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Author : Lawrence M. Schell,S. J. Ulijaszek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521620970
Explores what effects urban living has on human health and behaviour.
Author : Sandro Galea,David Vlahov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387258225
The editors are two of the most prominent researchers in this area. Both are at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies. David Vlahov is particularly visible and known as the editor of the Journal of Urban Health. Sandro Galea is very prominent for his research on urban health; in particularly, research done on PTSD and children post-9/11. Thorough analysis of different populations in urban settings and specific health considerations Useful section on methods for the research audience. Applied in nature with section on prevention and interventions There are over 100 urban health centers in North America and there are no thorough, up-to-date ressources.
Author : Michael P. Muehlenbein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139789004
Wide-ranging and inclusive, this text provides an invaluable review of an expansive selection of topics in human evolution, variation and adaptability for professionals and students in biological anthropology, evolutionary biology, medical sciences and psychology. The chapters are organized around four broad themes, with sections devoted to phenotypic and genetic variation within and between human populations, reproductive physiology and behavior, growth and development, and human health from evolutionary and ecological perspectives. An introductory section provides readers with the historical, theoretical and methodological foundations needed to understand the more complex ideas presented later. Two hundred discussion questions provide starting points for class debate and assignments to test student understanding.
Author : Lawrence M. Schell,Malcolm Smith,Alan Bilsborough
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521411599
This volume looks at the relationship between specific aspects of Third World cities and human health. Rapid and extensive urbanization of the less developed nations is perhaps the most dramatic demographic phenomenon of our times, but its impact on human biology is not well understood. Here, a cross-section of work is presented on this subject allowing human biologists, urban planners, public health workers, and other specialists to assess our knowledge and the current approaches available to increase it. Contributions fall into two groups: studies of urban ecology including the social, economic and physical domains, and studies of biological responses to the urban environment. Health is not merely the absence of specific diseases, but is construed more broadly to include a wide range of biological parameters that are correlated with various states of suboptimal health. These include patterns of child growth and development, frequencies of specific diseases, nutritional status, immunological characteristics and physiological parameters.
Author : David V. McQueen,Catherine Jones
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387709741
This work is a critical reflection on the state of health promotion effectiveness in practice around the world. It examines the meaning of health promotion from regional perspectives, and explores regional strengths and weaknesses in demonstrating effectiveness. The book goes on to consider issues in public health such as tobacco, mental health, obesity, urbanization, war, and social determinants in order to assess the role of effectiveness, and to examine methodologies for demonstrating effectiveness. Finally, the book looks at questions over the effectiveness of health promotion – the debate about the relationship between evidence, impact, and outcomes.
Author : C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor,Jean Peters,Stephen T. McGarvey
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780203300183
Disease is an ever-present threat faced by all human societies. Today, this concept has become an influential area of study known as the global burden of disease, which encompasses contemporary health concerns such as the economic costs of disease, the societal impact of illness in developing nations, and infectious diseases resulting from lifestyl
Author : Lucianne Licari,Nemer L.,Tamburlini G.,World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Publisher : WHO Regional Office Europe
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789289013741
In June 2004, the 52 countries in the WHO European region agreed to adopt the Childrens Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe, setting out a framework for national policy implementation in relation to environmental risk factors and their effects on childrens health. This publication contains guidance on the development of national action plans suited to each countrys circumstances, priorities and resources, whilst still addressing region-wide environmental risk factors.
Author : Helen Macbeth,Prakash Shetty
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781482267648
In modern multicultural societies, the topic of 'health and ethnicity' has become increasingly recognised as highly relevant. All too frequently, academic coverage of the topic has been scattered in specialist literature of different disciplines; a book bringing these perspectives together has so far been lacking. The aim of the book is to explain the diversity in health experience due to determinants and factors that can be described as 'ethnic'. Both 'ethnicity' and 'health' are words that have stimulated semantic debate, and yet too seldom is sufficient sensitivity given over to the complexity of the issue.
Author : Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107117518
Rationalities and models of obesity -- Energy balance, genetics and obesogenic environments -- Governance through measurement -- Inequalities -- Food and eating -- Global transformations of diet -- Obesity science and policy -- Complexity -- Systems and rationalities
Author : Anna Bellisari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317402497
This volume examines the biocultural dimensions of obesity from an anthropological perspective in an effort to broaden understanding of a growing public health concern. The United States of America currently has the highest rates of obesity among developed countries, with an alarming rise in prevalence in recent decades which promises to affect the nation for years to come. Bellisari helps students to grasp the complex nature of this obesity epidemic, demonstrating that it is the consequence of many interacting forces which range from individual genetic and physiological predispositions to national policies and American cultural beliefs and practices. As much a social problem as an individual one, the development of obesity is in fact encouraged by the pattern of high consumption and physical inactivity that is promoted by American economic, political, and ideological systems. With a range of up-to-date scientific and medical data, The Anthropology of Obesity in the United States provides students with a comprehensive picture of obesity, its multiple causes, and the need for society-wide action to address the issue.
Author : Sarah Curtis
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 0761968237
By relating theoretical arguments to specific landscapes Sarah Curtis develops the basis for a geographical analysis of health problems and proposes a range of strategies for reducing disadvantage and societal inequalities.
Author : Noel Professor Cameron,Barry Bogin
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780123846518
Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, the second edition of Human Growth and Development is a valued resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. With timely chapters on obesity, diet / lifestyle, and genetics, this edition is the only publication offering a biological, biomedical and biocultural approach. The second edition of Human Growth and Development includes contributions from the well-known experts in the field and is the most reputable, comprehensive resource available. New chapters discussing genomics and epigenetics, developmental origins, body proportions and health and the brain and neurological development Presented in the form of lectures to facilitate student programming Updated content highlighting the latest research on the relationship between early growth and later (adult) outcomes: the developmental origins of health and disease
Author : Jonathan CK Wells,Simon Strickland,Kevin Laland
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420005837
Recent research has emphasized that socially transmitted information may affect both the gene pool and the phenotypes of individuals and populations, and that an improved understanding of evolutionary issues is beneficial to those working towards the improvement of human health. In response to a growing interest across disciplines for information regarding the contribution of social behavior to a range of biological outcomes, Social Information Transmission and Human Biology connects the work of evolutionary theorists and those dealing with practical issues in human health and demographics. Combining evolutionary models with biomedical research, authors from various disciplines look at how human behavior influences health, and how reproductive fitness sheds light on the processes that shaped the evolution of human behavior. Both academic and medical researchers will find much useful insight in this text.
Author : Malcolm Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780203217597
The biology of people in the past is a rapidly expanding field of historical study. Our capacity to understand the biology of historical populations is experiencing remarkable developments on both theoretical and analytical fronts. Human Biology and History weaves together the fields of biology, archaeology, and anthropology in an exchange o
Author : Sandro Galea,Catherine K. Ettman,David Vlahov
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780190915865
An essential collection that advances our understanding of how cities influence our health More than half the world's population lives in cities -- a figure that will grow to two-thirds by 2030. As global populations rapidly consolidate around urban centers, the scientific understanding of what this means for human health faces a new and greater urgency. Urban Health connects urban exposures -- the experiences, choices, and behaviors shaped by living in a city -- to their impact on population health. By using the ubiquitous aspects of the urban experience as a lens to study these exposures across borders and demographics, it offers a new, scalable framework for understanding health and disease. Its applications to public health, epidemiology, and social science are virtually unlimited. Enriched with case studies that consider the state of health in cities all over the world, this book does more than capture the state of a nascent field; it holds a critical mirror to itself, considering the next decade and arming a new generation with the tools for research and practice.