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The first digital-only ebook taster of Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling. Competitively priced, it gives a flavour of one of the major themes: public health and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. This 'must-read' will introduce an even wider readership to his work.
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Public health is a very multidisciplinary profession that everyone out there are very proud to be associated with especially in this era of vast development.
We have over thousands of graduates year in and year out who are well trained, equipped and culturally diverse individuals who put programs in place to promote healthy lifestyle among the people.
Over the years, public health professionals have complained about the difficulties in getting jobs...
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Learn Introduction to Public Health Concepts Fast book is designed to introduce social work students to the basic concepts of public health, and to show how these concepts can be applied to social work in maternal and child health care. Each module takes a different topic, and uses it to illustrate the basic public health approach. This introduction is designed to provide background on the public health concepts that are used in the modules themselves....
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In the definitive history of a twentieth-century public health disaster, Alan Derickson recounts how for decades after methods of prevention were known hundreds of thousands of American miners suffered and died from black lung, a respiratory illness caused by the inhalation of coalmine dust. The combined failure of government, medicine, and industry to halt the spread of this disease-and even to acknowledge its existence-resulted in a national tragedy,...
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The COVID-19 pandemic thrust public health into the spotlight like never before in the 21st century. However, emergency response is simply the tip of the iceberg when it comes to public health. Public health departments work every day to ensure the health of local, national, and global communities. This includes offering suggestions for healthy behaviors, such as avoiding tobacco products and staying properly hydrated, as well as issuing guidelines...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: Global Public Health is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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From medical expert Leana Wen, MD., an insider's account of public health and its crucial role-from opioid addiction to global pandemic-and an inspiring story of her journey from struggling immigrant to being one of Time's 100 Most Influential People
"Public health saved your life today-you just don't know it," is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You don't know it because good public health is invisible. It becomes visible only in its absence,...
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Public Health and the Environment presents a timely pathway articulating the connections between the social, ecological, and economic factors that impact population health. This book aims to engage the reader in a sound understanding of the fundamental determinants that significantly impact the environment and people's health. The Second Edition features updated web links to online availability, editing more than ten images, including Tables and Figures,...
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A fascinating look into the life of a state surgeon general and how his public health decisions provide a blueprint for fearless leadership and better national health policy
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo shares the inspiring story of how he came to be who he is:
• How a traumatic event he experienced as a child shaped his life,
• How getting free of fear affected his outlook on the COVID pandemic and the politics surrounding it,
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A David and Goliath battle for truth
A specialist in GM foods and pesticides, the biologist Gilles-Éric Seralini has studied their toxicity and effects on people's health for many years. In September 2012, for the first time in a major scientific journal (Food and Chemical Toxicology), he published a study showing the effect on the liver and kidneys of two of Monsanto's flagship products: Roundup weedkiller and the GM foods created to absorb it....
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This book provides an introduction to ethics, research design as the most important part of the qualitative research process, the importance of theoretical frameworks and the relationship between the researcher and the researched in the qualitative research process.The book is organised according to the following chapters: ethics and introduction to qualitative research; qualitative research study design; qualitative methods – participant observation;...
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#1 on AMAZON, and a NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, USA TODAY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NATIONAL BESTSELLER
This edition is limited to only 5,000 copies. Each copy is housed in a custom-made slipcase, is signed by the author, and includes an original 6" x 9" signed photo of the author. With added citations, full index, larger print, and wider margins, this Two-Box Deluxe Boxed Set is an important keepsake and record of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s alarming...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: City Planning, Public Health, and Immigrant Communities is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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The topic of public health versus personal freedom has never been more important. The COVID-19 pandemic brought heated arguments into the national spotlight, and many of them affect young people today. This book looks at both sides of the debate. Readers will learn why some people favor vaccine mandates, masks in public, and quarantines. They'll also see why other people oppose such mandates and value personal freedoms. Through familiar situations,...
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The Dominicans control the production and distribution of P-Dope. New York Times article, "Jury Awards 2 Drug Agents $1.5 Million (February 13, 2003, p. A31)" states: "…the Dominican Revolutionary Party 'was, and is, protected and sanctioned, unlawfully, by the agencies of the United States government, to include the CIA and State Department, enabling the Dominicans to distribute illegal drugs at will.'" The origin of some names ("P-Dope") might...
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Décideurs et intervenants de santé publique s'interrogent sur le rle joué par les médias dans la construction des normes en matière de santé. Comment les médias contribuent-ils à la naissance et au renforcement de ces normes sociales? C'est à cette question encore peu étudiée que cherchent à répondre les auteurs de cet ouvrage, fruit du travail du Groupe de recherche Médias et santé.
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El libro Multitrauma y maltrato infantil tiene muchas fortalezas. Además del rigor científico y académico con el que está escrito, el autor expone su experiencia y apuesta clínica con una problemática que aborda a diario conjuntamente con otras disciplinas y sectores como el de la protección infantil. Así, el texto expone el contraste entre deber ser, generado desde las recomendaciones técnicas expuestas, con las realidades que cada lector...
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