Personal and public health / health education

This book comprehensively and critically discusses chronicity as a crucial challenge for the future of medicine in an era of aging populations and the steady growth of non-communicable comorbidities.

This volume presents an account of how people in sub-Saharan Africa have fared under changing life circumstances of the past centuries until the present.

This book covers the sustainability issues of a green environment towards economics and society in terms of alteration in industrial pollution levels, effect of reduced carbon emissions, changes in water bodies characteristics with respect to heavy metal contamination, monitoring of associated impact with respect to ecology and biodiversity, impact of reduced noise levels and air quality influences on human health, handling and management of biomedical waste.

This book outlines the evolution of food traceability matters in the current traditional foods market and particularly with regard to selected historical foods based in Jordan.

This Handbook provides a broad and comprehensive overview of psychological research on alcohol consumption.

This SpringerBrief provides readers with a comprehensive snapshot of contemporary research about autistics and their experiences and insights of sexual behaviours and interests.

This installment in the Techniques in Life Science and Biomedicine for the Non-Expert series aims to describe ESR spectroscopy as a tool for different applications, such as Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Science, Paleontology & Geochronology and Food Science.

This book provides a multidisciplinary overview of the impact of human-animal interaction on well-being from childhood to later life.

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is the world's fourth most important food crop after maize, rice and wheat with 377 million tonnes fresh-weight of tubers produced in 2016 from 19.

This two-volume work discusses environmental health, the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health, and addresses key issues at the global and local scales.

This two-volume work discusses environmental health, the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health, and addresses key issues at the global and local scales.

This book highlights the work of pioneers in this field, in order to inspire their peers, healthcare leaders and an interested audience.

The monograph aims to present the recent scientific knowledge on body sensations, i.

Becoming a Neuropsychologist is the first comprehensive resource for students interested in pursuing a career in neuropsychology.

This book is a guide for psychologists working with substance users in different healthcare settings, from private clinical practice to larger health institutions and community services.

Once called the "e;dismal science,"e; economics now offers prescriptions for improving people's happiness.

This book provides an evidence-based approach for the clinical use of nutraceuticals in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease.

In order to understand common conditions such as coeliac disease and Crohn's disease, one must view the gut in its evolutionary context.

This book presents the main concepts and tools for the adoption of a biopsychosocial approach to psychotropic substances use and abuse management, prevention and treatment.

This edited book discusses various processes of feedstocks bioconversion such as bioconversion of food waste, human manure, industrial waste, beverage waste, kitchen waste, organic waste, fruit and vegetable, poultry waste, solid waste, agro-industrial waste, cow dung, steroid, lignocellulosic residue, biomass, natural gas etc.

This book explores the reality of ageing and old age from the perspectives of the individual and society.

Non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) have become essential solutions for better living, preventing disease, and self-care, in addition to biomedical treatments, and for increasing longevity without loss of quality of life.

This book is a clinician's guide to understanding, diagnosing, treating, and healing complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD).

This book provides nurses, clinicians, practitioners, educators and students working with vulnerable and underserved populations with essential information on effective wellness strategies to address inadequate nutrition, promote physical activity, and reduce perceived stress through an integrative health nursing framework.

The quantity and quality of the hair are closely related to the nutritional state of an individual.

Applying a trans-disciplinary approach, this book provides a comprehensive, research-based guide to understanding, implementing, and strengthening sustainable community health in diverse international settings.

This valuable resource prepares graduate-level students in social work and other helping professions to provide integrated behavioral health services in community-based health and mental healthcare settings.

This volume provides an understanding of how systems of child protection evolve in disparate cultural, social and economic contexts.

World population is growing at an alarming rate and may exceed 9.

This edited volume provides new perspectives on how shame is experienced and transformed within digital worlds and Industry 4.

What constitutes a good life?

This book addresses the traditional use of a specific crop legume, grass pea (Lathyrus sativus), as a food product and ingredient for typical food products.

Current research lays emphasis on exploring natural products for use in nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals to overcome various side effects of synthetic drugs.

Our understanding of how the human brain operates and completes its essential tasks continues is fundamentally altered from what it was ten years ago.

More than 20 million childhood deaths occur every year due to the micronutrient deficiency and diet-related non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes).

This volume provides a unique collection of contributions addressing both the 'too much' and 'too little' sides of the nitrogen story.

This handbook presents an overview of studies on the relationship of active ageing and quality of life.

This timely volume explores the multiple domains where Behavior Analysts can provide meaningful assessment and interventions.

Elevated blood concentrations of homocysteine, B vitamins deficiencies and oxidative stress are etiological factors for many human chronic diseases, yet the etiologic relationship of hyperhomocysteinemia to these disorders remains poorly understood.

This handbook discusses the latest findings from different fields of positive psychology from a global perspective by providing a coherent framework to get a better understanding of the development and practice of positive psychology.

This comprehensive and user-friendly volume focuses on the intersection between the fields of nutrition and infectious disease.

The structure of a food influences the way it is transformed during processing and digestion.

This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of gluten-associated disorders.

This volume provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on grit, its measurement, manifestation and development.

This reference work provides a comprehensive overview of bioactive compounds found in underutilized vegetables and legumes around the globe.

Bioactive natural compounds have gained attention in recent years due to their potential health benefits, including reducing the risk of diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases.

This book explores the social psychological aspects of trans women's experiences of living with HIV in the UK.

This book examines and encourages the increasing involvement of those in the social sciences, including social work, as well as everyday citizens, with environmental injustices that affect the natural ecology, community health, and physical and mental health of marginalized communities.

This book reviews advanced techniques for the determination of pesticide residues, with focus on extraction, detectors and cleaning protocols.

This book presents recent reviews on the occurrence, analysis, toxicity and remediation of pesticides in biological systems such as fish, chickens, water, soil and food.