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There are occasions when a story told from a personal viewpoint can illuminate a profession. Alfred Sommer’s epidemiological memoir is such a book. Adventurous, illuminating, and thought provoking, Ten Lessons in Public Health is more than the story of one man’s work. It tells the tale of how...

An extensive, in-depth look at public health and preventive medicine topics from experts in the field This trusted one-stop resource is a completely up-to-date, all-in-one public health and preventive medicine guide. Sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and edited...

This comprehensive ebook provides authoritative information and practical advice from the world's health experts about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), an emerging novel coronavirus similar to SARS. Health officials are concerned that this virus could threaten human health...

Health Care Fraud: Enforcement and Compliance is the most complete, essential and uptodate guide for criminal and civil lawyers, law enforcement officials, health care providers and anyone interested in the health care industry. You'll find discussion of: the latest antifraud initiatives from Congress,...

This book critically analyses the influence of international policies and guidelines on the performance of interventions aimed at reducing health inequities in Latin America, with special emphasis on health promotion and health in all policies strategies. While the implementation of these interventions...

'In the light of impending environmental catastrophe, people all over the world, in all walks of life, are becoming more aware of the pressing need to act globally. The need to base our decisions and actions less on parochial national advantage, sequestered in hate and suspicion of other nation's...

Despite the growing emphasis on a population-based training and service delivery model for school psychology, few resources exist to provide guidance concerning how such services might be conceptualized and put into place. In this book, the authors propose a public health model for comprehensive children’s...

Are children playing less than they used to? Are rising obesity rates linked to a decline in children’s time to play freely? These and other related questions have filled the pages of newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals for the past decade. Researchers and journalists have attributed these...

This book provides an introduction to health interoperability and the main standards used. Health interoperability delivers health information where and when it is needed.  Everybody stands to gain from safer more soundly based decisions and less duplication, delays, waste and errors.   The...

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 social well-being pertaining to psychological and emotional standings. Mental health affects the way people think, act...

"Baby Health" gives you the facts you need to make important decisions about health issues, kidshealth, baby healthcare, baby health book, baby health and personal care.

Answers do exist for seemingly incurable diseases. The information contained in this book applies to a diverse variety of conditions ranging from ADD, Autism, Scleroderma, and MS to psoriasis and eczema. We all have the ability to reach good health by changing to the correct materials such as dental,...

Dr. Bonner believes that the mouth is a doorway to achieving peak health and wellness in all the body's systems. His informative book The Oral Health Bible contains an action plan for taking charge of our oral health and it educates us and our doctors and dentists by detailing how many debilitating...

Do you struggle with bloating and constipation? Are you dealing with a chronic intestinal infection? Get the help you need from Gut Health: How to Restore Gut Balance and Improve Digestive Health with Probiotic Foods. The typical human has 100 trillion microorganisms living in their gut. Recent...