Описание: This book introduces and applies the stochastic modeling techniques and the first exit time theory in demography through describing the theory related to the health state of a population and the introduced health state function.
Автор: Crume Richard V. Название: Urban Health Issues: Exploring the Impacts of Big-City Living ISBN: 1440861714 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781440861710 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 8237.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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According to recent statistics, 80.7 percent of Americans live in urban areas, and more than half of the world's population lives in cities. From various types of pollution to crime to overcrowding, the urban environment can have massive impacts on our physical, psychological, and social health and well-being. Moreover, while certain aspects of living in a city, such as access to health care, can improve the lives of many, other factors can have detrimental effects and can lead to inequalities along racial and socioeconomic lines.
Urban Health Issues: Exploring the Impacts of Big-City Living examines 23 key issues related to urban health, exploring their causes and consequences in depth and highlighting what cities and individuals can do to safeguard the well-being of urban residents. It also draws comparisons between cities in the United States and the industrialized world and those in poor and developing nations, providing important global insights. The material is brought to life by fascinating city case studies and illuminating interviews with experts working in a variety of fields.
Описание: Introduction Chapter 1- Definition of Non-Pharmacological Interventions (NPIs)"Alternative medicine", "natural medicine", "traditional medicine", "integrative care", "lifestyle solutions", "wellness services", "goop products" are part of our daily lives now. They invite themselves to take care of our health troubles, to cure our disease, to fight against the effects of aging, to prevent health symptoms, to be better at work, and to improve our well-being. Perhaps you have already tried reflexology, auriculotherapy, fasciatherapy, chiropractic, shiatsu? How to understand it? 1. Inventory2. Avoiding amalgams (such as abuse of weakness, illegal exercises, usurpations of title, misinformation, loss of chance...)3. Definition of NPIs4. Towards the integration of NPIs into individual health pathways Chapter 2- Reasons for the Success of NPIsNothing seems to have stopped the development of NPIs for the past 10 years around the world. Their success is such that not a day goes by without the publication of a study in a scientific journal, an article in the press, and hundreds of posts on social media networks. Not a week goes by without a television report or a special feature in a magazine. Not a month goes by without a congress or a specialized fair. This chapter explains the reasons for this success. 1. Epigenetics2. Behavioral roots3. The importance of quality of life4. Keys to prevent and care for chronic diseases5. A bulwark against comorbidities6. The myth of the rationale human7. The digital and technological revolution8. Direct and indirect cost savings9. Early screening and diagnosis10. Collateral damage from chemistry and biotechnology11. The progress of intervention research Chapter 3- Mechanisms at Play in NPIsIn a Western world, which has made rationality one of its cardinal virtues, man seeks at all costs an explanation - and if possible the simplest explanation - for his state of health, and in the most personal way - attempts to improve it.NPIs are no exception. Some lean for biological effects, others for psychological effects, others for systemic effects. Critics reduce them at best to placebo effects or evaluative biases, at worst to manipulations of ugly guru or greedy traders.What are the real mechanisms? This chapter provides an overview of the main ones. 1. The natural course of the disease2. Biological mechanisms3. Neurological mechanisms4. Psychological processes5. The placebo effect6. The nursing effect7. Cumulative effects8. Methodological errors9. As long as it works Chapter 4 -The Benefits of NPIs "It makes me feel good," summarizes the most frequently heard opinion on NPIs. Is this sufficient justification to use them without moderation? Does satisfaction prove that non-pharmacological treatment or preventive action is effective? The answer is no; better well-being is necessary but not enough.Trusting a paid professional or interested manufacturer is little better, due to an obvious conflict of interest.For the past 20 years, rigorous studies have been carried out to provide evidence of the benefits of NPIs on health indicators -- not only benefits, but also risks, because any health solution carries risks. 1. Research results on NPIs2. Assessment by category of NPIs Chapter 5 - The Dangers of NPIs Who can say with certainty that "natural" medicine is safe for health? How can you b
Описание: This book is a well-structured and critically acclaimed resource with a comprehensive eye on contemporary health care. Complementary therapies (CTs) are practices, systems or products for health that are outside the domain of conventional medicine i.e. al
Описание: In 1895, after enduring two previous cholera epidemics and facing horrific hygienic conditions and the fear of another epidemic, officials in the Argentine province of Tucumán described their home as the “Poisoned Eden,” a play on its official title, “Garden of the Republic.” Cholera elicited fear and panic in the nineteenth century, and although the disease never had the demographic impact of tuberculosis, malaria, or influenza, cholera was a source of consternation that often illuminated dormant social problems.
In Poisoned Eden Carlos S. Dimas analyzes the social, political, and cultural effects of three epidemics, in 1868, 1886, and 1895, that shook the northwestern province of Tucumán to understand the role of public health in building the Argentine state in the late nineteenth century. Through a reading of medical and ethnographic material, Dimas shows that cholera became intertwined in all areas of the social fabric and that Tucumanos of all classes created public health services that expanded the state’s presence in the interior. In each outbreak, provincial powers contended with how to ensure the province’s autonomy while simultaneously meeting the needs of the state to eradicate cholera. Centering disease, Poisoned Eden demonstrates how public health and debates on cholera’s contagion became a central concern of the nineteenth-century Latin American state and promoted national cohesion.
Описание: In 1895, after enduring two previous cholera epidemics and facing horrific hygienic conditions and the fear of another epidemic, officials in the Argentine province of Tucumán described their home as the “Poisoned Eden,” a play on its official title, “Garden of the Republic.” Cholera elicited fear and panic in the nineteenth century, and although the disease never had the demographic impact of tuberculosis, malaria, or influenza, cholera was a source of consternation that often illuminated dormant social problems.
In Poisoned Eden Carlos S. Dimas analyzes the social, political, and cultural effects of three epidemics, in 1868, 1886, and 1895, that shook the northwestern province of Tucumán to understand the role of public health in building the Argentine state in the late nineteenth century. Through a reading of medical and ethnographic material, Dimas shows that cholera became intertwined in all areas of the social fabric and that Tucumanos of all classes created public health services that expanded the state’s presence in the interior. In each outbreak, provincial powers contended with how to ensure the province’s autonomy while simultaneously meeting the needs of the state to eradicate cholera. Centering disease, Poisoned Eden demonstrates how public health and debates on cholera’s contagion became a central concern of the nineteenth-century Latin American state and promoted national cohesion.
Описание: Examines the complexity and the humanity of the opioid epidemic America’s opioid epidemic continues to ravage families and communities, despite intense media coverage, federal legislation, criminal prosecutions, and harm reduction efforts to prevent overdose deaths. More than 450,000 Americans have died from opioid overdoses since the late 1990s. In Opioid Reckoning, Amy C. Sullivan explores the complexity of the crisis through firsthand accounts of people grappling with the reverberating effects of stigma, treatment, and recovery. Nearly everyone in the United States has been touched in some way by the opioid epidemic, including the author and her family. Sullivan uses her own story as a launching point to learn how the opioid epidemic challenged longstanding recovery protocols in Minnesota, a state internationally recognized for pioneering addiction treatment. By centering the voices of many people who have experienced opioid use, treatment, recovery, and loss, Sullivan exposes the devastating effects of a one-size-fits-all approach toward treatment of opioid dependency. Taking a clear-eyed, nonjudgmental perspective of every aspect of these issues-drug use, parenting, harm reduction, medication, abstinence, and stigma-Opioid Reckoning questions current treatment models, healthcare inequities, and the criminal justice system. Sullivan also imagines a future where anyone suffering an opioid-use disorder has access to the individualized care, without judgment, available to those with other health problems. Opioid Reckoning presents a captivating look at how the state that invented “rehab” addresses the challenges of the opioid epidemic and its overdose deaths while also taking readers into the intimate lives of families, medical and social work professionals, grassroots activists, and many others impacted by the crisis who contribute their insights and potential solutions. In sharing these stories and chronicling their lessons, Sullivan offers a path forward that cultivates empathy, love, and hope for anyone affected by chaotic drug use and its harms.
Автор: Janzen, John M. Название: Health in a fragile state ISBN: 0299325040 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780299325046 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2753.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Based on extensive field research in the Manianga region of the Lower Congo, Health in a Fragile State is an anthropological account of public health and health care after the collapse of the Congolese state in the 1980s and 1990s. This work brings into focus John M. Janzen's earlier books on African health and healing, revealing the collaborative effort by local, national, and international agencies to create viable alternative institutions to those that represented the centralized state. This book documents and analyzes the realignment of existing institutions and the creation of new ones that shape health and healing. Janzen explores the manner in which power and information, including science, are legitimized in the preservation and improvement of health. Institutional validity and knowledge empower citizens and health practitioners to gain the upper hand over the region's principal diseases, including malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid, and HIV/AIDS.
Автор: Boyd-Judson Lyn, James Patrick Название: Women`s Global Health: Norms and State Policies ISBN: 149852110X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498521109 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 7918.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A digital collection, attractively packaged on a slim USB card, containing key publications and documents providing valuable insights into the founding and history of the IMF. It includes authoritative accounts from IMF historians, including J. Keith Horsefield, Margaret de Vries, and James Boughton. A definitive primer on the foundations of the modern international monetary system.
Описание: This book is for policymakers, students, scholars, and concerned citizens who are interested in Chinese affairs, politics, international relations, the environment, public health, and public policy. Huang presents new evidence of China`s deepening health crisis and examines the implications for Chinese politics and China`s international ascendance.
Описание: This book is for policymakers, students, scholars, and concerned citizens who are interested in Chinese affairs, politics, international relations, the environment, public health, and public policy. Huang presents new evidence of China`s deepening health crisis and examines the implications for Chinese politics and China`s international ascendance.
“The history of medicine in Pennsylvania is no less vital to understanding the state’s past than is its political or industrial history,” writes James Higgins in The Health of the Commonwealth, his overview of medicine and public health in the state. Covering the outbreak of yellow fever in 1793 through the 1976 Legionnaire’s Disease epidemic, and the challenges of the present day, he shows how Pennsylvania has played a central role in humanity’s understanding of—and progress against—disease.
Higgins provides close readings of specific medical advances—for instance, scientists at the University of Pittsburgh discovered the polio vaccine—and of disease outbreaks, like AIDS. He examines sanitation and water purification efforts, allopathic medicine and alternative therapies, and the building of the state’s tuberculosis sanitaria. Higgins also describes Native American and pre-modern European folk medicine, the rise of public health in the state, and women’s roles in both folk and scientific medicine.
The Health of the Commonwealth places Pennsylvania’s unique contribution to the history of public health and medicine in a larger narrative of health and disease throughout the United States and the world.
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