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Occupational and Environmental Health
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From Horror to Hope
War causes death, disability, and disease. It damages the health-supporting infrastructure, displaces populations, violates human rights, and diverts resources. And it subsequently leads to more violence.From Horror to Hope documents the health consequences of war, primarily for noncombatant civilians but also for military personnel and veterans, and outlines what can be done to minimize these consequences. Written by a public health physician engaged with this subject for decades, the book also describes positive developments in addressing the health impacts of war, including new initiatives to protect civilians during war, reduce gender-based violence and mental trauma, and control the int...
Climate Change and Public Health
Now updated with key developments in mitigation and adaptation from the last decade, Climate Change and Public Health, Second Edition offers an engaging overview of climate change and its health consequences alongside evolving methods for climate resilience.
Social Injustice and Public Health
"An invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health" -New England Journal of Medicine AN ESSENTIAL WORK ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, NOW UPDATED AND EXPANDED This newly revised edition of the classic text is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for understanding and addressing the profound impacts of social injustice on public health. Across chapters from experts in health and medicine, readers learn to recognize both the threads of inequity and the health impacts they produce. The result is illuminating and essential reading for students and professionals in public health. Enriched with photographs and case examples and featuring contributions from the luminaries whose work helped define the field, Social Injustice and Public Health is a foundational text for understanding and addressing today's biggest challenges in health.
Climate Change and Public Health
"These are actual occurrences that illustrate some of the environmental impacts and resultant health consequences of climate change, which is now well established as being caused by human activities.1 There is scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and other adverse consequences of climate change (Chapter 2). This book summarizes what health professionals, environmental scientists, and others know about climate change and its adverse health consequences, and what can be done to mitigate its causes and to adapt to its consequences"--
Textbook of Children's Environmental Health
With new and updated content on biodiversity and chemicals in food, Textbook of Children's Environmental Health, Second Edition remains the quintessential textbook for the study of the environmental hazards that cause disease in childre
Maxwell's Understanding Environmental Health: How We Live in the World
Offering a unique approach to presenting environmental health, Maxwell's Understanding Environmental Health: How We Live in the World is structured around the choices we make as individuals that result in environmental hazards. By detailing the hazards of energy production, industry, food production, and our modern lifestyle in the context of our place within the local and global community, the author tells a connected narrative that makes the text both engaging and accessible to a broad range of students with a variety of scientific backgrounds Updated thoroughly, the Third Edition offers: Full color design that brings charts, graphs, and photos to life. New chapter on managing environmental health risks, New appendix provides an overview of the U.S. Regulatory Framework for Environmental Health.
The Royal Treatment
A natural health, holistic medicine guide for your pet written by an innovative veterinarian with a background in zoo and wildlife medicine.
Vernacular Eloquence
Since the publication of his groundbreaking books Writing Without Teachers and Writing with Power, Peter Elbow has revolutionized how people think about writing. Now, in Vernacular Eloquence, he makes a vital new contribution to both practice and theory. The core idea is simple: we can enlist virtues from the language activity most people find easiest-speaking-for the language activity most people find hardest-writing. Speech, with its spontaneity, naturalness of expression, and fluidity of thought, has many overlooked linguistic and rhetorical merits. Through several easy to employ techniques, writers can marshal this "wisdom of the tongue" to produce stronger, clearer, more natural writing...
Climate Change and Public Health
This second edition of Climate Change and Public Health comprehensively covers the health impacts of climate change, including heat-related and respiratory disorders, vectorborne and waterborne diseases, malnutrition, mental disorders, and violence. It provides a thorough understanding of the policymaking process and energy, transportation, and agriculture policies for mitigation. It covers health adaptation, sustainable built environments, and nature-based solutions to address climate change. Finally, it describes ways of strengthening public and political support, including communicating the health relevance of climate change, building movements, and promoting climate justice.
