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Title
A systematic review of key issues in public health [electronic resource] / Stefania Boccia, Paolo Villari, Walter Ricciardi, editors.
ISBN
9783319136202 electronic book
3319136208 electronic book
9783319136196
Published
Cham : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-13620-2 doi
Call Number
RA425
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.4
Summary
This wide-ranging study reviews the state of public health worldwide and presents informed recommendations for real-world solutions. Identifying the most urgent challenges in the field, from better understanding the causes of acute diseases and chronic conditions to reducing health inequities, it reports on cost-effective, science-based, ethically sound interventions. Chapters demonstrate bedrock skills essential to developing best practices, including flexible thinking for entrenched problems, conducting health impact assessments, and working with decision-makers. From these current findings come long-term practice and policy goals for preventing disease, promoting health, and improving quality of life, both locally and globally. A sampling of the topics covered : · Health trends of communicable diseases. · Epidemiology of cancer and principles of prevention. · Respiratory diseases and health disorders related to indoor and outdoor air pollution. · Public health gerontology and active aging. · Migrant and ethnic minority health. · Public health genomics. A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health offers graduate students in the discipline a firm grasp on the field as it presently stands, and a clear set of directions for its potential future.
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Includes index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 17, 2015).
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Print version: 9783319136196
Preface
Introduction and global burden of disease
Health trends of communicable diseases
Global burden and health trends of non-communicable diseases
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
Epidemiology of cancer and principles of prevention
Obesity and diabetes
Respiratory diseases and health disorders related to indoor and outdoor air pollution
Public health gerontology and active ageing
Some ethical reflections in public health
Injury prevention and safety promotion
Migrant and ethnic minority health
Public mental health
Urban public health
Genomics and public health
Health impact assessment : HIA
Health in all policies.
