Personal and public health / health education Books
Harvard University Press Prospective Longevity
Book SynopsisWarren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov argue for a new way to measure individual and population aging. Instead of counting how many years we’ve lived, we should think about our “prospective age”—the number of years we expect to have left. Their pioneering model can generate better demographic estimates, which inform better policy choices.Trade ReviewProspective Longevity is Sanderson and Scherbov’s magnum opus. Its pages speak to all of us, no matter how old we are or where we live in the world, through its provocative new way of defining what it means to age. -- Steven Petrow, contributing columnist for the Washington PostWhat if the world’s population is not only aging, but aging better? Prospective Longevity raises the exciting prospect that ‘aging’ could be good news for the economy and beyond. In order to yield long-term dividends, we must explore the methods and insights contained in this pathbreaking book. -- Andrew Scott, London Business SchoolDemographers define age in a chronological way, examining the number of years lived since a person’s date of birth. But that does not tell us how old a person really is or how much longer they will live. Through its introduction of prospective age, Sanderson and Scherbov’s magnificent book will change the way we conceptualize aging. -- Dudley L. Poston, Texas A&M UniversityRedefining the concept of ‘old age’ is of fundamental importance. Doing so affects the arrangement of social institutions and the economic system, and has implications for theoretical and practical policymaking. Sanderson and Scherbov’s innovative new book is an inspiration for anyone with an eye toward the future. -- Xizhe Peng, Fudan University, ChinaIn this magisterial volume, Sanderson and Scherbov systematically set out their case for a radical revision of not only how we measure population aging, but how we even conceptualize it. Rigorous, yet engaging and accessible, this book is required reading for anyone interested in one of the greatest societal transformations of our time. -- Stuart Gietel-Basten, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
£34.81
Princeton University Press The Urban Brain
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Shortlisted for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize, British Sociological Association"
£74.80
John Wiley & Sons Inc Growing Up in Britain
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Introduction. 2 Children in the uk today. 3 Inequalities in child health. 4 Nutrition. 5 Accidents and abuse. 6 The impact of disability and inequality on children. 7 Emotional and behavioural problems of children. 8 Fetal origins of adult disease. 9 Ensuring a healthy future for our children. Appendices. Index
£36.05
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Have Bacteria Won
Book SynopsisToday, we are far less likely to die from infection than at any other time in history, but still we worry about epidemics, the menace of antibiotic resistance and modern 'plagues' like Ebola. In this timely new book, eminent bacteriologist Hugh Pennington explores why these fears remain and why they are unfounded.Trade ReviewHighly Commended in the Basis of Medicine category in the 2016 BMA Medical Book Awards "In this exciting book Professor Pennington examines the fear and fascination that infectious diseases instil within us all. A thought-provoking read that will generate debate."Professor Dame Sally C Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England "Hugh Pennington is a world-renowned scientist whose contribution to our country is legendary."Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom"However good we are at learning we are even better at forgetting, and this is perhaps where we most help bacteria and other microbes in their onslaught.” Professor Hugh Pennington, in this remarkably readable, informative and memorable book, ideal for all with inquisitive minds, ensures that no one who reads it will have any excuse for forgetting."Chris Baggoley, Chief Medical Officer for the Australian Government"An entertaining and very well-written primer on the human–microbe relationship."NatureTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Why Are We So Worried About Bacteria? Chapter 2: Victories Chapter 3: The Advance of the Mutants, and Other Novelties Chapter 4: How Our Actions Help Bacteria to Win Some Battles Chapter 5: Politics Conclusion References
£11.77
John Wiley & Sons Inc To Improve Health and Health Care The Robert Wood
Book SynopsisResearchers who are funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation represent the elite in public health and health services research. This sixth volume in The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series selects the most critical and influential research.Table of ContentsForeword (Steven A. Schroeder). Editors' Introduction (Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman). Acknowledgments. Section One: Reflections on Health, Philanthropy, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 1. A Conversation with Steven A. Schroeder (Renie Schapiro). Section Two: Improving Health Care. 2. The Health Tracking Initiative (Carolyn Newbergh). 3. Practice Sights: State Primary Care Development Strategies (Irene M. Wielawski). 4. The Foundation's End-of-Life Programs: Changing the American Way of Death (Ethan Bronner). Section Three: Improving Health. 5. The Center for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Tobacco-Settlement Negotiations (Digby Diehl). 6. Helping Addicted Smokers Quit: The Foundation's Tobacco-Cessation Programs (C. Tracy Orleans and Joseph Alper). 7. Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwestern New Mexico: Gallup's Fighting Back and Healthy Nations Programs (Paul Brodeur). Section Four: Strengthening Human Capacity. 8. Building Health Policy Research Capacity in the Social Sciences (David C. Colby). 9. The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program (Paul Mantell). Section Five: Communications. 10. The Covering Kids Communications Campaign (Susan B. Garland). Section Six: A Look Back. 11. The Swing-Bed Program (Sharon Begley). The Editors. The Contributors. Index. Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1997. Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 1998-1999. Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 2000. Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care 2001. Table of Contents, To Improve Health and Health Care Volume V.
£27.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Health Promotion in Practice
Book SynopsisThis book is a practice-driven guide to promoting the health of individuals, families, communities, and groups. It offers basic information about the concepts and methods of social and behavioral sciences relevant to the identification and the solution of public health problems.Table of ContentsTables, Figures, and Exhibits vii Foreword xiLawrence W. Green Preface and Acknowledgments xiii The Contributors xix Part One: Health, Health Promotion, and the Health Care Professional 1 Images of Health 3Joan Arnold, Laurel Janssen Breen 2 Models of Health Promotion 21Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin 3 Contexts for Health Promotion 67Aaron P. Gorin, Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin 4 Agents for Health Promotion 124Laurel Janssen Breen, Joan Arnold Part Two: Practice Frameworks for Health Promotion 5 Eating Well 159Lorraine E. Matthews 6 Physical Activity 192Karen J. Calfas, Athena S. Hagler 7 Sexual Health 222Theo Sandfort 8 Oral Health 254Joan I. Gluch, Susanne K. Giorgio, Barbara J. Steinberg 9 Smoking Cessation 287Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin, Robert A. Schnoll 10 Substance Safety 329Kristen Lawton Barry, Frederic C. Blow 11 Injury Prevention 361David A. Sleet, Andrea Carlson Gielen 12 Violence Prevention 392Lloyd B. Potter 13 Disaster Preparedness 427 Prologue 428Sandro Galea, Craig Hadley Disaster Preparedness 445Stephen S. Morse 14 Organizational Wellness 460Thomas Diamante, Samuel M. Natale, Manuel London 15 Enhancing Development 494Penelope Buschman Gemma, Joan Arnold Part Three: Economic Applications and Forecasting the Future of Health Promotion 16 Economic Considerations in Health Promotion 525Wendy Dahar, Duncan Neuhauser 17 Future Directions for Health Promotion 543Sherri Sheinfeld Gorin Name Index 569 Subject Index 586
£61.16
Eating Disorders
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University of Nebraska Press Death Is All around Us Corpses Chaos and Public
Book SynopsisIn 1876 one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time. Jonathan Weber examines how Mexican state officials, including President Porfirio Díaz, tried to resolve the public health dilemmas facing the city.Trade Review"As we toil with the many ways in which life overwhelms us—climate change, COVID-19, and global inequality—Death Is All around Us helps us to consider the deep challenge facing any society hoping to bring the forces of nature to heel simply through the power of technology."—John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, New Mexico Historical Review"Death Is All around Us draws on and contributes to foundational scholarship on Porfirian public health by Claudia Agostoni, Ana María Carrillo, Pablo Piccatto, Katherine Bliss, and others. It is also inspired by the conceptual frameworks set out by Michel Foucault, James Scott, Bruno Latour, and Nayan Shah, and situates itself neatly within the historiography of science and technology studies. Weber succeeds in showcasing Porfirian Mexico’s unique history of corpse management, and the work will be a useful resource for historians of public health and sanitation in other regions, too. The themes at hand—trust in authority (or lack thereof), autonomy of the people, moral economies of life and death, and the disposal of the dead—are all too relevant in light of the public health crisis that currently rages in the Americas."—Elizabeth O'Brien, H-LatAm"With memorable examples and clear prose, Death Is All Around Us persuasively makes the case for the relative failure of the Porfirian state of this important realm of popular life (and death)."—Nora E. Jaffary, Bulletin of the History of Medicine“Weber goes beyond monolithic studies of an oppressive dictatorship. Rather, he creatively assembles narratives culled from multiple archival sources demonstrating how burial practices, cemetery construction, cremation, coffin design, and embalming advanced goals to create a modern, cosmopolitan, and hygienic citizen. An important contribution to our understanding of Mexico City and the Porfiriato, Weber’s book furthers understandings about the history of medicine, public health, technology, and modernity.”—Heather McCrea, author of Diseased Relations: Epidemics, Public Health, and State-Building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847–1924“Fascinating. . . . Readers will be delighted at the stories that Weber has brought to light through a thorough combing of underutilized archives even as they will be reminded of the ubiquity of death and corpses in late nineteenth-century Mexico.”—Andrae Marak, professor of history and political science at Governors State University“A highly innovative contribution to the histories of death, public health, and mortuary science.”—Kathryn A. Sloan, author of Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico“Morbidity and decomposing bodies fill the pages of Weber’s engagingly written account of how officials tried to control death as a way of controlling life in Mexico City. Weber adeptly explores how death became modernized through science, medicine, and technology.”—Anna Rose Alexander, assistant professor of history at California State University, East Bay“Death Is All around Us addresses the often troublesome, always gruesome subject of dead bodies as practical problems of sanitary disposal, objects of scientific study, and powerful symbols of human mortality in a cultural milieu obsessed with ‘order and progress.’”—Robert M. Buffington, author of A Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900–1910Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Moving into the Modern Era: Transporting the Dead in Mexico City 2. “An Extraordinary Tool”: Building a Modern Public Health System through Anatomical Dissection 3. Wet or Dry Remains: Funerary Technology and Protecting Public Health 4. Undermining Progress: Workers, Citizens, and the Moral Economy of Death Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£37.05
University of Pennsylvania Press Sustaining Life
Book SynopsisAn ethnographic account of the South African AIDS movement and activistsFrom the historical roots of AIDS activism in the struggle for African liberation to the everyday work of community education in Khayelitsha, Sustaining Life tells the story of how the rights-based South African AIDS movement successfully transformed public health institutions, enabled access to HIV/AIDS treatment, and sustained the lives of people living with the disease. Typical accounts of the South African epidemic have focused on the political conflict surrounding it, Theodore Powers observes, but have yet to examine the process by which the national HIV/AIDS treatment program achieved near-universal access.In Sustaining Life, Powers demonstrates the ways in which non-state actors, from caregivers to activists, worked within the state to transform policy and state-based institutions in order to improve health-based outcomes. He shows how advocates in the South African AIDS mTrade Review"Sustaining Life provides an excellent introduction to anyone interested in knowing more about how South African AIDS activists—primarily those working as part of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)—developed its political campaign for demanding access to life-saving HIV treatment for all South Africans…a very clearly and engagingly written book." * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Sustaining Life provides an ethnographic and historically grounded rendering of HIV/AIDS activism in South Africa that successfully led to near universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment. It is a tremendous contribution to the literature on the HIV/ AIDS crisis in Africa and it is a story that needs to be told." * James Pfeiffer, University of Washington *Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Introduction. People, Pathogens, and Power: Situating the South African HIV/AIDS Epidemic Chapter 1. Contact, Colonization, and Apartheid: South African Social Formations in Historical Perspective Chapter 2. The Political History of South African HIV/AIDS Activism Chapter 3. Occupying the State: HIV/AIDS Activism and the South African National AIDS Council Chapter 4. A Policy Redirected: Transnational Donor Capital and Treatment Access in the Western Cape Province Chapter 5. Community Health Activism, AIDS Dissidence, and Local HIV/AIDS Politics in Khayelitsha Chapter 6. People in the State: Activism, Access, and Transformation Afterword. After Treatment Access: An Epidemic Unresolved Notes References Index
£49.30
University of Pittsburgh Press China and the Cholera Pandemic
Book SynopsisAn account of China’s cholera pandemic and the government’s reaction and solution.
£32.26
The National Catholic Bioethics Center Handbook of Critical Life Issues
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£34.15
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Sociology of Medical Screening
Book SynopsisAs new technology makes it possible to screen for an increasing number of medical conditions, this strategy of preventive medicine raises fundamental issues for sociological inquiry. The Sociology of Medical Screening: Critical Perspectives, New Directions presents an overview of these fundamental issues.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii 1 The sociology of medical screening: past, present and future 1 Natalie Armstrong and Helen Eborall 2 Screening: mapping medicine’s temporal spaces 17 David Armstrong 3 The experience of risk as ‘measured vulnerability’: health screening and lay uses of numerical risk 33 Chris Gillespie 4 Expanded newborn screening: articulating the ontology of diseases with bridging work in the clinic 47 Stefan Timmermans and Mara Buchbinder 5 Resisting the screening imperative: patienthood, populations and politics in prostate cancer detection technologies for the UK 60 Alex Faulkner 6 A molecular monopoly? HPV testing, the Pap smear and the molecularisation of cervical cancer screening in the USA 73 Stuart Hogarth, Michael M. Hopkins and Victor Rodriguez 7 Blind spots and adverse conditions of care: screening migrants for tuberculosis in France and Germany 90 Janina Kehr 8 ‘Let’s have it tested first’: choice and circumstances in decision-making following positive antenatal screening in Hong Kong 105 Alison Pilnick and Olga Zayts 9 Representing and intervening: ‘doing’ good care in fi rst trimester prenatal knowledge production and decision-making 121 Nete Schwennesen and Lene Koch 10 ‘Wakey wakey baby’: narrating four-dimensional (4D) bonding scans 136 Julie Roberts Index 151
£999.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Statistics for Exercise Science and Health with
Book SynopsisThis book introduces the use of statistics to solve a variety of problems in exercise science and health and provides readers with a solid foundation for future research and data analysis. Statistics for Exercise Science and Health with Microsoft Office Excel: Aids readers in analyzing their own data using the presented statistical techniques combined with Excel Features comprehensive coverage of hypothesis testing and regression models tofacilitate modeling in sports science Utilizes Excel to enhance reader competency in data analysis and experimental designs Includes coverage of both binomial and poison distributions with applications in exercise science and health Provides solved examples and plentiful practice exercises throughout in addition to case studies to illustrate the discussed analytical techniques Contains all needed definitions and formulas to aid readers in understanding different statistical conTable of ContentsPreface xxi 1 Scope of Statistics in Exercise Science and Health 1 1.1 Introduction, 1 1.2 Understanding Statistics, 2 1.3 What Statistics Does?, 3 1.4 Statistical Processes, 4 1.5 Need for Statistics, 5 1.6 Statistics in Exercise Science and Health, 8 1.7 Computing with Excel, 9 2 Understanding the Nature of Data 19 2.1 Introduction, 19 2.2 Important Terminologies, 20 2.3 Measurement of Data, 22 2.4 Parametric and Nonparametric Statistics, 24 2.5 Frequency Distribution, 25 2.6 Summation Notation, 28 2.7 Measures of Central Tendency, 34 2.8 Comparison of the Mean, Median, and Mode, 46 2.9 Measures of Variability, 53 2.10 Standard Error, 72 2.11 Coefficient of Variation, 72 2.12 Absolute and Relative Variability, 74 2.13 Box-And-Whisker Plot, 79 2.14 Skewness, 81 2.15 Percentiles, 82 2.16 Computing with Excel, 86 3 Working with Graphs 101 3.1 Introduction, 101 3.2 Guidelines for Constructing a Graph, 102 3.3 Bar Diagram, 104 3.4 Histogram, 105 3.5 Frequency Polygon, 107 3.6 Frequency Curve, 107 3.7 Cumulative Frequency Curve, 108 3.8 Ogive, 110 3.9 Pie Diagram, 111 3.10 Stem and Leaf Plot, 113 3.11 Computing with Excel, 117 4 Probability and its Application 130 4.1 Introduction, 130 4.2 Application of Probability, 131 4.3 Set Theory, 132 4.4 Terminologies Used in Probability, 136 4.5 Basic Definitions of Probability, 142 4.6 Some Results on Probability, 145 4.7 Computing Probability, 145 4.8 Types of Probability, 151 4.9 Theorems of Probability, 152 4.10 Computing with Excel, 162 5 Statistical Distributions and their Application 176 5.1 Introduction, 176 5.2 Terminologies used in Statistical Distribution, 177 5.3 Discrete Distribution, 182 5.4 Binomial Distribution, 183 5.5 Poisson Distribution, 189 5.6 Continuous Distribution, 194 5.7 Normal Distribution, 195 5.8 Standard Score, 198 5.9 Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution, 199 5.10 Testing Normality of the Data, 200 5.11 The Central Limit Theorem, 204 5.12 Solving Problems Based on Normal Distribution, 204 5.13 Uses of Normal Distribution, 216 5.14 Computing with Excel, 217 6 Sampling and Sampling Distribution 234 6.1 Introduction, 234 6.2 Population and Sample, 235 6.3 Parameter and Statistics, 235 6.4 Sampling Frame, 236 6.5 Sampling, 236 6.6 Census, 238 6.7 Probability and Nonprobability Sampling, 238 6.8 Probability Sampling, 239 6.9 Nonprobability Sampling, 246 6.10 When to Use Probability Sampling, 249 6.11 When to Use Nonprobability Sampling, 250 6.12 Characteristics of a Good Sample, 250 6.13 Sources of Data, 251 6.14 Methods of Data Collection, 252 6.15 Biases in Data Collection, 254 6.16 Sampling Error, 255 6.17 Nonsampling Errors, 255 6.18 Sampling Distribution, 255 6.19 Criteria in Deciding Sample Size, 262 6.20 Computing with Excel, 266 7 Statistical Inference for Decision-Making in Exercise Science and Health 277 7.1 Introduction, 277 7.2 Theory of Estimation, 278 7.3 Point Estimation, 278 7.4 Characteristics of a Good Estimator, 279 7.5 The t-Distribution, 280 7.6 Interval Estimation, 281 7.7 Testing of Hypothesis, 295 7.8 Types of Hypothesis, 296 7.9 Test Statistic, 297 7.10 Concept used in Hypothesis Testing, 298 7.11 Type I and Type II Errors, 299 7.12 Level of Significance, 300 7.13 Power of the Test, 301 7.14 Rejection Region and Critical Value, 301 7.15 p-Value, 302 7.16 One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Tests, 303 7.17 Degrees of Freedom, 305 7.18 Strategy in Selecting the Test Statistic, 306 7.19 Steps in Hypothesis Testing, 307 7.20 One-Sample Testing, 312 7.21 Two-Sample Testing, 324 7.22 Test of Significance about Two Population Proportions, 338 7.23 Test of Significance about Two Population Variances, 341 7.24 Computing with Excel, 346 8 Analysis of Variance and Designing Research Experiments 375 8.1 Introduction, 375 8.2 Understanding Analysis of Variance, 376 8.3 Design of Experiment, 378 8.4 One-way Analysis of Variance, 379 8.5 Completely Randomized Design, 384 8.6 Two-way Analysis of Variance (N Observations Per Cell), 391 8.7 Two-way Analysis of Variance (One Observation Per Cell), 397 8.8 Randomized Block Design, 401 8.9 Factorial Design, 407 8.10 Analysis of Covariance, 414 8.11 Computing with Excel, 428 9 Understanding Relationships and Developing Regression Models 461 9.1 Introduction, 461 9.2 Types of Relationship, 462 9.3 Correlation Coefficient, 463 9.4 Partial Correlation, 476 9.5 Multiple Correlation, 480 9.6 Suppression Variable, 483 9.7 Regression Analysis, 485 9.8 The Multiple Regression Model, 510 9.9 Different Ways of Testing a Regression Model, 515 9.10 Law of Diminishing Returns, 523 9.11 Different Approaches in Developing Multiple Regression Models, 524 9.12 Computing with Excel, 528 10 Statistical Tests for Nonparametric Data 556 10.1 Introduction, 556 10.2 Merits and Demerits of Nonparametric Tests, 557 10.3 Chi-Square Test, 557 10.4 Runs Test, 571 10.5 Mann–Whitney U-Test for Two Samples, 577 10.6 Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test, 584 10.7 Kruskal–Wallis Test (One-Way ANOVA for Nonparametric Data), 589 10.8 The Friedman Test, 593 10.9 Computing with Excel, 599 11 Measuring Associations in Nonparametric Data 615 11.1 Introduction, 615 11.2 Rank Correlation (Measure of Association Between Ranked Data), 616 11.3 Bi-Serial Correlation (Measure of Association Between a Dichotomous and a Continuous Variable), 622 11.4 Point Bi-Serial Correlation (Measure of Correlation Between a True Dichotomous Variable and a Continuous Variable), 624 11.5 Tetrachoric Correlation (Measure of Association Between Dichotomous Variables), 629 11.6 Phi Coefficient (Measure of Association Between Naturally Dichotomous Variables), 636 11.7 Contingency Coefficient (Measure of Association Between Categorical Variables), 640 11.8 Computing with Excel, 646 12 Developing Norms for Assessing Performance 657 12.1 Introduction, 657 12.2 Percentiles, 658 12.3 Z-Scale, 663 12.4 T-Scale, 664 12.5 Stanine Scale, 664 12.6 Composite Scale Based on Z-Score, 666 12.7 Scaling of Ratings in Terms of the Normal Curve, 671 12.8 Developing Norms Based on Difficulty Ratings, 674 12.9 Computing with Excel, 677 Appendix: Statistical Tables 688 Table A.1 Trigonometric Function, 688 Table A.2 Binomial Probability Distribution, 691 Table A.3 Poisson Probability Distribution, 695 Table A.4 The Normal Curve Area Between the Mean and a Given z Value, 700 Table A.5 Ordinates at Different Values of z-Score in the Standard Normal Distribution, 701 Table A.6 Standard Scores (or Deviates) and Ordinates Corresponding to Divisions of the Area under the Normal Curve into a Larger Proportion (B) and a Smaller Proportion (C), 704 Table A.7 Critical Values of “t”, 707 Table A.8 Critical Values of the Correlation Coefficient, 708 Table A.9 F-Table: Critical Values = 0.05, 709 Table A.10 F-Table: Critical Values = 0.01, 710 Table A.11 The Chi-square Table, 711 Table A.12 Critical Values for Number of Runs R, 712 Table A.13 Critical Values for the Mann–Whitney U-Test, 713 Table A.14 Critical Values of T for the Wilcoxon Matched-pairs Signed-ranks Test (Small Samples), 713 Table A.15 Critical Values of Studentized Range Distribution(q) for Familywise = .05, 714 Index 717
£112.46
John Wiley & Sons Foundations of Infectious Disease A Public Heal
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£63.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Physical Activity and Health Promotion
Book SynopsisPhysical Activity and Health Promotion: Evidence-based Approaches to Practice evaluates the realities and complexities of working to reverse the adverse trend towards physical inactivity. It is a well-rounded, evidence-based analysis of interventions for physical activity practice, covering a range of settings and target groups. Expert contributors present case studies which help to translate the theory into practice, from individual to societal levels, enriched by explanations of the socio-political context. The first section covers the concepts for the development of physical activity practice; influencing sustained health behaviour change, explaining the role and function of health policy in physical activity promotion, and developing the evidence base for physical activity interventions. Section Two explores the evidence base for interventions in physical activity practice, in varied settings and target groups. Physical Activity and Health PromotiTable of ContentsSection 1: Concepts for the development of physical activity practice. Chapter 1: Physical Activity, Health and Health Promotion. Rebecca Murphy, Lindsey Dugdill and Diane Crone. Chapter 2: Influencing Health Behaviour: Applying Theory to Practice. Lynne Halley Johnston, Jeff Breckon and Andrew Hutchison. Chapter 3: Promoting Physical Activity through Policy Change: Art, Science or Politics?. Nick Cavill. Chapter 4: Developing the Evidence-base for Physical Activity Interventions. Lindsey Dugdill, Gareth Stratton and Paula Watson. Section 2: Interventions in physical activity practice. Chapter 5: Physical Activity Promotion in Primary Health Care. Chris Gidlow and Rebecca Murphy. Chapter 6 Physical Activity Interventions in the Community. Diane Crone and Colin Baker. Chapter 7: Developing Physically Active Workplaces. Lindsey Dugdill and Margaret Coffey. Chapter 8: Young People and Physical Activity. Gareth Stratton and Paula Watson. Chapter 9. Populations: Older People and Physical Activity. Afroditi Stathi. Chapter 10 Physical Activity and Mental Health. Diane Crone, Linda Heaney and Christopher S. Owens. Chapter 11: International Developments in Physical Activity Promotion. Jim McKenna. Chapter 12: The Way Forward for Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Designing Interventions for the Future. Andy Smith, case study by Sara Moore
£44.60
University of Toronto Press Adult Education and Health
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive introduction to the study and practice of health and adult education provides the missing link for those seeking to better integrate their efforts in these two areas. Bringing together a distinguished interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, the book speaks clearly to how teaching and learning insights can be used to improve health in clinical, higher education, and community settings.Along with a broad overview of concepts and strategies in the field, Adult Education and Health includes illustrative practical examples from a variety of contexts and a helpful glossary of key terms. It will be a useful resource for professionals and academics in many areas, including community health education, health policy, First Nations health, and the education of health professionals.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Section 1: Contextualizing Health and Adult Education 1. Adult Health Learning. Section 2: Adult Education and Health Professionals in the Community 2. Community Health Impact Assessment: Fostering Community Learning and Healthy Public Policy at the Local Level. 3. Community-Engaged Health Research: Communities, Scientists, and Practitioners Learning Together. 4. Advocacy, Care, Promotion, and Research: Adult Educators Working With the Community for Health. 5. Indigenous Knowledge, HIV and AIDS Education and Research: Implications for Health Educators. 6. Health Care Professionals Working With Aboriginals: Canadian Adult Education and Praxis. 7. Literacy and Health: Implications for Health and Education Professionals. 8. Women's Health and Learning: Working With Women Who Use Substances. Section 3. Educating Health Care Professionals 9. Teaching for the Health Professions. 10. Adult Learning in Public Health Nursing Practice. 11. Beyond Healthy Aging: The Practice of Narrative Care in Gerontology. 12. Pedagogical Biases and Clinical Teaching in Medicine. 13. Reflective Practice for Allied Health: Theory and Applications. 14. Physical Therapists as Educators in Clinical, Educational and Community Settings. 15. Interprofessional Education for Sports' Health Care Teams: Using the CanMEDs Competencies' Framework. 16. Informed Biography as a Focus for Interprofessional Learning: The case of "Impaired Driving Causing Death." Section 4. Conclusion 17. Conclusion. Glossary Author Biographies Index
£47.60
Bristol University Press The Gift Relationship
Book SynopsisIn this reissued classic, Richard Titmuss compares blood donation in the US and UK, contrasting the British system of reliance on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply is in the hands of for-profit enterprises, concluding that a system based on altruism is safer and more economically efficient.
£75.99
Bristol University Press The Gift Relationship
Book SynopsisIn this reissued classic, Richard Titmuss compares blood donation in the US and UK, contrasting the British system of reliance on voluntary donors to the American one in which the blood supply is in the hands of for-profit enterprises, concluding that a system based on altruism is safer and more economically efficient.
£27.54
New York University Press War and Health
Book SynopsisProvides a detailed look at how war affects human life and health far beyond the battlefield Since 2010, a team of activists, social scientists, and physicians have monitored the lives lost as a result of the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan through an initiative called the Costs of War Project. Unlike most studies of war casualties, this research looks beyond lives lost in violence to consider those who have died as a result of illness, injuries, and malnutrition that would not have occurred had the war not taken place. Incredibly, the Cost of War Project has found that, of the more than 1,000,000 lives lost in the recent US wars, a minimum of 800,000 died not from violence, but from indirect causes. War and Health offers a critical examination of these indirect casualties, examining health outcomes on the battlefield and elsewherein hospitals, homes, and refugee campsboth during combat and in the years following, as communities struggle to live normal Trade ReviewConveys the impacts of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on health, both in the countries where they are being waged and in the U.S. -- Janelle TaylorClearly and powerfully conveys the complex and multifaceted impacts of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on health, both in the countries where they are being waged and in the U.S. -- Janelle Taylor,University of WashingtonReveals the often unseen effects of those wars both at home and abroad ranging from fractured families, strained caregivers, increased cancer rates to mistrust of health workers, demolished infrastructure and military suicides. * Military Times *Some of the most thought-provoking scholarship on the relationship between war and health that exists in any discipline today. * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *
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University of Nebraska Press Death Is All around Us
Book Synopsis Late nineteenth-century Mexico was a country rife with health problems. In 1876, one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time, which saw more modest premature death rates of one out of fifty-two (London), one out of forty-four (Paris), and one out of thirty-five (Madrid). It is not an exaggeration to maintain that each day dozens of bodies could be found scattered throughout the streets of Mexico City, making the capital city one of the most unsanitary places in the Western Hemisphere. In light of such startling scenes, in Death Is All around Us Jonathan M. Weber examines how Mexican state officials, including President Porfirio Díaz, tried to resolve the public health dilemmas facing the city. By reducing the high mortality rate, state officials believed that Mexico City would be seen as a more modern and viable capital in North America. To thTrade Review"As we toil with the many ways in which life overwhelms us—climate change, COVID-19, and global inequality—Death Is All around Us helps us to consider the deep challenge facing any society hoping to bring the forces of nature to heel simply through the power of technology."—John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, New Mexico Historical Review"Death Is All around Us draws on and contributes to foundational scholarship on Porfirian public health by Claudia Agostoni, Ana María Carrillo, Pablo Piccatto, Katherine Bliss, and others. It is also inspired by the conceptual frameworks set out by Michel Foucault, James Scott, Bruno Latour, and Nayan Shah, and situates itself neatly within the historiography of science and technology studies. Weber succeeds in showcasing Porfirian Mexico’s unique history of corpse management, and the work will be a useful resource for historians of public health and sanitation in other regions, too. The themes at hand—trust in authority (or lack thereof), autonomy of the people, moral economies of life and death, and the disposal of the dead—are all too relevant in light of the public health crisis that currently rages in the Americas."—Elizabeth O'Brien, H-LatAm"With memorable examples and clear prose, Death Is All Around Us persuasively makes the case for the relative failure of the Porfirian state of this important realm of popular life (and death)."—Nora E. Jaffary, Bulletin of the History of Medicine“Weber goes beyond monolithic studies of an oppressive dictatorship. Rather, he creatively assembles narratives culled from multiple archival sources demonstrating how burial practices, cemetery construction, cremation, coffin design, and embalming advanced goals to create a modern, cosmopolitan, and hygienic citizen. An important contribution to our understanding of Mexico City and the Porfiriato, Weber’s book furthers understandings about the history of medicine, public health, technology, and modernity.”—Heather McCrea, author of Diseased Relations: Epidemics, Public Health, and State-Building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847–1924“Fascinating. . . . Readers will be delighted at the stories that Weber has brought to light through a thorough combing of underutilized archives even as they will be reminded of the ubiquity of death and corpses in late nineteenth-century Mexico.”—Andrae Marak, professor of history and political science at Governors State University“A highly innovative contribution to the histories of death, public health, and mortuary science.”—Kathryn A. Sloan, author of Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico“Morbidity and decomposing bodies fill the pages of Weber’s engagingly written account of how officials tried to control death as a way of controlling life in Mexico City. Weber adeptly explores how death became modernized through science, medicine, and technology.”—Anna Rose Alexander, assistant professor of history at California State University, East Bay“Death Is All around Us addresses the often troublesome, always gruesome subject of dead bodies as practical problems of sanitary disposal, objects of scientific study, and powerful symbols of human mortality in a cultural milieu obsessed with ‘order and progress.’”—Robert M. Buffington, author of A Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900–1910Table of Contents Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Moving into the Modern Era: Transporting the Dead in Mexico City 2. “An Extraordinary Tool”: Building a Modern Public Health System through Anatomical Dissection 3. Wet or Dry Remains: Funerary Technology and Protecting Public Health 4. Undermining Progress: Workers, Citizens, and the Moral Economy of Death Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£21.59
Cornell University Press Rethinking Diabetes
Book SynopsisIn Rethinking Diabetes, Emily Mendenhall investigates how global and local factors transform how diabetes is perceived, experienced, and embodied from place to place. Mendenhall argues that the link between sugar and diabetes overshadows the ways in which underlying biological processes linking hunger, oppression, trauma, unbridled stress, and...Trade ReviewAn erudite work of original and seminal scholarship, Rethinking Diabetes is an extraordinary study that is especially and unreservedly recommended. * Midwest Book Review *Rethinking Diabetes is an astonishing achievement for both its breadth and depth in mapping lived experiences around diabetes and other conditions. The breadth is provided by data collection over four locations, while teasing out the differences between those. The depths are in providing understanding of how diabetes is both a contributor to and effect of trauma, poverty, and other health conditions. The use of narratives within each chapter makes for compelling reading of a text that is accessible and relatable. * Sociology in Health & Illness *Rethinking Diabetes is an outstanding example of current medical anthropological theory, and one with important messages for other many fields—including global health and human biology. It is also highly readable, bringing the reader into the world it explores. * American Journal of Human Biology *
£97.20
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Security and Public Health
Book SynopsisFor most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority. Deciding what resources and policies to put in place to protect populations from pandemics, however, involves difficult political choices. How can we get these decisions right? And what are we prepared to sacrifice to achieve better health security? In this book, Simon Rushton explores the politics of pandemics in the contemporary world. Looking back over three decades of public health, he traces national and international efforts to tackle infectious disease, focusing in-depth on three core areas in which securitization has been particularly successful: rapidly spreading pandemic diseases, HIV/AIDS and man-made pathogenic threats, such as biological weapons. Three central problems raised by common responses to disease as a security threat are then examined: the impact upon individuals and civil liberties; the tendency to treat the symptoms and not the underlying causes of disease outbreaks; and the limited range of diseases deemed worthy of global attention and action. Arguing against a tendency to treat global health security as a technical challenge, the book stresses the need for a vibrant, and even confrontational, political engagement around the implications of securitizing public health.Trade Review‘A highly original and nuanced analysis that judiciously navigates the major debates and controversies around global health security with a distinct ethos of dignity, solidarity and humanity.’Stefan Elbe, Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex, and author of Pandemics, Pills and Politics: Governing Global Health Security ‘Simon Rushton’s deep engagement with the politics of public health gets to the very core of what it means to ensure health and human security for all.’Mely Caballero-Anthony, Professor of International Relations, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore‘Security and Public Health is a book which will amply repay your time in reading it, and its perceptions and recommendations are likely to remain of great value and relevance for the foreseeable future.’Medicine, Conflict and SurvivalTable of Contents CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction: Disease and security in historical perspective Chapter 1. Pandemics and global health security Chapter 2. AIDS: A positive case of securitization? Chapter 3. Science, risk, and uncertainty Chapter 4. Disease, human rights and security responses Chapter 5. Global inequalities and differential disease risks Chapter 6. Everyday insecurities, health priorities, and global agendas Conclusion: towards a pro-health politics Notes References
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Security and Public Health
Book SynopsisFor most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority. Deciding what resources and policies to put in place to protect populations from pandemics, however, involves difficult political choices. How can we get these decisions right? And what are we prepared to sacrifice to achieve better health security? In this book, Simon Rushton explores the politics of pandemics in the contemporary world. Looking back over three decades of public health, he traces national and international efforts to tackle infectious disease, focusing in-depth on three core areas in which securitization has been particularly successful: rapidly spreading pandemic diseases, HIV/AIDS and man-made pathogenic threats, such as biological weapons. Three central problems raised by common responses to disease as a security threat are then examined: the impact upon individuals and civil liberties; the tendency to treat the symptoms and not the underlying causes of disease outbreaks; and the limited range of diseases deemed worthy of global attention and action. Arguing against a tendency to treat global health security as a technical challenge, the book stresses the need for a vibrant, and even confrontational, political engagement around the implications of securitizing public health.Trade Review‘A highly original and nuanced analysis that judiciously navigates the major debates and controversies around global health security with a distinct ethos of dignity, solidarity and humanity.’Stefan Elbe, Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex, and author of Pandemics, Pills and Politics: Governing Global Health Security ‘Simon Rushton’s deep engagement with the politics of public health gets to the very core of what it means to ensure health and human security for all.’ Mely Caballero-Anthony, Professor of International Relations, RSIS, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore‘Security and Public Health is a book which will amply repay your time in reading it, and its perceptions and recommendations are likely to remain of great value and relevance for the foreseeable future.’Medicine, Conflict and SurvivalTable of Contents CONTENTS Acknowledgements Introduction: Disease and security in historical perspective Chapter 1. Pandemics and global health security Chapter 2. AIDS: A positive case of securitization? Chapter 3. Science, risk, and uncertainty Chapter 4. Disease, human rights and security responses Chapter 5. Global inequalities and differential disease risks Chapter 6. Everyday insecurities, health priorities, and global agendas Conclusion: towards a pro-health politics Notes References
£16.14
American Pharmacists Association The Pharmacist in Public Health: Education,
Book SynopsisWritten and edited by pharmacists for pharmacists, The Pharmacist in Public Health: Education, Applications, and Opportunities integrates public health concepts into pharmacy practice and empowers pharmacists and student pharmacists to become involved in public health. The three pharmacist editors and more than 50 contributing authors with backgrounds in pharmacy or public health explore pharmacy’s important role in public health, opportunities and challenges for pharmacists, and the need for student pharmacists’ education and involvement. The 22 peer-reviewed chapters document pharmacists’ current public health efforts and highlight the need for pharmacist involvement and expertise to resolve public health issues locally, nationally, and globally. Thoroughly referenced, containing many examples, figures, and practitioner profiles, the book is a resource for practicing pharmacists, student pharmacists, and other professionals in the public health community. Key Features: Chapters 1 through 4 review pharmacists’ practice and education in public health, provide a history and overview of both professions, and trace pharmacists’ practice in the United States Public Health Service. Chapters 5 through 17 describe pharmacy practice roles in public health and address why pharmacists need to be involved. These chapters feature profiles of public health pharmacists and practical recommendations for furthering pharmacists’ involvement and contributions via ACT (“Actions for Change Today”). Chapters 18 and 19 focus on expanding pharmacists’ role in public health through continuing professional development and interprofessional health initiatives. Chapters 20 through 22 are dedicated to promoting and applying public health topics in student pharmacists’ educational and professional activities. The chapters include examples of students’ community outreach and local and global service initiatives to improve public health.Table of Contents Foreword Preface Contributing Authors Reviewers Section One 1. Pharmacists in Public Health 2. Introduction to the History and Profession of American Pharmacy 3. Pharmacist Perspective on the History and Profession of Public Health 4. Development and Mission of Pharmacy in the U.S. Public Health Service Section Two 5. Medication Therapy Management: Improving Public Health 6. Medication Safety: Improving Public Health 7. Improving Medication Use in Older Adults 8. Health Behavior Theories and Models: Frameworks for Health Promotion and Education Programs 9. Primary Prevention: Pharmacist-Delivered Immunization Services 10. Global Health: Expanding the Sphere of Pharmacists’ Influence 11. Emergency Preparedness and Pharmacist Response 12. Ethical and Legal Issues Pertinent to Public Health Pharmacy 13. Strategies for Identifying Health Disparities and Improving Cultural Competence 14. Strategies for Improving Health Literacy and Patient Outcomes 15. Substance Abuse: Prevention and Intervention 16. Correctional Pharmacy: Prisons and Public Health 17. Rural Health and Telepharmacy: Public Health Challenges and Opportunities Section Three 18. Continuing Professional Development for Pharmacists in Public Health 19. Interprofessional Initiatives for Pharmacists in Public Health Section Four 20. Strategies and Resources for Teaching Public Health
£63.00
Information Age Publishing Queering Public Health and Public Policy in the
Book SynopsisIn this volume, authors explore the interconnected issues of public health and public policy as they relate to queer issues in the Deep South. The book begins with a sustained examination of public health, health disparities, and mental health for LGBTQ people in the South. Next, the issues of public policy and public advocacy, including law enforcement, community advocacy and activism, and public life in the Deep South are taken up. Through the chapters in this text, the peculiarities of public health and public policy for LGBTQ people in the Deep South are explored. However, this volume also points to trends, themes, and dynamics at work in the Deep South that are also implicated in the queer experience in other parts of the U.S. The authors of this text push readers to think deeply about these issues. They clearly highlight the systemic nature of oppression of queer people in the South through institutions of medicine, mental health discourses, the criminal justice system, and public life including Pride and Mardi Gras. Taken together, the authors in this volume call for reform, liberation, and conscientization and queerly envision the future of health and policy in the Deep South.Table of Contents Introduction SECTION 1: QUEERING PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND MEDICINE Section Introduction: The Need to Understand Oppression in Context: Health Disparities Among LGBTQ People in the Deep South Mental Health and Internalized Heterosexism Among LGBTQ Individuals in the U.S. South Bon Amis: Resilience Against Suicide for Transgender Communities in Louisiana LGBTQ Mental Health Disparities in the Deep South: Trends in Mental Health Discourse and the Lived Experiences of LGBTQ Southerners Understanding the Historical Context of Traditionally Marginalizing Biblical Passages: Helping LGBTQ Clients Navigate the Intersection of Religion and Sexual Identity Coming Out, Competent Care, and Access: Health Care Experiences of Lesbians in the Deep South The Sword and the Staff: Exploring the Intersection of Patriarchy, Race, and Sexuality SECTION 2: QUEERING PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY Queerly Growing Sideways in a Carceral State: The Intersections of Queer Lives and the Police State New Orleans and the Drive Against the Deviates Erasing Bisexual Erasure in the Deep South: Research and Advocacy With Bisexual Individuals Wise as a Serpent and Soft as a Dove: Strategies of LGBT+ Activists in the South Queering Pride to Center the Voices of People of Color The Secret Misters of Joe Cain: Queering Mardi Gras in the Deep South About the Authors
£47.45
Information Age Publishing Queering Public Health and Public Policy in the
Book SynopsisIn this volume, authors explore the interconnected issues of public health and public policy as they relate to queer issues in the Deep South. The book begins with a sustained examination of public health, health disparities, and mental health for LGBTQ people in the South. Next, the issues of public policy and public advocacy, including law enforcement, community advocacy and activism, and public life in the Deep South are taken up. Through the chapters in this text, the peculiarities of public health and public policy for LGBTQ people in the Deep South are explored. However, this volume also points to trends, themes, and dynamics at work in the Deep South that are also implicated in the queer experience in other parts of the U.S. The authors of this text push readers to think deeply about these issues. They clearly highlight the systemic nature of oppression of queer people in the South through institutions of medicine, mental health discourses, the criminal justice system, and public life including Pride and Mardi Gras. Taken together, the authors in this volume call for reform, liberation, and conscientization and queerly envision the future of health and policy in the Deep South.Table of Contents Introduction SECTION 1: QUEERING PUBLIC HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND MEDICINE Section Introduction: The Need to Understand Oppression in Context: Health Disparities Among LGBTQ People in the Deep South Mental Health and Internalized Heterosexism Among LGBTQ Individuals in the U.S. South Bon Amis: Resilience Against Suicide for Transgender Communities in Louisiana LGBTQ Mental Health Disparities in the Deep South: Trends in Mental Health Discourse and the Lived Experiences of LGBTQ Southerners Understanding the Historical Context of Traditionally Marginalizing Biblical Passages: Helping LGBTQ Clients Navigate the Intersection of Religion and Sexual Identity Coming Out, Competent Care, and Access: Health Care Experiences of Lesbians in the Deep South The Sword and the Staff: Exploring the Intersection of Patriarchy, Race, and Sexuality SECTION 2: QUEERING PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY Queerly Growing Sideways in a Carceral State: The Intersections of Queer Lives and the Police State New Orleans and the Drive Against the Deviates Erasing Bisexual Erasure in the Deep South: Research and Advocacy With Bisexual Individuals Wise as a Serpent and Soft as a Dove: Strategies of LGBT+ Activists in the South Queering Pride to Center the Voices of People of Color The Secret Misters of Joe Cain: Queering Mardi Gras in the Deep South About the Authors
£87.40
Information Age Publishing Stress and Quality of Working Life: Finding
Book SynopsisAccording to the American Institute of Stress (AIS), job stress is far and away the primary source of stress for American adults. The relationship between job stress and heart attacks, hypertension, and other disorders is well understood. Further, the cost of job stress in the United States is estimated to be over $300 billion due to outcomes such as accidents, turnover, and lost productivity. Perhaps the most consistent findings connecting job stress to health outcomes confirm that employees who perceive a high level of job demands without the appropriate control over job demands are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.In Brazil, the loss is estimated at 3.5% of the gross domestic product per year. Occupational diseases are related to the activities performed by workers and to working conditions and can trigger new or worsen already existing symptoms. Proper diagnosis and relevant information are essential for managers and workers to become aware of stressors and to take efficient measures to manage stress. Although quality of life is the responsibility of every individual, companies will definitely be able to benefit from the implementation of preventive actions, thus avoiding to pay a high price as a result of absenteeism, sick leaves, and drops in productivity and low work quality.This book is designed to be an additional tool to provide information and to suggest ways to deal with pressures and work demands, because stress levels are still on the rise. We believe that through information – and here you will be able to find the experience and opinions of recognized professionals in this area – workers will be able to live better and more balanced lives.Table of Contents Foreword. Preface. SECTION I: GRIEF AND DEATH IN THE WORKPLACE. Acknowledging Employees’ Grief: The Role of Organizational Support, Hadar Freidin,Sharon Toker, and Keren Turgeman-Lupo. Invisible Grief: An Examination of Miscarriage in the Workplace, Kaylee J. Hackney, Cindy Wu, and Joyce E. Nuner. “Heroes” Need Some Help Too, Jucimara Zacarias Martins, Cristian Zanon, João Paulo Araújo Lessa, and Walkíria Santana Garcia Cristaldo. Mortality Salience in the Workplace: An Integrative Review and Implications for Supervising Jobs With High Exposure to Death, Alexandra Jacobsen and Terry A. Beehr. SECTION II: SURGICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL STRESS. Stress and Surgery, Adamastor Humberto Pereira. The Impact of the Environment on the Brain, Priscilla Bencke. SECTION III: STRESS AND SUFFERING OF EMPLOYEES. Do That One More Time and I’ll Scream: Self-Regulation and Abusive Supervision in the Workplace, Charn P. McAllister and Jeremy D. Mackey. Manifestations of Occupational Stress in Brazilian Teachers, Luciano Zille Pereira and Flávia Amélia Lopes Nogueira. Bank Jobs and Psychological Suffering in the Flexible Accumulation Paradigm, Odete Cristina Pereira Reis, Anderson de Souza Sant’ Anna, and Jaqueline Ferreira. SECTION IV: EMERGING TOPICS IN WORK WELL-BEING. Mind Wandering at Work: When Employees’ Thoughts Drift Away, Einat Yaor and Sharon Toker. Well-Being at Work: The Perception of Public Employees, Luciana Arder S. Medeiros. Illegitimate Tasks as Offense to the Self, Marcus J. Fila, Norbert K. Semmer, and Erin M. Eatough. Author Bio. Sketches.
£47.45
Information Age Publishing Stress and Quality of Working Life: Finding
Book SynopsisAccording to the American Institute of Stress (AIS), job stress is far and away the primary source of stress for American adults. The relationship between job stress and heart attacks, hypertension, and other disorders is well understood. Further, the cost of job stress in the United States is estimated to be over $300 billion due to outcomes such as accidents, turnover, and lost productivity. Perhaps the most consistent findings connecting job stress to health outcomes confirm that employees who perceive a high level of job demands without the appropriate control over job demands are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.In Brazil, the loss is estimated at 3.5% of the gross domestic product per year. Occupational diseases are related to the activities performed by workers and to working conditions and can trigger new or worsen already existing symptoms. Proper diagnosis and relevant information are essential for managers and workers to become aware of stressors and to take efficient measures to manage stress. Although quality of life is the responsibility of every individual, companies will definitely be able to benefit from the implementation of preventive actions, thus avoiding to pay a high price as a result of absenteeism, sick leaves, and drops in productivity and low work quality.This book is designed to be an additional tool to provide information and to suggest ways to deal with pressures and work demands, because stress levels are still on the rise. We believe that through information – and here you will be able to find the experience and opinions of recognized professionals in this area – workers will be able to live better and more balanced lives.Table of Contents Foreword. Preface. SECTION I: GRIEF AND DEATH IN THE WORKPLACE. Acknowledging Employees’ Grief: The Role of Organizational Support, Hadar Freidin,Sharon Toker, and Keren Turgeman-Lupo. Invisible Grief: An Examination of Miscarriage in the Workplace, Kaylee J. Hackney, Cindy Wu, and Joyce E. Nuner. “Heroes” Need Some Help Too, Jucimara Zacarias Martins, Cristian Zanon, João Paulo Araújo Lessa, and Walkíria Santana Garcia Cristaldo. Mortality Salience in the Workplace: An Integrative Review and Implications for Supervising Jobs With High Exposure to Death, Alexandra Jacobsen and Terry A. Beehr. SECTION II: SURGICAL AND NEUROLOGICAL STRESS. Stress and Surgery, Adamastor Humberto Pereira. The Impact of the Environment on the Brain, Priscilla Bencke. SECTION III: STRESS AND SUFFERING OF EMPLOYEES. Do That One More Time and I’ll Scream: Self-Regulation and Abusive Supervision in the Workplace, Charn P. McAllister and Jeremy D. Mackey. Manifestations of Occupational Stress in Brazilian Teachers, Luciano Zille Pereira and Flávia Amélia Lopes Nogueira. Bank Jobs and Psychological Suffering in the Flexible Accumulation Paradigm, Odete Cristina Pereira Reis, Anderson de Souza Sant’ Anna, and Jaqueline Ferreira. SECTION IV: EMERGING TOPICS IN WORK WELL-BEING. Mind Wandering at Work: When Employees’ Thoughts Drift Away, Einat Yaor and Sharon Toker. Well-Being at Work: The Perception of Public Employees, Luciana Arder S. Medeiros. Illegitimate Tasks as Offense to the Self, Marcus J. Fila, Norbert K. Semmer, and Erin M. Eatough. Author Bio. Sketches.
£87.40
NewSouth Publishing Upturn: A better normal after COVID-19
Book SynopsisIf you had asked most people a year ago, they would have told you there was no way that school children could shift overnight to online learning; that it was impossible for banks to offer mortgage holidays; impossible to double unemployment benefits; impossible to house rough sleepers or put a hold on evictions; impossible to offer wages subsidies and definitely impossible to get Australians to stay home from the beach and the pub. COVID-19 has resulted in changes none of us could have imagined, but what happens next? In this book, edited by Labor luminary Tanya Plibersek, a who’s who of economic and social policy experts explore ways in which we can rebuild our society and economy in a strong, fair and environmentally sustainable way. The stellar line-up of contributors includes Ross Garnaut on investing in renewables for cheap energy, Sally McManus on industrial relations, Annabel Crabb on gender roles during the COVID crisis, Jenny Macklin on the new social security net, Tim Soutphommasane on race, June Oscar on keeping COVID-19 out of Indigenous communities and Peter Garrett on the environment. A who’s who of economic and social policy experts – including Tanya Plibersek, Sally McManus, Annabel Crabb, Wayne Swan, Ross Garnaut, Jenny Macklin, Linda Burney, Jim Chalmers, Tim Soutphommasane, Gabrielle Chan, Greg Combet, Rebecca Huntley, Gareth Evans, Lenore Taylor, June Oscar, Ian Chubb and Peter Garrett – chart a strong and fair way forward after Covid-19 The stellar line-up of authors galvanises important conversations for all Australians. How do we prevent inequality as we rebuild the economy? How can we power this growth with renewables? We can house rough-sleepers if we want to!
£999.99
University of Calgary Press Stress Tested: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Canadian National Security
Book SynopsisThe emergence of COVID-19 has raised urgent and important questions about the role of Canadian intelligence and national security within a global health crisis. Some argue that the effects of COVID-19 on Canada represent an intelligence failure, or a failure of early warning. Others argue that the role of intelligence and national security in matters of health is—and should—remain limited. At the same time, traditional security threats have rapidly evolved, themselves impacted and influenced by the global pandemic.Stress Tested brings together leading experts to examine the role of Canada's national security and intelligence community in anticipating, responding to, and managing a global public welfare emergency. This interdisciplinary collection offers a clear-eyed view of successes, failures, and lessons learned in Canada's pandemic response.Addressing topics including supply chain disruptions, infrastructure security, the ethics of surveillance within the context of pandemic response, the threats and potential threats of digital misinformation and fringe beliefs, and the challenges of maintaining security and intelligence operations during an ongoing pandemic, Stress Tested is essential reading for anyone interested in the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.Table of Contents IntroductionAmarnath Amarasingam, Thomas Juneau and Leah West Part 1: Threats They Got it All Under Control: Fringe Conspiracy Theories and Threats to Canadian National SecurityMarc-Andre Argentino and Amarnath Amarasingam Exploiting Chaos: How Malicious Non-State Actors Leverage COVID-19 to their Advantage in CyberspaceCasey Babb and Alex Wilner Supply Chains During the COVID-19 PandemicStephanie Carvin, Edie Brenning, Djomeni Raphael Desire, Walid Elgazzar, Habab Elkhalifa, Annie Huang, Ilia Nizenko, Richard Oum, Rafael Pozuelo-Perron, Raman Singh, Randall Whiteside, Erin van Weerdhuizen, Randall Whiteside, Anisha Yogalingam Getting the Politics of Protecting Critical Infrastructure Right <Bessma Momani and Jean-François Bélanger Part II: The Responses A Health Intelligence Priority for Canada? Costs, Benefits, and ConsiderationsJessica Davis and Alexander Corbeil National Security and Intelligence Operations During the COVID-19 PandemicStephanie Carvin Collection and Protection in the Time of Infection: The Communications Security Establishment During the COVID-19 PandemicBill Robinson Corona as Constraint on the CAF?: As Always, the Mission Matters Stephen M. Saideman, Stéfanie von Hlatky, and Graeme Hopkins Defence Intelligence and COVID-19Jim Cox Reviving the Role of GPHIN in Global Epidemic Intelligence Kelley Lee and Julianne Piper Privacy vs. Health: Surveillance to Stop the Spread? Leah West Enforcing Canadian Security Laws through Criminal Prosecution During a Pandemic?: Lessons from Canada's COVID-19 Experience Michael Nesbitt and Tara Hansen National Security Lessons Regarding the Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Migrant and Refugee Communities in the U.S. and Canada: A Bilateral ApproachAdham Shaloul and Diana Rayes Untangling deportation law from national security: the pandemic invites a softer touchSimon Wallace Conclusion Thomas Juneau
£26.96
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Healthy Cities: Public Health through Urban
Book SynopsisMounting scientific evidence generated over the past decade highlights the significant role of our cities' built environments in shaping our health and well-being. In this book, the authors conceptualize the 'urban health niche' as a novel approach to public health and healthy-city planning that integrates the diverse and multi-level health determinants present in a city system.The authors trace the origins of public health and city planning, drawing upon the shifting paradigms of epidemiology. Advanced network analysis techniques are employed to examine multi-scale associations between individual-level health outcomes and built environment features such as density, land-use mix and road network configuration.Healthy Cities will prove a fascinating read for an interdisciplinary body of scholars, practitioners and policy makers within the domains of public policy, regional and urban studies, urban planning, spatial epidemiology, health geography, sociology, public health and psychology.Trade Review‘Our cities’ built environments shape our health and well-being, and Sarkar, Webster and Gallacher conceptualize the “urban health niche” as an approach to public health and healthy-city planning. The book is of practical use for those involved in public policy, public health and urban planning. The text also has a place in academia as a good foundation for new research being done by epidemiologists, urban planners, economists, and sociologists.’ -- Sheryl D. Landry, International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Introduction 2. Tracing the Ever-evolving Relationship between Urban Planning and Public Health 3. The Urban Health Niche: A New Paradigm in Healthy City Planning 4. Spatial Determinants of Health 5. Spatial Design Network Analysis for Urban Health (sDNA-UH) 6. Urban Built Environment Configuration and Psychological Distress in Later Life: Cross Sectional Results from the Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS) 7. Built Environment Configuration and Change in Body Mass Index: The Caerphilly Prospective Study (CaPS) 8. Does Accessibility to Health Promoting Services Affect Self-perceived Health, HADS Anxiety and Depression? Findings from a Multi-level Analysis of Older Men in Caerphilly 9. Conclusion References Appendices Index
£40.80
CABI Publishing Health and Natural Landscapes: Concepts and
Book SynopsisNatural landscapes are intricately tied to human health and well-being. While contemporary lifestyles have caused people to feel disconnected from the natural environment, this relationship is now recognized as vitally important, with landscapes increasingly valued for their stress-reduction, aesthetic, and restorative benefits. Providing an overview of the history, theoretical concepts, and individual and societal implications of human connection to natural landscapes, this book considers natural landscapes' role as an antidote to our modern, predominantly urban society. It also delivers: - A robust, research-backed overview of the intersections between natural landscapes and human health; - A compendium of applications such as nature-based therapies, urban greenspaces, and adventure-based programming that promote health within specific populations of society and individuals; - Due consideration of crucial factors that can adversely affect health and landscape, such as climate change. Of critical importance as we continue to define the role that natural landscapes will play for future generations, this book should be required reading for policy makers, urban planners and industry practitioners. It provides a thorough grounding in understanding the intersections between health and natural landscapes, and will be a valuable resource for academicians and students from a broad range of disciplines including public health, leisure and tourism, environmental sciences, and geography.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Natural Landscapes and Human Health: An Introduction and Overview Chapter 2: Human Perceptions of Nature Chapter 3: Natural Landscapes and the Health Crisis Chapter 4: Theories and Concepts: Linking Landscapes and Health Chapter 5: Outcomes, Benefits, and Opportunities: Western Research Trends Chapter 6: Applications: Facilitating Healthy Connections with Nature Chapter 7: Connecting with Landscapes: Intentional Access to Green Space Chapter 8: Conclusions and Desired Future: Take a Park, Not a Pill
£28.02
Cognella, Inc Multicultural Health
Book SynopsisThe diversity of the United States is valuable because every culture brings with it strengths and differing perspectives. Although knowing about every culture is not possible, recognizing cultural similarities and differences is essential for delivering effective community services and one-on-one health care to individuals. The thoroughly updated third edition of Multicultural Health provides an introduction and overview to the concepts and theories related to cultural issues in health and serves as a primer on health issues and practices specific to certain cultural groups.Divided into three distinct units (The Foundations; Specific Cultural Groups; and Looking Ahead), this book contains robust pedagogy in each chapter to stimulate critical thinking and classroom and online discussions. For this new edition, the authors have added a second case study to each chapter, added new topics (e.g., generational and rural/urban cultures), and updated and/or added statistical, legal, and health information (including COVID-19) throughout the book.This is a must-have text for instructors and students in both undergraduate and graduate-level programs across all of the health professions.
£71.20
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social
Book SynopsisFeaturing state-of-the-art contributions from leading experts in their respective fields, the Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences explores an extensive range of topics, concepts, research approaches and theoretical orientations aimed at providing guidance for those undertaking health research.Cross-disciplinary in scope, the Encyclopedia provides an accessible introduction to a wide variety of complex topics and presents a comprehensive overview of the latest findings in the field of health research. Entries examine timely issues such as big data in healthcare, complementary and alternative medicine, feminism and population health, social class and health inequalities, and vaccination debates. It ultimately exemplifies how social science perspectives can be deployed to help us better understand how individuals, institutions and society can act to support health and wellbeing. This informative Encyclopedia will be an indispensable reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students across disciplines with an interest in the complex relations between health research and the social sciences. Key Features: 65 fully-referenced entries An interdisciplinary approach, with topics ranging from animal studies to wellbeing Written in a concise and accessible style, enabling researchers and students of social science to consider how to relate entries to their own interests Trade Review‘Kevin Dew and Sarah Donovan offer an invaluable conceptual toolkit for health researchers wanting to learn more about what the social sciences have to offer them. The range of topics covered in this volume is impressive, providing guidance to key ideas, debates and further reading on specialist topics.’ -- Alan Petersen, Monash University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences x Kevin Dew and Sarah Donovan Animal studies and healthcare 1 James Gillett Big data in healthcare 7 Mary F.E. Ebeling Breastfeeding 12 Emily Hansen and Jennifer Ayton Chronic illness 18 Dima Rusho and Narelle Warren Commercial determinants of health 24 Sarah Hill Communication research on climate change 30 Eryn Campbell, Sri Saahitya Uppalapati, John Kotcher, and Edward Maibach Complementary and alternative medicine 36 Caragh Brosnan Complexity theory and evaluation 42 Elizabeth McGill Contested illness 48 Tarryn Phillips and Catherine Trundle Critical policy analysis 54 Heather Came and Dominic O’Sullivan Critical quantitative research 59 Lindsay McLaren Critical realism 65 Lee F. Monaghan Cultural health capital 71 Leslie Dubbin and Janet K. Shim Death and dying 77 Rebecca E. Olson and Zhaoxi Zheng Dementia studies 82 James Rupert Fletcher Digital health 88 Benjamin Marent and Flis Henwood Disasters and health 94 Sudeepa Abeysinghe Discourse analysis 98 Ewen Speed Economics for health equity 103 Lindsay McLaren Ethical sensibilities in ethnographies of care 109 Ignacia Arteaga and Henry Llewellyn Ethnicity, racism and health 115 Hannah Bradby Feminism and population health 122 Kalysha Closson and Allison Carter Framing pollution 128 Lesley Henderson Genetic medicine 135 Courtney Addison Harm reduction 140 Rebecca J. Haines-Saah and Elaine Hyshka Health promotion 146 Morten Hulvej Rod and Katherine L. Frohlich Hermeneutic phenomenology 151 Susan Crowther Hormonal contraception 158 Nayantara Sheoran Appleton Indigenous peoples and health research 164 Anna Adcock and Fiona Cram Indoor ecologies and health 169 Rachael Wakefield-Rann Leadership 175 David Evans LGBTQ+ health and social research 181 Anthony K.J. Smith and Christy E. Newman Life course research 187 David Blane Medicalisation 192 Kevin Dew Micro-analysis and health interactions 198 Maria Stubbe Mobilities and health 204 Judith Green Nature and wellbeing 211 Jonathan (Yotti) Kingsley Neoliberalism 216 Peri Ballantyne New medical technologies 221 John Gardner Occupational health and safety 227 Josh Barton Older age 232 Gavin J. Andrews and Stephanie Hatzifilalithis Pandemics and epidemics 237 Robert Dingwall Pharmaceuticalisation 243 Jonathan Gabe Postmodernism and health research 248 Lee Thompson Practice theory and health intervention 251 Fiona Spotswood Prenatal screening 256 Ruth P. Fitzgerald Professionalization 261 Jette Ernst Qualitative evidence synthesis 266 Christopher J. Colvin Qualitative interviews 271 Hilary Thomas and Sarah Earthy Responsibility 277 Catherine Trundle Science and Technology Studies 283 Catherine M. Montgomery Sensory methods 288 Marilys Guillemin and Susan M. Cox Sexuality and health 293 Maria Isabel Romero Ruiz Social class and health inequalities 299 Sarah Hill Social marketing 305 Fiona Spotswood Sociology of pesticides 310 Manuel Vallée Stigma and public health 317 Tamar M.J. Antin and Emile Sanders Symbolic interactionism 322 James Rupert Fletcher Translational research 328 Trisha Greenhalgh and Anne E. Ferrey Trust 335 Michael Calnan Vaccination debates 342 Brian Martin Video-reflexive ethnography 346 Katherine Carroll Violence against women 352 Janet L. Fanslow Visual methods 359 Susan M. Cox and Marilys Guillemin Wellbeing 365 Kim McLeod
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse:
Book SynopsisCurrently developed countries pay much more attention to harmfully addictive substances than developing countries. However, the experience of developed countries is very relevant to the developing world since substance abuse is likely to impose a continually increasing burden of disease in this region in the near future. This book extends the frontiers of research on the economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, and illicit drugs in the United States, Great Britain and Taiwan. The authors use a variety of empirical techniques to examine the roles of price, advertising, risk perception, time preference and forward-looking behaviour in consumption decisions and the effects of these decisions on labour market outcomes, unintended pregnancies and criminal violence.Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse will be required reading for scholars of economic development and health economics.Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Rational Addiction Part II: Risk Perception and Time Preference Part III: Costs of Substance Use Part IV: Criminal Violence and Substance Use Part V: Demand Analysis Index
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CABI Publishing Health Benefits of Organic Food: Effects of the
Book SynopsisPublic concern over impacts of chemicals in plant and animal production on health and the environment has led to increased demand for organic produce, which is usually promoted and often perceived as containing fewer contaminants, more nutrients, and being positive for the environment. These benefits are difficult to quantify, and potential environmental impacts on such benefits have not been widely studied. This book addresses these key points, examining factors such as the role of certain nutrients in prevention and promotion of chronic disease, potential health benefits of bioactive compounds in plants, the prevalence of food-borne pesticides and pathogens and how both local and global environmental factors may affect any differences between organic and conventionally produced food. With contributions from experts in a broad range of related disciplines, this book is an essential resource for researchers and students in human health and nutrition, environmental science, agriculture and organic farming.Table of Contents1: Organic farming and food systems: definitions and key characteristics. 2: The health benefits of n-3 fatty acids and their concentrations in organic and conventional animal-derived foods. 3: Environmental impacts on n-3 content of foods from ruminant animals. 4: Health benefits and selenium content of organic vs conventional foods. 5: Environmental impacts concerning the selenium content of foods. 6: Contaminants in organic and conventional food: the missing link between contaminant levels and health effects. 7: Mycotoxins in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment. 8: Human pathogens in organic and conventional foods and effects of the environment. 9: What does consumer science tell us about organic foods? 10: The beneficial effects of dietary flavonoids: sources, bioavailability and biological functions. 11: Environmental regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis. 12: Nitrates in the human diet. 13: Impacts of environment and management on nitrate in vegetables and water. 14: Effects of the environment on the nutritional quality and safety of organically produced foods: Round-up and summary.
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CABI Publishing Pandemic Influenza
Book SynopsisPandemic influenza is a re-emerging pathogen with serious public health consequences. The A(H1N1) pandemic in 2009/10 and the continuing threat to humans from avian influenza A(H5N1) and other novel influenza viruses have both underlined the importance of preparedness at local, national and international levels. With a strong emphasis on practicality, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the science and operational application of influenza epidemiology, virology and immunology, vaccinology, pharmaceutical and public health measures, biomathematical modelling, policy issues and ethics involved in preparing for and responding to pandemic influenza. Each chapter raises key questions and answers them in clear and concise sections, detailing relevant modelling studies and further reading. Comprehensively updated to incorporate major lessons from the 2009/10 pandemic, this second edition includes new contributions on surveillance, International Health Regulations, clinical management and local health service responses, illustrated with vibrant international case studies. Written in an easily accessible style by global experts, this is an essential text for students of public health and those involved in local, national and international pandemic preparedness and response.Table of Contentsa: Contributors b: Editor Biographies c: Foreword d: Acknowledgements e: Glossary 1: Epidemiology and clinical features of interpandemic influenza 2: Influenza surveillance and pandemic requirements 3: Basic influenza virology and immunology,br>Influenza in birds and mammals 4: History and epidemiological features of pandemic influenza 5: Epidemiology of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 6: Clinical features and treatment of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 7: Influenza transmission and infection control issues 8: Pandemic preparedness 9: Emergency preparedness and business continuity planning 10: The role of exercises in pandemic preparedness 11: Local health services responses to the 2009 pandemic 12: Bio-mathematical modelling and pandemic preparedness 13: Pharmaceutical Interventions 14: Pandemic vaccines 15: National and international public health measures 16: Port Health and International Health Regulations 17: Socio-economic impact 18: Ethical issues related to pandemic preparedness and response 19: Pandemic Communication Case Study 1: Mexico Case Study 2: Chile Case Study 3: New Zealand Case Study 4: The former Soviet Union Case Study 5: Africa Case Study 6: Denmark Case Study 7: South East Asia Case Study 8: North America Case Study 9: Saudi Arabia f: Index
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CABI Publishing Pandemic Influenza
Book SynopsisPandemic influenza is a re-emerging pathogen with serious public health consequences. The A(H1N1) pandemic in 2009/10 and the continuing threat to humans from avian influenza A(H5N1) and other novel influenza viruses have both underlined the importance of preparedness at local, national and international levels. With a strong emphasis on practicality, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the science and operational application of influenza epidemiology, virology and immunology, vaccinology, pharmaceutical and public health measures, biomathematical modelling, policy issues and ethics involved in preparing for and responding to pandemic influenza. Each chapter raises key questions and answers them in clear and concise sections, detailing relevant modelling studies and further reading. Comprehensively updated to incorporate major lessons from the 2009/10 pandemic, this second edition includes new contributions on surveillance, International Health Regulations, clinical management and local health service responses, illustrated with vibrant international case studies. Written in an easily accessible style by global experts, this is an essential text for students of public health and those involved in local, national and international pandemic preparedness and response.Table of Contentsa: Contributors b: Editor Biographies c: Foreword d: Acknowledgements e: Glossary 1: Epidemiology and clinical features of interpandemic influenza 2: Influenza surveillance and pandemic requirements 3: Basic influenza virology and immunology,br>Influenza in birds and mammals 4: History and epidemiological features of pandemic influenza 5: Epidemiology of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 6: Clinical features and treatment of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 7: Influenza transmission and infection control issues 8: Pandemic preparedness 9: Emergency preparedness and business continuity planning 10: The role of exercises in pandemic preparedness 11: Local health services responses to the 2009 pandemic 12: Bio-mathematical modelling and pandemic preparedness 13: Pharmaceutical Interventions 14: Pandemic vaccines 15: National and international public health measures 16: Port Health and International Health Regulations 17: Socio-economic impact 18: Ethical issues related to pandemic preparedness and response 19: Pandemic Communication Case Study 1: Mexico Case Study 2: Chile Case Study 3: New Zealand Case Study 4: The former Soviet Union Case Study 5: Africa Case Study 6: Denmark Case Study 7: South East Asia Case Study 8: North America Case Study 9: Saudi Arabia f: Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Maternal Employment and Child Health: Global
Book SynopsisAs women's labor force participation has risen around the globe, scholarly and policy discourse on the ramifications of this employment growth has intensified. This book explores the links between maternal employment and child health using an international perspective that is grounded in economic theory and rigorous empirical methods. Women's labor-market activity affects child health largely because their paid work raises household income, which strengthens families' abilities to finance healthcare needs and nutritious food; however, time away from children could counteract some of the benefits of higher socioeconomic status that spring from maternal employment. New evidence based on data from nine South and Southeast Asian countries illuminates the potential tradeoff between the benefits and challenges families contend with in the face of women's labor-market activity. This book provides new, original evidence on links between maternal employment and children's health using data associated with three indicators of children's nutritional status: birth size, stunting, and wasting. Results support the implementation and enforcement of policy interventions that bolster women's advancement in the labor market and reduce undernutrition among children. Scholars, students, policy makers and all those with an interest in nutritional science, gender, economics of the family, or development economies will find the methodology and original results expounded here both useful and informative. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Women's Employment Around the Globe 3. Conceptual Framework 4. Existing Evidence on Maternal Employment and Child Health 5. Data and Methodology 6. New Results for South and Southeast Asia 7. Conclusion and Policy ImplicationsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Women’s Employment Around the Globe 3. Conceptual Framework 4. Existing Evidence on Maternal Employment and Child Health 5. Data and Methodology 6. New Results for South and Southeast Asia 7. Conclusion and Policy Implications Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Women's Health: Contemporary International
Book SynopsisCovering the lifespan of women from puberty to old age, this comprehensive collection provides ground-breaking research and theory that challenges current conceptions of women's health and illustrates the diversity of approaches in this burgeoning field. The interdisciplinary angle of the book will appeal to a wide-ranging readership and includes detailed commentaries on key topics such as anorexia nervosa, depression, women and cancer, sexual abuse, disability, exercise, body image, pregnancy, sexual violence and drug use.Trade Review'Brillant! This exciting collection should be on the bookshelf and reading list of everyone concerned with women's health issues. It can only be hoped that the ground-breaking work presented here will be as widely read and taught as it richly deserves to be.' Professor Valerie Walkerdine, Centre for Critical Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Australia. 'This volume provides a comprehensive and confident treatment of this vast and vital topic ... In this book the psychology of women's health has come of age.' Dr Wendy Hollway, School of Psychology, University of LeedsTable of ContentsList of contributors x Preface xx Acknowledgements xx Introduction Women’s health: Contemporary concerns 1 Jane M. Ussher Section One: An Overview of Critical Issues in Women’s Health 1 Psychology of women’s health: A critique 26 Christina Lee 2 Qualitative methods and women’s health research 40 Michael Murray and Kerry Chamberlain 3 Choosing a life span developmental orientation 50 Sheila Greene Section Two: Young Women’s Health 4 Young Asian women and self-harm 59 Harriette Marshall and Anjum Yazdani 5 Girls on “E”: Social problem or social panic? 69 Maria Pini 6 Women and substance abuse: Problems of visibility and empowerment 76 Helen Keane 7 Young lesbians and mental health: The closet is a depressing place to be 83 Julie Mooney-Somers and Jane Ussher 8 Femininity as a barrier to positive sexual health for adolescent girls 93 Deborah L. Tolman Section Three: Sexuality and Sexual Health 9 ‘I couldn’t imagine having sex with anyone else’ Young women’s experience of trustworthiness in heterosexual relationships 105 Niamh Stephenson, Susan Kippax and June Crawford 10 Reclaiming women’s sexual agency 114 Lynne Segal 11 The social construction of women’s sexuality: The dangers of pharmaceutical industry interest 124 Leonore Tiefer 12 Rape: Cultural definitions and health outcomes 129 Nancy Felipe Russo, Mary P. Koss and Luciana Ramos Lira 13 Sexual assault and domestic violence: Implications for health workers 143 Sue Lees 14 Naming abuse and constructing identities 154 Rosaleen Croghan and Dorothy Miell 15 Sexual harassment and stress: How women cope with unwanted sexual attention 160 Alison Thomas 16 Women’s sexual health: An overview 172 Sylvia Smith 17 Contraception choice: A biopsychosocial perspective 180 Beth Alder 18 Menopause and sexuality 190 Lorraine Dennerstein 19 Living on the edge: Women with learning disabilities 196 Jan Burns Section Four: Physical Health and Illness 20 Women living with HIV in Britain 204 Corinne Squire 21 Gynaecological cancer 218 Marian Pitts and Eleanor Bradley 22 Cervical screening 224 Julie Fish and Sue Wilkinson 23 Breast cancer: A feminist perspective 230 Sue Wilkinson 24 Partner support for women with breast cancer: A process analysis approach 237 Nancy Pistrang 25 Chronic pelvic pain 244 Marian Pitts, Linda McGowan and David Clark Carter 26 Women and somatic distress 249 Annemarie Kolk Section Five: Reproductive Health 27 ‘PMS research: Balancing the personal with the political’ 255 Jacqueline Reilly 28 What does systems theory have to do with premenstrual complaints? 266 Wendy Vanselow 29 Menstrual cycle and eating behavior 271 Louise Dye 30 Hormones and behavior: Cognition, menstruation and menopause 278 John T. E. Richardson 31 Sex hormones as biocultural actors: Rethinking biology, sexual difference and health 283 Celia Roberts 32 Reproduction: A critical analysis 290 Carol A. Morse 33 Pregnancy: A healthy state? 296 Harriet Gross 34 Screening: A critique 302 Maeve Ennis 35 Childbirth 307 Jane J. Weaver 36 Motherhood and mothering 312 Anne Woollett and Harriette Marshall 37 Competing explanations of postpartum depression: What are the benefits to women? 320 Paula Nicolson 38 Deconstructing ‘Hysterectomized Women’: A materio-discursive approach 329 Pippa Dell 39 The experience of abortion: A contextualist view 339 Mary Boyle Section Six: Bodies and Body Image 40 Body image 356 Sarah Grogan 41 Anorexia nervosa 363 Helen Malson 42 Looking good and feeling good: Why do fewer women than men exercise? 372 Precilla Y. L. Choi 43 Gender, culture and eating disorders 379 Mervat Nasser 44 Women with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) 387 Celia Kitzinger 45 Transgender issues 394 Louise K. Newman Section Seven: Mental Health 46 Understanding depression in women: Limitations of mainstream approaches and a material-discursive alternative 405 Janet M. Stoppard 47 Women’s narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems: A bicultural project from Aotearoa/New Zealand 415 Hilary Lapsley, Linda Waimarie Nikora and Rosanne Black 48 Women, stress and work: Exploring the boundaries 423 Rebecca Lawthom 49 The socio-political context of abortion and its relationship to women’s mental health 431 Jean Denious and Nancy Felipe Russo 50 Women and psychosis 440 Emmanuelle Peters 51 Women and dementia: From Stigma towards celebrations 447 Kate Allen 52 The experience of childhood sexual abuse: A psychological perspective of adult female survivors in terms of their personal accounts, therapy, and growth 455 Christine D. Baker 53 Psychodynamic psychotherapy 461 Janet Sayers 54 Self-psychology 465 Anna Gibbs Section Eight: The Health of Older Women 55 Representations of menopause and women at midlife 470 Antonia C. Lyons and Christine Griffin 56 Psychological well-being in aging women 476 Linda Gannon 57 The paradox of older women’s health 485 Rosemary Leonard and Ailsa Burns 58 Working with older women: Developments in clinical psychology 489 Frances J. Baty Index 497
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Psychosocial Safety Climate: A New Work Stress
Book SynopsisThis book is a valuable, comprehensive and unique reference text on Psychosocial Safety Climate (PSC), a new work stress theory. It proposes a new PSC theory concerning the corporate climate for workers’ psychological health, its origins and implications for work stress, and provides a critique of current research and theories. It provides a comprehensive review of all PSC studies to date. The chapters discuss state-of-the-art empirical evidence testing PSC theory in relation to management roles, organisational resilience, corruption, organisational status, cultural perspectives, illegitimate tasks, high PSC work groups, PSC variability in work groups, etc. They investigate outcomes such as psychological distress, emotional exhaustion, depression, worry, engagement, health, cognitive decline, personal initiative, boredom, cynicism, sickness absence, and productivity loss, in various workplace settings across many countries. This unique book allows practitioners to rapidly update practical measures, benchmarks and processes, and provides students and trainees with an introduction to PSC and important concepts and methods, quantitative and qualitative, in occupational health with leads to further sources. Students as well as experts on occupational health and safety, human resource management, occupational health psychology, organisational psychology and practitioners, unions and policy makers will find this book highly informative. It covers relevant materials for undergraduate and postgraduate education, drawing upon the concepts, topics and methods (diary, multilevel, longitudinal, qualitative, data linkage) within the multidisciplinary occupational health area.Table of ContentsPart 1: Psychosocial safety climate: Theory, measurement and practical implications.- Chapter 1. Psychosocial Safety Climate as a new work stress theory and method implications (Maureen F Dollard).- Chapter 2. A Review of PSC Evidence (Amy Zadow).- Chapter 3. The PSC-4; A short PSC tool (Maureen F Dollard).- Chapter 4. The PSC-15; Expanded Dimensions (Maureen F Dollard).- Chapter 5. The PSC-12; Malaysian and Indonesian version (Mohd Awang Idris, Yulita).- Chapter 6. An Approach to Developing the PSC tool by Cognitive Interviewing (Michael Ertel).- Part 2 : Impacts of PSC on Workers (Cognitive decline, mental health problems, boredom, personal initiative and engagement).- Chapter 7. PSC and Work Quality impact on Cognitive Decline (Ashlee Wilton).- Chapter 8. sychosocial Safety Climate and Mental Health Problems (Maureen Dollard).- Chapter 9. Psychosocial safety climate and job demands–resources: A multilevel study predicting boredom (Valdrin Krasniqi).- Chapter 10. PSC in the Private Sector: Predicting Personal Initiative and Engagement via Personal Development (Michelle Chin Chin Lee).- Part 3 : PSC in different occupations (e.g. policing, humanitarian workers, university workers).- Chapter 11. The effects of Psychosocial Safety Climate on Health and Work in Police Officers (Levi James McCusker).- Chapter 12. Psychosocial Safety Climate as Organisational Resilience: Implications for Worker Psychological Health, Resilience, and Engagement (Carly Taylor).- Chapter 13. A Qualitative Investigation into High Psychosocial Safety Climate University Groups (Rachael Potter).- Part 4. PSC in different countries (e.g., Taiwan, Mexico, Iran, Malaysia).- Chapter 14. Psychosocial safety climate, psychosocial work conditions and employees' wellbeing: empirical findings from Taiwan (Yawen Cheng).- Chapter 15. A validation of the PSC-12 in Mexican workers (Horacio Tovalin Ahumada).- Chapter 16. Psychosocial Safety Climate and PSC Strength; Direct and Interaction effects on Mental Health issues and Work Engagement (Iran) (Afsharian).- Chapter 17. Psychosocial safety climate in Malaysian schools: A multilevel study predicting work and individual outcomes (Nor Shafiza Abdullah).- Part 5. Interventions and Policy Implications (Canada, Sweden, Australia).- Chapter 18. Factors influencing management practices in workplace health interventions (Caroline Biron).- Chapter 19. Team coaching and psychosocial risk assessments, learnings for the future (Sweden) (Rachael Berglund).- Chapter 20. PSC and National Policy (Tessa Bailey).- Chapter 21. Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Shame 4.0: Investigating an Emotion in Digital
Book SynopsisThis edited volume provides new perspectives on how shame is experienced and transformed within digital worlds and Industry 4.0. The editors and authors discuss how individuals and organisations can constructively transform shame at work, in professional and private contexts, and with regard to socio-cultural lifestyle changes, founded in digitalisation and Industry 4.0. The contributions in this volume enable researchers and practitioners alike to unlock the topic of shame and its specifics in the highly dynamic and rapidly changing times to explore this emotion in depth in connection with remote workplaces, home office, automated realities and smart systems, or digitalised life- and working styles. By employing transdisciplinary and transcultural perspectives, the volume further discusses shame in the context of new lifestyles, religion, gender, sexual suppression, mental illness, and the nature of citizenship. Researchers, practitioners and students in the fields of industrial and organisational psychology, positive psychology, organisational studies, future studies, health and occupational science and therapy, emotion sciences, management, leadership and human resources will find the contributions highly topical, insightful and applicable to practice. Fresh, timely, thought-provoking with each turn of the page, this impressive volume explores shame in today’s world. Moving beyond the simple “guilt is good; shame is bad” perspective, authors from diverse disciplines examine adaptive and maladaptive aspects of shame in the context of contemporary issues (e.g., social media use, COVID-19) via multiple cultural and social lenses. Aptly named, Shame 4.0 is a treasure trove of rich ideas ripe for empirical study – a blueprint for the next generation of research on this complex and ubiquitous emotion. Bravo! --June Tangney, PhD, University Professor and Professor of Psychology, George Mason University, USA Uncovering Shame - To a much greater extent than other emotions like anger, grief, and fear, until recently most shame in modern societies has been hidden from sight. The text you see in this book is one of the steps that is being taken to make it more visible and therefore controllable. -- Thomas Scheff, Prof. Emeritus Department of Sociology, UCSB, Santa Bararbara, Ca.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Shame in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0 and the Age of Digitalisation (Claude-Hélène Mayer).- Part I: Shame 4.0 at the Workplace.- Chapter 2. Transforming Shame Through Love: Envisioning Positive Transcultural Leadership in Contemporary and Future Workplaces (Claude-Hélène Mayer).- Chapter 3. Cross-Cultural Comparison of Mental Health Shame: Negative Attitudes, External, Internal and Reflected Shame about Mental Health in Japanese and UK Workers (Yasuhiro Kotera).- Chapter 4. The Meaning of Shame for Malay People and the Role for Tackling Counterproductive Work Behaviour (Hijriyati Cucuani).- Chapter 5. Shame 4.0 – Empirical Evidence of the Importance of Emotions in a Technologising World of Work (Claude-Hélène Mayer).- Chapter 6. Bias, Prejudice and Shame in Predictive Policing: State-of-the-Art and Potential Interventions for Professionals (Claude-Hélène Mayer).- Part II: Shame 4.0 in Therapy, Counselling and Health.- Chapter 7. The Second Wave Positive Psychology of Shame in East and West in the Age of the 4IR (Paul T. P. Wong).- Chapter 8. Deterritorialization of Shame in Japan During the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) (Yoshiyuki Takano).- Chapter 9. A Re-Conceptualisation of Erikson’s Life Cycle: A Proposed Process to Address Individual Experiences of Shame (Piers Worth).- Chapter 10. Overcoming Shame – A Positive Psychology Perspective (Athira Alex).- Chapter 11. Making the Cut: Mass Media and the Growing Desire for Genital Cosmetic Surgery by Young Women and Girls (Thula U. Koops).- Chapter 12. In the Depths of Winter, “I Finally Learned that Within me there Lay an Invincible Summer”- Life Crises, Shame Experience and Coping with the Support of Digital Media (Elisabeth Vanderheiden).- Chapter 13. Lessons Learned from Baruch Spinoza: Shame and Faith Development in the Light of Challenges in Contemporary Society (Claude-Hélène Mayer).- Chapter 14. Lajja and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR): The Need for Pause (Dharm P S Bhawuk).- Chapter 15. Relooking at Shame as a Cultural Phenomenon Through a Generational Perspective (Sowmya Puttaraju).- Chapter 16. "This will Go Down on your Permanent Record": Redeeming Shame in a World that Doesn't Forget (Simons Cozens).- Part IV: Shame 4.0 in the Media.- Chapter 17. ‘Shame Dwells in the Eyes’: Aristotle’s Perspectives and their Implications for Social Media Cultures (Anita Kasabova).- Chapter 18. Naming and Shaming in Cyberspace: Forms, Effects and Counter Strategies (Claude-Hélène Mayer).- Chapter 19. Body Shame and Social Media for Chinese International Students in the United States (Zixuan Wang).- Chapter 20. Shaming in the Internet Era: Evaluating the Reintegrative Function of Shame in Digital Spaces (Grace Maria Jochan).- Chapter 21. Real-World Consequences of Devirtualization from Online to Offline Spaces: The Role of Shame as a Resource in the Honor-Killing of Qandeel Baloch (Paul A. Wilson).- Chapter 22. Transcending Shame Through Rebellion: The Modern Arab Woman, Sexual Suppression, and the Will to Break Free (Shereen H. Shaw).- Chapter 23. A Place for 4IR in Transforming Shame in Returning Migrants (Gillian Mckay).- Chapter 24. The Terror of Being Judged – Public Shaming as Resource and Strategic Tool (Elisabeth Vanderheiden).- Chapter 25. Artificial Shame in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Rudolf M Oosthuizen).- Chapter 26. Cybershaming Never Rests: Suggestions for Dealing with Cybershaming in a Digital Culture (Leona Ungerer).- Chapter 27. Technologies of Shame: Agency, Identity, Visibility (Michael Uebel).- Part V: Outlook for Shame 4.0 in the Face of the Covid 19 Pandemic.- Chapter 28. “Who Could Breathe Without Hope” - Some Theses on Shame and Shaming 4.0 in the Age Of Corona Pandemic (Elisabeth Vanderheiden).- Chapter 29. Shame Warrior (Justine Pistorius).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Adolescent Mental Health in The Middle East and
Book SynopsisThis 2-volume set focuses on adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and presents the latest research on the health risk behaviours and social behaviours that adolescents from the MENA region engage in. While there has been a surge in peer-reviewed research publications on population health in the MENA region in the last couple of decades, very few books offer a resource to address the diverse negative influences that disproportionately affect adolescents and children in the MENA region, including increased tobacco consumption culture, low emphasis on physical activity, increased sedentary behaviours, weak health policies, and societal issues related to displacement and political conflicts. These books offer a synthesis of current knowledge on adolescent health issues in the MENA region, and aim to provide evidence-informed adolescent health care practices that address current issues related to mental, physical, reproductive and nutritional health. Volume 1 focuses on mental health in the MENA region, the development and implementation of youth friendly public policies, and how to strategize in the age of COVID-19. The study will aid health care professionals, policy makers, government organizations and health program planners to assess current policies and practices related to adolescent health in the MENA region, and to identify the best courses of action moving forward. Table of Contents1-Adolescent Mental Health in the MENA Region and the link with Policy and Programming.- 2-There is no Health Without Mental Health: The Middle East and North Africa.- 3-A Silent Epidemic of Depression among Adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Emerging Tribulation.- 4-Understanding mental illness stigma in Arab youths’ everyday lives.- 5-Developing and Implementing Youth Friendly Public Policies: A perspective into the Arab Region.- 6-Adolescent health in Saudi Arabia: Policy dimensions.- 7-Health Policies of Adolescents in the Middle East and North Africa: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How Do We Strategize in the Age COVID-19?.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Italian Studies on Food and Quality of Life
Book SynopsisThe book explores, through a reflection on food, the complexity of the concept of well-being. It starts from the consideration that food is a fundamental element for human well-being, and for well-being of the planet as a whole. Not only does food guarantee the survival of human beings, it is also a cultural expression. With regard to the Italian socio-cultural context, the contributors explore how food relates to aspects such as history, tradition, new food styles, health, and the old and new technologies used to produce food. The studies in the book do not simply analyse indicators to illustrate the Italian situation in the "here and now". As part of the tradition of studies on social indicators, they provide valid and well-founded indications to contribute to an improvement in the quality of life for years to come.This work on the theme of food represents a very useful contribution to the general reflection on well-being and its statistical, sociological, and multidisciplinary study, due to the importance historically given to food in Italy and the socio-cultural implications of food in various life contexts.Table of Contents- 1. The Relationship between Food Styles and Health: A Contribution from Italian Official Data. - 2. Sagre and Quality of Life. The Italian Heritage of Popular Gastronomy. - 3. New Food and Restaurant Trends. - 4. Food Consumption Associated with Health Status and Lifestyle Factors in the Adult Italian Regional Population: An Analysis Proposal for Official Statistics Data. - 5. On the Theory of Measurement of Experience-Based Food Insecurity at the Global Level. - 6. Experienced Food Insecurity: A Compared Analysis between Formative and Reflective Approach. - 7. Agriculture and New Technologies: A Basic Challenge for the Twenty-First Century. - 8. Food and Communities: Perspectives of Sharing Society. - 9. Epilogue—Food Memories and Quality of Life.
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Springer International Publishing AG Nursing: Health Education and Improving Patient
Book SynopsisThis new edition describes the latest advances in health education and patients' self-management, addressing core questions such as: How can you motivate a patient to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and how can you support their self-management? Though there is a broad consensus within the nursing profession on the importance of health promotion and the promotion of self-management, nursing professionals often struggle with the underlying theoretical and practical aspects involved, as well as the right type of intervention to use and how to evaluate the results.The book departs from concepts of health. In the first chapters, it examines health at the micro-, meso- and macro-level, combined with epidemiological health indicators. The following chapters focus on prevention, health promotion and self-management, while also broadly discussing prevention.The book then turns to the development and purpose of, as well as plans for, health promotion and health education. The Intervention Mapping protocol is the starting point, addressing questions such as how to motivate a patient to other, healthier behavior. Subsequently, the field of health promotion is extended to disease prevention, patient education and self-management. On the basis of patients’ needs, the book describes methods and interventions to promote self-management in detail. Self-management and chronic health problems are also highlighted, along with the patient’s social network in connection with self-management and eHealth. Lastly, the book explores the relationship between nursing and health promotion, as well as disease prevention, diagnoses, interventions and care results.Additionally, this edition includes two trainings on 'Promoting the self-management of the patient ' and on 'What is the role of the nursing professional in promoting self-management of the patient?'. This book is intended for bachelor and master courses for nursing professionals and is linked to the CanMeds competencies of health promoters and reflective evidence-based working professionals. Table of Contents1. Health, what is health?2. Health models, Lalonde, International classification of function, disability and health (ICF), Chronic Care Model, Stepped Care3. Health indicators, mortality, morbidity, and multimorbidity4. Prevention within the nursing profession5. Prevention and patient-/person-centered care6. Prevention and health behavior7. Prevention and eHealth8. Prevention umbrella: health protection, health promotion and disease prevention9. Effects of promoting patient self-management10. Intervention Mapping: improving self-management and lifestyle (health) behavior11. Intervention Mapping step 1 Needs assessment, assessing the health problem to improve quality of life12. Intervention Mapping step 1 Explaining self-management and lifestyle behavior, Theory of Planned Behavior13. Intervention Mapping step 2 Defining performance- and change objectives14. Intervention Mapping step 3 Methods for changing self-management and lifestyle (health) behavior15. Intervention Mapping step 4 Designing the self-management and lifestyle intervention16. Intervention Mapping step 5 Designing the plan for implementation of the self-management and lifestyle intervention17. Intervention Mapping step 6 Evaluation of the self-management and lifestyle intervention18. Barriers in promoting patient’ self-management and changing their lifestyle behavior 19. The nursing professional supporting self-management and being a health coach
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Springer International Publishing AG Patient Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life in
Book SynopsisThis book provides a guide to the assessment of quality of life and patient reported outcomes measures in general surgery. The rapidly emerging field helps contextualise patients and helps the decision-making process within health economics, bedside medicine, public health, and health policy. All subspecialties of general surgery are covered, as well as the core principles of quality of life.The book aims to demonstrate how clinicians and policymakers can easily get access to a single source of patient reported outcomes measures and quality of life evidence to help them make the best-informed decisions in the field of general surgery.This book is relevant to healthcare managers, doctors, allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, consultants, healthcare economists, and medical statisticians working in healthcare.Table of Contents Quality of Life Theory Statistical Methods for PROMS and QoL Research Methods for PROMS and QoL Methodology for Systematic Reviews on Measurement Properties of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMS) Quality of life as endpoint in surgical randomised controlled trials The role of Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMS) and Health-related Quality-of-Life (HRQoL) in Economic Analysis Quality of Life following Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Quality of life after upper GI Surgery Patient-reported quality of life after pancreatic and liver surgery Quality of Life in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology and Thyroid Surgery Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcomes in Breast Cancer Quality of Life After Colorectal Surgery Quality of life after lung cancer surgery Health-Related Quality of Life and Patient Reported Outcome Measures following Transplantation Surgery
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Springer-Verlag GmbH SocioEcological Resilience and Sustainable Quality of Life
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Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Nudging towards Health: A Tool to Influence Human
Book SynopsisAn analysis of “nudging” as a tool for influencing human health behavior. Behavioral economics sees “nudges” as ways to encourage people to re-evaluate their priorities in such a way that they voluntarily change their behavior, leading to personal and social benefits. This book examines nudging as a tool for influencing human behavior in health policy. The authors investigate the contemporary scientific discourse on nudging and enrich it with an ontological, epistemological, and praxeological analysis of human behavior. Based on analyses of the literature and a systemic review, the book defines nudging tools within the paradigm of prospect theory. In addition to the theoretical contribution, Nudging also examines and offers suggestions on the practice of health policy regarding obesity, malnutrition, and especially type 2 diabetes mellitus.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Human Behavior in the Mirror of the Traditional Paradigm 1.1. Delimitation of the Term "Human Behavior" 1.2. Human Behavior from the Perspective of the Axiom of Homo Economicus, Cartesian Rationality, and Epistemology2. Nudges and Nudging2.1 Behavioral Economics and Prospect Theory – The Theoretical and Methodological Bases for the Concept of the Nudge 2.2 The Phenomenon of the Nudge2.3 The Problem of Nudging in Contemporary Scientific Discourse 2.3 Nudging Tools in the Paradigm of Prospect Theory 3. Food Nudges – Health Policy Tools in the Field of Obesitology and Diabetology 3.1 Defining “Food Nudges “ 3.2 The Methods and Methodology for Analyzing the Scientific Discourse in the Field of Food Nudges 3.3 Results of the Analysis of Scientific Discourse. Identified Food Nudging Tools.3.3.1 Priming and Labeling3.3.2 Positioning, Proximity and Size Nudges 3.3.3. Decoy Effect, Default Options, Framing, Monetary Nudges, Salience Effect and Social Norms 3.3.4. Multi-Component Nudges 4. Systematic Review of Scientific Articles on Food Nudges 4.1 Country of Origin of the Selected Scientific Studies4.2 Classification of Analyzed Scientific Studies according to Journals 4.3 Detailed Results of the Literary Search by Category Nudges (Years of 2017–2021)ConclusionReferencesSummary Name IndexSubject Index
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