In South Asian's, the cardiovascular diseases of stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and diabetes mellitus (type 2) is pandemic. This book presents a synthesis that can help guide prevention, clinical care and research.
In South Asian's, the cardiovascular diseases of stroke and coronary heart disease (CVD) are epidemic, and diabetes mellitus (type 2) is pandemic. This book presents a synthesis that can help guide prevention, clinical care and research.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Raj Bhopal is currently Emeritus Professor of Public Health at The University of Edinburgh. His books are Concepts of Epidemiology, Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes; Explaining the Phenomenon in South Asians Worldwide; and Migration, Ethnicity, race and Health. His academic publications include about 350 journal articles, on topics including Legionnaires' disease, primary care epidemiology, environmental epidemiology, ethnicity and health and the pandemic of COVID-19. He is currently focusing on ethnic variations in disease, with a special emphasis on how to respond to this knowledge with more effective public health interventions and clinical services. As Chairman of the Executive Committees he was leader of the first World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health 2018. Raj Bhopal was appointed CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in 2001.
Inhaltsangabe
* 1: Introduction to the causes of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, South Asians, and the structure and approach of this book * 2: Genetic explanations 1: the thrifty genotype and its variants * 3: Genetic explanations 2: adaptations in body size, shape and composition * 4: Genetic explanations 3: neuro-behavioural explanations * 5: The thrifty phenotype and related developmental hypotheses * 6: Socio-economic development and the demographic and epidemiological transitions: effects on psychosocial circumstances and lifestyles * 7: Established CVD and DM2 risk factors: reappraisal in relation to South Asians * 8: Other risk factors and explanations * 9: A causal synthesis and models * 10: Implications for health policy, public health, health care and research
* 1: Introduction to the causes of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, South Asians, and the structure and approach of this book * 2: Genetic explanations 1: the thrifty genotype and its variants * 3: Genetic explanations 2: adaptations in body size, shape and composition * 4: Genetic explanations 3: neuro-behavioural explanations * 5: The thrifty phenotype and related developmental hypotheses * 6: Socio-economic development and the demographic and epidemiological transitions: effects on psychosocial circumstances and lifestyles * 7: Established CVD and DM2 risk factors: reappraisal in relation to South Asians * 8: Other risk factors and explanations * 9: A causal synthesis and models * 10: Implications for health policy, public health, health care and research
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