Public health and preventive medicine Books

Public health is a very multidisciplinary profession that every one out there are very proud to be associated with especially in this era of vast development .We have over thousands of graduates year in and year out who are well trained, equipped and...

This important collection provides an epidemiological perspective on the continuing scope of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside the clinical attempts to provide comprehensive care in a resource-limited setting.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Malaria is an increasing worldwide threat, with more than three hundred million infections and one million deaths every year. The world's poorest are the worst affected, and many treat themselves with traditional herbal medicines. These are often more...

This innovative book explores the dynamic and contested interactions - including the mutually constitutive relationships - among sexualities, transnationalism, and globalisation. Bringing together contributors with a variety of disciplinary, geographic,...

Vous avez du mal à perdre vos kilos superflus ? Vous en avez assez d'essayer les régimes du moment qui promettent de grands résultats mais vous laissent affamés et insatisfaits ? Alors il est temps de révolutionner votre approche de la nutrition avec le...

A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book...

Qu'est-ce qu'un aliment ? et en quoi consiste l'alimentation ? C'est une question à laquelle personne ne sera embarrassé de répondre, - à la condition de n'être ni physiologiste, ni médecin, ni zootechnicien. Un Français qui sait sa langue dira, comme...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Public Health, Note: 2,3, Universität Bayreuth, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gesundheitsreformen, Rabattverträge, Krankenkassenrabatte und der steigende bürokratische Aufwand machen den Apotheken...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medizin und Gesundheit, Note: 2,0, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Veranstaltung: Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Gesundheit. Dieses Thema scheint immer aktuell zu...

Einsendeaufgabe aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Public Health, Note: 1,4, Deutsche Hochschule für Prävention und Gesundheitsmanagement GmbH, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die nachfolgende Arbeit geht der Frage nach, wie die Förderung der...

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Medizin - Epidemiologie, Note: 1,3, Universität Koblenz-Landau (Ernährung und Verbraucherbildung), Veranstaltung: Gesundheitswesen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit wird zunächst der Begriff...

This Special Issue provides an overview of pediatric integrative medicine, an emerging field that blends conventional and evidence based complementary therapies with an emphasis on preventive health and wellbeing.  It is one of the first...

The safety of recreational waters is affected by numerous variables such as the microbiological and chemical quality of water, the number and health conditions of the users, and the correct functioning of all technological installations used for water...

This Special Issue of Nutrients, entitled "DHA for Optimal Health", consists of evidence-based original research or reviews of the scientific literature. Manuscripts focus on the evidence that underpins dietary requirements throughout the...

Maternal mortality is still globally high  and  reducing it is a top priority. Teenage pregnancies have more complications and are also unwanted in many  cases. This contributes to the high maternal mortality with  both...

Ninety percent of lives claimed by injuries occur in low- and middle-income countries. This special issue, A Million Person Household Survey: Understanding the Burden of Injuries in Bangladesh, aims to assess these injuries—including falls,...

Dietary intake in children is not only associated with current and future health, but also with behavior and learning. Especially during early childhood and throughout the school-age years, adequate food and nutrient intake to support brain development...

Various antiseptic agents, such as chlorhexidine, are used for different applications, e.g. in healthcare, veterinary medicine, animal production and household products, including cosmetics. However, not all antiseptic agents provide significant health...

This book describes the current understanding of symptoms, diagnosis, mode of transmission, and treatments of four important intestinal diseases, taking into consideration the molecular interactions between host cells and infectious agents. Intestinal...

Confused about what to eat to keep healthy your liver? Are you currently following a Cirrhosis diet or trying to find some Cirrhosis recipes?Are you concerned about the food you'll be allowed to eat and how to keep it interesting?This book, Healthy...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put massive stress on healthcare professionals' formal training, their creed to do no harm, and the patient safety movement. COVID-19 affects all aspects of daily life and healthcare's organizational culture and values...

For the first time in modern human history, the response to a global health crisis was required among all countries no matter their wealth, size, or economic status. Every country was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and as it surged across the world,...

Infectious diseases have been a threat since the beginning of civilization, leading the world to constantly adapt and advance medical knowledge in order to survive. The way society responds to these diseases has changed significantly throughout the years...

Health literacy in practice requires the development of techniques that ensure that the patient can better access information, understand its content, know how to use this information, and make better health decisions. If the patient makes better health...

Cyberchondria is characterized by a pattern of excessive health-based search behaviors that are likely to increase health anxiety or distress, heightened by ever-increasing access to and normalization of technology use and the internet specifically. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic is only the latest prompt about the importance of international health and its broad influence upon social wellbeing. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for an informed and coordinated effort to achieve international...

Communicable diseases have been an important part of human history. Epidemics afflicted populations, causing many deaths before gradually fading away and emerging again years after. Epidemics of infectious diseases are occurring more often, and spreading...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals and caused destabilization of households and business activities. In emerging economies, many sectors and companies, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are severely influenced by the reduction...

Across the world, developing countries are attempting to balance the international standards of intellectual property concerning pharmaceutical patents against the urgent need for accessible and affordable medicines. In this timely and necessary book,...

Let's talk about e-mental health - our psychological well-being in an electronic space. This electronic space can be any aspect of the digital world, including virtual reality, social media, apps, and websites. While we explore its developments, we face...

Featured Article Themes: COVID-19: Immigration, Ethnic Communities, Mental Health & VaccineFetal Alcohol Syndrome DisorderBacterial SpecificityHomesicknessDendrochronology

This easy-to-follow applied book on semiparametric regression methods using R is intended to close the gap between the available methodology and its use in practice. Semiparametric regression has a large literature but much of it is geared towards data...

This timely volume surveys the broad spectrum of interventions used in health promotion, and shows how they may be tailored to the developmental needs of children and adolescents. Its multilevel lifespan approach reflects concepts of public health as...

This monograph on measurement error and misclassification covers a broad range of problems and emphasizes unique features in modeling and analyzing problems arising from medical research and epidemiological studies. Many measurement error and...

It will kill about 50-100,000 Americans in the next 12 months and most will never "see" it coming. By the time one Googles "The clot in my lung," 10% will die before the webpage is fully loaded and that is with a speedy WIFI connection. Medusa's Clot...

A Primer of Population Dynamics introduces to the basics of population studies. Author Krishnan Namboodiri utilizes a question-and-answer format that explores topics such as population theories and conceptual schemes,...

Introduction and Perspectives This volume is based on the proceedings of the 7th annual symposium on the topic Neuroimmune Circuits, Infectious Diseases and Drugs of Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland, Oc- ber 7-9, 1999. This symposium,...

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML), October 2-6, 1999, Bavaria, Germany. The quality of infant feeding is of major importance for...

The field of health psychology has grown dramatically in the last decade, with exciting new developments in the study of how psychological and psychosocial processes contribute to risk for and disease sequelae for a variety of...

The discovery of the human T cell leukemia virus type I in the late 1970s heralded a new era in retrovirology. For the first time, it was demonstrated that a retrovirus could play a role in the development of a human disease,...

This book presents practical approaches for the analysis of data from gene expression micro-arrays. It describes the conceptual and methodological underpinning for a statistical tool and its implementation in software. The book...

Promoting Reproductive Security in Developing Countries provides a comprehensive approach to developing and implementing reproductive health programs in the developing world. It fills a major gap in the literature by responding...

Using real cases based in the South Pacific, Asia, South and Latin America and Europe, this volume sets out examples of community-based interventions that have succeeded by implementing outreach to the families and community to...

This volume describes a variety of public mental health and psychosocial programs in conflict and post-conflict situations in Africa and Asia. Each chapter details the psychosocial and mental health aspects of specific...