Public health and preventive medicine

Women's fertility in Africa has been a major concern for demographers, global health organizations, and Western governments.

This is an interdisciplinary textbook that examines the relationship between globalization and social, political, economic, and environmental health determinants.

Opioids have played a prominent role in society for centuries and have been lauded for both their analgesic and euphoric qualities by cultures throughout the world.

This book delves into some of the most ethically challenging and socially significant debates of our time.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to systems thinking in public health, offering readers a robust framework for understanding and addressing complex health issues.

For over half a century, the CDC Yellow Book has been a trusted resource, providing international travelers and clinicians with expert guidance for safe and healthy travel abroad.

For over half a century, the CDC Yellow Book has been a trusted resource, providing international travelers and clinicians with expert guidance for safe and healthy travel abroad.

This book offers a pioneering exploration of disability through Indigenous epistemologies and decolonial theory in Latin America.

Covering the many important changes in food markets and food politics that have shaped both global and local farming and eating over the past decade, this compact and authoritative primer lays out everything you need to know to understand today's global food landscape.

Covering the many important changes in food markets and food politics that have shaped both global and local farming and eating over the past decade, this compact and authoritative primer lays out everything you need to know to understand today's global food landscape.

Globalization has unleashed the spread of communicable and non-communicable diseases, connected societies through vulnerability to common threats, and revealed the limitations of domestic legislation in addressing economic, social, and political determinants of health.

Bioethicist Mark Navin and policy scholar Katie Attwell explore the evolution of American childhood vaccination policy through the prism of political history, contemporary parenthood, and diverse governance strategies.

This textbook explains and details nutritional assessment equations, used for health and wellness.

This textbook explains and details nutritional assessment equations, used for health and wellness.

Based on authors' experiences in working in the NHS and in teaching medical students, nurses, social science undergraduates and trainees in community medicine, Health and Health Services (originally published in 1984) is an introductory text on health care policies.

Based on authors' experiences in working in the NHS and in teaching medical students, nurses, social science undergraduates and trainees in community medicine, Health and Health Services (originally published in 1984) is an introductory text on health care policies.

This book examines how older adults with physical disabilities living at home develop dietary resilience strategies to maintain independence, agency, and dignity in later life.

First published in 1988, Living Skills for Mentally Handicapped People describes the relevant theory, practical skills, likely problems and possible solutions involved in developing an integrated approach to the teaching of independent living skills.

Flavonoids are some of the most abundant and most studied bioactive components of plants with a wide range of therapeutic properties in humans.

This book contributes to the exploration of the concept of time in the social sciences and philosophy, by reflecting on the ontological presuppositions of medical science and what this means for the response to communicable infection.

This four-volume collection brings together primary sources on British food during the long nineteenth century.

Flavonoids are some of the most abundant and most studied bioactive components of plants with a wide range of therapeutic properties in humans.

This book contributes to the exploration of the concept of time in the social sciences and philosophy, by reflecting on the ontological presuppositions of medical science and what this means for the response to communicable infection.

First published in 1988, Living Skills for Mentally Handicapped People describes the relevant theory, practical skills, likely problems and possible solutions involved in developing an integrated approach to the teaching of independent living skills.

Este libro ofrece una aproximacion clara y estructurada a los fundamentos de la nutricion humana, con enfasis en el papel del agua y los macronutrientes en el mantenimiento de las funciones vitales.

This four-volume collection brings together primary sources on British food during the long nineteenth century.

This textbook introduces invariant measurement in the human sciences based on the principles of Rasch measurement theory and presents explanatory Rasch models that integrate item and person covariates that can deepen the understanding of item response processes.

Data science is transforming every aspect of modern life, from healthcare and urban planning to finance and governance.

The safety and protection of all children, now and in the future, is of paramount importance for the well-being of both humankind and the planet.

Palliative and end-of-life care are concerned with the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual care of people with advanced disease and serious illness.

Discussions about spending on health and social care often fall into silos, determined by disease or the cause of death.

The safety and protection of all children, now and in the future, is of paramount importance for the well-being of both humankind and the planet.

This textbook introduces invariant measurement in the human sciences based on the principles of Rasch measurement theory and presents explanatory Rasch models that integrate item and person covariates that can deepen the understanding of item response processes.

Dementia diagnosis is evolving rapidly, yet one critical dimension remains overlooked: the powerful ways that sex/gender, mental health, and psychosocial context shape cognitive performance—and therefore, diagnostic accuracy.

The fourth edition of Social Injustice and Public Health, a completely updated edition of the classic text, is a comprehensive, evidence-based resource for understanding and addressing the profound impacts of social injustice on public health.

Discussions about spending on health and social care often fall into silos, determined by disease or the cause of death.

The woman scientist who saved Americans from thalidomideIn the early 1960s, Dr.

In an ideal world, public health practitioners always incorporate scientific evidence when making management decisions, developing policies, and implementing programs.

In an ideal world, public health practitioners always incorporate scientific evidence when making management decisions, developing policies, and implementing programs.

How can we teach health professionals, who are among the most privileged in American society, to best serve those who are the least privileged in American society?

Quality of care is an essential outcome in modern healthcare, and improving this care is an integral part of the daily work of all healthcare professionals.

Serving as both an accessible textbook and an original synthesis of interdisciplinary scholarship, Emerging Infections traces the social and environmental determinants of human infectious diseases from the Paleolithic to the present day.

Quality of care is an essential outcome in modern healthcare, and improving this care is an integral part of the daily work of all healthcare professionals.

Health Measurement Scales is the ultimate guide to appraising, developing, and validating measurement scales that are used in the health sciences.

Health Measurement Scales is the ultimate guide to appraising, developing, and validating measurement scales that are used in the health sciences.

A riveting expose of medical debt collection in America - and the profound financial and physical costs eroding patient trust in medicineFor the crime of falling sick without wealth, Americans today face lawsuits, wage garnishment, home foreclosure, and even jail time.

Work and employment are central to people's lives, health, and wellbeing.

A riveting expose of medical debt collection in America - and the profound financial and physical costs eroding patient trust in medicineFor the crime of falling sick without wealth, Americans today face lawsuits, wage garnishment, home foreclosure, and even jail time.

Communicating About Health: Current Issues and Perspectives continues to live up to its long-standing reputation as the most dynamic and current exploration of health communication on the market.

The second edition of A Life Course Approach to Women's Health is a timely addition to the literature, reflecting extraordinary gains in the evidence on women's health across the life course.