A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health

Herausgegeben:Boccia, Stefania; Villari, Paolo; Ricciardi, Walter

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-37482-6
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 469g
• ISBN-13: 9783319374826
• ISBN-10: 3319374826
• Artikelnr.: 46608530

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.- Introduction and Global Burden of Disease.- Health Trends of Communicable diseases.- Global Burden and Health Trends of Non-Communicable diseases.- Cardiovascular diseases.-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.- Public Health Genomics.- Health Impact Assessment.- Health in all Policies.