and the public to health hazards since World War II. In the 1980s and 1990s, federal health agencies responded to new revelations about these hazards by pouring millions of dollars into research on the health impacts of radiation. In Tortured...
The Physical Care of People with Mental Health Problems
A Guide For Best Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
This accessible, practical text provides mental health practitioners with the core knowledge and skills they need to be able to care effectively for the physical health of those who have been diagnosed with mental illness.
Linked closely to professional standards, and with a clear values- and...
by Valiere Alcena
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
The followings are the many Books that Dr. Alcena has written 1. The Status of Health of Blacks in the States of America- A Prescription for Improvement (1994) 2. The Third World Tropical Diet, Health Maintenance, and Medical Management Program (1994) 3. African American Health Book (1994) 4. AIDS...
Get Healthy For Life
The 9 Secret Pillars of Health to Live A Longer, Stronger, and Energetic Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
“Get Healthy for Life” is The Ultimate Prescription and Practical Solution for Living Disease-free.
This book can save your life! In it, Dr. Dona Cooper-Dockery reveals the 9 secret pillars of health to live a longer, stronger, and energetic life. You will probably never read about...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Better Living With Enhanced Mental Health! Get All The Support And Guidance You Need To Be A Success At A Better Life!
When you hear the term 'emotional health or mental health', what is the first thing that usually comes into your mind? According to researches, mental health normally includes...
by Dr. Sukhraj Dhillon
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2011
“Health, Happiness, & Longevity” is a practical guide that includes a complete style of living, including diet, exercise and development of the mind’s powers: “Some people just keep jogging and running and don’t worry about what they eat. That won’t work.” There is well searched...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
This volume examines the relationship between health literacy and health outcomes, and the role of schools in promoting health literacy through the curriculum. The volume utilizes research, literature reviews and case studies that examine how education can support health literacy development as a...
The Cure For Everything
Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
In this era of health-science research, rarely a day goes by without a public pronouncement of some exciting health-enhancing discovery: a new diet, a new fitness routine, a new drug or alternative therapy, the miracles achieved by genetic mapping. And we are told—by the media, health-care experts,...
by The Royal Women's Hospital
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
The Women's Health Book: An Introduction
As a woman, looking after your health is the most important step you can take towards creating a healthy, happy family and a thriving community. But in today's busy world, with so many demands on your time, it's not always easy to find information you...
Health Care in Canada
A Citizen's Guide to Policy and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2011
Health Care in Canada examines the challenges faced by the Canadian health care system, a subject of much public debate. In this book Katherine Fierlbeck provides an in-depth discussion of how health care decisions are shaped by politics and why there is so much disagreement over how to fix the system.
Many...
Global Health Disputes and Disparities
A Critical Appraisal of International Law and Population Health
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Global Health Disputes and Disparities explores inequalities in health around the world, looking particularly at the opportunity for, and limitations of, international law to promote population health by examining its intersection with human rights, trade, and epidemiology, and the controversial issues...
by Marcia Stanhope, RN, DSN
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016
With concise, focused coverage, Community Health Nursing in Canada, 3rd Edition introduces you to all of the necessary concepts, skills, and practice of community health nursing. This comprehensive text from leading nursing educators also addresses the increasing awareness of social justice and the...