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Author : Edward Francis Willoughby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Demography
ISBN : UOM:39015009484190
Author : Nazrul Hoque,Mary A. McGehee,Benjamin S. Bradshaw
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400761407
This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure, cause-specific mortality, and maternal health and morbidity, the book provides several chapters on special analysis and methodological issues. The chapters provide a number of resources and tools that can be used in conducting research aimed at promoting public health. These resources include information on a variety of health research datasets, different statistical methodologies for analyzing health-related data and developing concepts related to health status, methodologies for forecasting or projecting disease incidences and associated costs, and discussions of demographic concepts used to measure population health status.
Author : Edward Francis Willoughby
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230228381
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 edition. Excerpt: ... weight of vapour per cubic foot constituting saturation at 58 is 5 '39 grains, and at 67 is 7 27 grains, therefore the present degree., .. 5'39 x 100 of hum1d1ty 1s----= o. 74 or 74 per cent. of saturat1on, or 74 of humidity. Ra1nfall When masses of warmer air in the higher regions of the atmosphere charged with aqueous vapour are suddenly cooled by contact with colder currents or by impinging on cold mountain tops, their power of holding the vapour in suspension is lost, and it is condensed as clouds or falls in the form of rain or of snow, giving rise to streams which run down the sides of mountains. We may illustrate this by one or two striking examples. The hot trade winds from the Indian Ocean, laden with vapour, first impinge on the mountainous coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, where they let fall a part of their vapour in copious rains. Then passing over the hot plateau of the Deccan and the plains of Northern Hindostan they are met by the snow-capped Himalayas, which condense the last drops, giving rise not only to the heaviest rainfall yet observed, but to the sources of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus, with their tributary rivers; after which, cold and dry, they sweep the rainless plains of Tibet. Again, the westerly winds of the Pacific are in like manner chilled and their vapour condensed by the northern range of the great chain of the Rocky Mountains; and the contrast between the mild climate of British Columbia, with its heavy rainfall, and the cold and almost rainless region of Saskatchewan, separated from it only by the mountains in question, is remarkable. Similar, although less marked, contrasts are presented by the western and eastern coasts of the British Isles and of Scandinavia, much modified, however, by local..
Author : Edward F. Willoughby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1362671444
Author : Edward Francis Willoughby
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1357421079
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Author : Japhet Killewo,Kristian Heggenhougen,Stella R. Quah
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0123822017
Epidemiology and Demography in Public Health provides practical guidance on planning and implementing surveillance and investigation of disease and disease outbreaks. Exploring contributing factors to the dynamics of disease transmission and the identification of population risks, it also includes a discussion of ehtics in epidemiology and demography including important issues of privacy vs. public safety. With a chapter on H1N1 and Bird flu, this book will be important for students and professionals in public health and epidemiology. Focuses on the techniques of surveillance and investigation of disease Includes biostatistics and analysis techniques Explores the ethics of disease studies Includes chapter discussing H1N1 and Bird Flu
Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention,Committee on Assuring the Health of the Public in the 21st Century
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309133180
The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nation's public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nation's health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the public's health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
Author : Charles Guest,Walter Ricciardi,Ichiro Kawachi,Iain Lang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199586301
Fully revised and updated for the third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice remains the first resort for all those working in this broad field. Structured to assist with practical tasks, translating evidence into policy, and providing concise summaries and real-world issues from across the globe, this literally provides a world of experience at your fingertips. Easy-to-use, concise and practical, it is structured into seven parts that focus on the vital areas of assessment, data and information, direct action, policy, health-care systems, personal effectiveness and organisational development. Reflecting recent advances, the most promising developments in practical public health are presented, as well as maintaining essential summaries of core disciplines. This handbook is designed to assist students and practitioners around the world, for improved management of disasters, epidemics, health behaviour, acute and chronic disease prevention, community and government action, environmental health, vulnerable populations, and more.
Author : David S. Gochman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489917577
Volume 3 relates the demography of health behavior to developmental and diversity issues. Unique discussions of the health behaviors of gay males, lesbians, persons with HIV, and caregivers themselves are included. Each volume features extensive supplementary and integrative matrial prepared by the editor, the detailed index to the entire four-volume set, and a glossary of health behavior terminology.
Author : Richard G. Rogers,Eileen M. Crimmins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048199969
This handbook presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of unprecedented substantive, theoretical, methodological, and statistical developments and insights, and an in-depth examination of trends and patterns, in adult mortality around the world. With over two dozen chapters and more than 50 authors, this volume draws from top international mortality experts to provide one of the best overviews of life expectancy extant. The book documents remarkable gains in life expectancy, which stand out as one of the most important accomplishments of the twentieth century. Individuals in more developed countries can expect to live longer now than ever before, especially the Japanese who enjoy record-setting life expectancies. The book also explores unfortunate declines in life expectancy in selected countries brought on by such factors as infectious diseases; accidents, suicides, and homicides; and political and economic conflict and turmoil. This book synthesizes the wealth of mortality information available, clearly articulates the central findings to-date, identifies the most appropriate datasets and methods currently available, illuminates the central research questions, and develops an agenda to address these research questions. The authors carefully examine central factors related to mortality, including health behaviors, socioeconomic status, social relations, biomarkers, and genetic factors. The book will prove especially relevant to researchers, students, and policy makers within social and health sciences who want to better understand international trends and patterns in adult mortality.
Author : Anna C. Mastroianni,Jeffrey P. Kahn,Nancy E. Kass
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190245214
Natural disasters and cholera outbreaks. Ebola, SARS, and concerns over pandemic flu. HIV and AIDS. E. coli outbreaks from contaminated produce and fast foods. Threats of bioterrorism. Contamination of compounded drugs. Vaccination refusals and outbreaks of preventable diseases. These are just some of the headlines from the last 30-plus years highlighting the essential roles and responsibilities of public health, all of which come with ethical issues and the responsibilities they create. Public health has achieved extraordinary successes. And yet these successes also bring with them ethical tension. Not all public health successes are equally distributed in the population; extraordinary health disparities between rich and poor still exist. The most successful public health programs sometimes rely on policies that, while improving public health conditions, also limit individual rights. Public health practitioners and policymakers face these and other questions of ethics routinely in their work, and they must navigate their sometimes competing responsibilities to the health of the public with other important societal values such as privacy, autonomy, and prevailing cultural norms. This Oxford Handbook provides a sweeping and comprehensive review of the current state of public health ethics, addressing these and numerous other questions. Taking account of the wide range of topics under the umbrella of public health and the ethical issues raised by them, this volume is organized into fifteen sections. It begins with two sections that discuss the conceptual foundations, ethical tensions, and ethical frameworks of and for public health and how public health does its work. The thirteen sections that follow examine the application of public health ethics considerations and approaches across a broad range of public health topics. While chapters are organized into topical sections, each chapter is designed to serve as a standalone contribution. The book includes 73 chapters covering many topics from varying perspectives, a recognition of the diversity of the issues that define public health ethics in the U.S. and globally. This Handbook is an authoritative and indispensable guide to the state of public health ethics today.
Author : Sarah B. Macfarlane,Carla AbouZahr
Publisher : Springer
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781137549846
This handbook compiles methods for gathering, organizing and disseminating data to inform policy and manage health systems worldwide. Contributing authors describe national and international structures for generating data and explain the relevance of ethics, policy, epidemiology, health economics, demography, statistics, geography and qualitative methods to describing population health. The reader, whether a student of global health, public health practitioner, programme manager, data analyst or policymaker, will appreciate the methods, context and importance of collecting and using global health data.
Author : James M. Shultz, PhD, MS,Lisa M. Sullivan, PhD, MA,Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780826177544
Featuring Engaging Podcasts Highlighting Major Public Health Case Studies in all 15 Chapters! Public Health: An Introduction to the Science and Practice of Population Health is a foundational textbook designed for students who are launching their public health studies and preparing for professions in the field. Our health is generated throughout our lives and by the world around us—by where we live, where we work, and who we interact with on a daily basis. This book, therefore, takes a unique approach to teach public health. It combines an eco-social framework with a life course perspective on population health to help the student understand how our experiences and context shape our health and how this informs the practice of public health. Written by leading public health educators, the textbook begins with the foundations—a history of public health and a discussion of the core values of health equity and disease prevention. An engaging survey of the eco-social framework and life course factors affecting health follows. The book concludes with a section dedicated to population health methods, implementation science, community engagement, advocacy, and health promotion. The book is illustrated throughout by cases that cross disciplines, that engage the student with issues of contemporary concern that are the remit of public health, and that offer systematic analyses that point toward solutions. With a focused approach to public health that guides the student through the causes of health—across levels and across stages in the life course—this groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind textbook integrates the core components of the field in clear and lucid language. Timely and relevant case studies, practical learning objectives, discussion questions in all chapters, numerous tables and illustrations throughout, chapter-based podcasts, and more make Public Health an innovative and lively platform for understanding the science of population health and the practice of public health. Key Features: A modern approach to the field that grounds the study of public health in life course and eco-social frameworks to better organize the science of population health and the practice of public health Explains the central role that prevention and health equity play in improving population health Features case studies that discuss contemporary issues affecting population health, including heart disease, Ebola, environmental exposures, gun violence, the opioid epidemic, health policy, and many more High volume of figures and tables to illustrate key points Includes a robust Instructor ancillary package with PowerPoints, an Instructor’s Manual, test banks, discussion questions, and conversion guide
Author : Matilda van den Bosch,William Bird
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191038754
Human beings have always been affected by their surroundings. There are various health benefits linked to being able to access to nature; including increased physical activity, stress recovery, and the stimulation of child cognitive development. The Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health provides a broad and inclusive picture of the relationship between our own health and the natural environment. All aspects of this unique relationship are covered, ranging from disease prevention through physical activity in green spaces to innovative ecosystem services, such as climate change adaptation by urban trees. Potential hazardous consequences are also discussed including natural disasters, vector-borne pathogens, and allergies. This book analyses the complexity of our human interaction with nature and includes sections for example epigenetics, stress physiology, and impact assessments. These topics are all interconnected and fundamental for reaching a full understanding of the role of nature in public health and wellbeing. Much of the recent literature on environmental health has primarily described potential threats from our natural surroundings. The Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health instead focuses on how nature can positively impact our health and wellbeing, and how much we risk losing by destroying it. The all-inclusive approach provides a comprehensive and complete coverage of the role of nature in public health, making this textbook invaluable reading for health professionals, students, and researchers within public health, environmental health, and complementary medicine.
Author : Roger Detels,Martin Gulliford,Quarraisha Abdool Karim,Chorh Chuan Tan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1717 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198810131
Sixth edition of the hugely successful, internationally recognised textbook on global public health and epidemiology, with 3 volumes comprehensively covering the scope, methods, and practice of the discipline
