Personal & Public Health

Neuroplasticity is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. It is when the brain is rewired to func...

Neuroplasticity is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change through growth and reorganization. It is when the brain is rewired to func...

This book combines core chapters on different aspects of sustainable transport and health, together with case studies of particular approaches to s...

This book describes the events, activities and negotiations leading up to the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on international drug policy...

Each of us is, to a certain extent, dangerous to his or her own health, but how far do we want the government to curb our freedom to be foolish? In...

This book is an exploration of issues that are essential in end of life care. Understanding end of life practices across cultures and religions is ...

In our world of constant conflict, environmental destruction, cruelty, and misery for many, is a new direction needed more than ever?In this new se...

Drawing from ethnographic research, this book presents childrens lived experience of poverty and vulnerability in Kenya. By taking the case of Siay...

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the factors that impact physical, mental, and social well-being, offering a broad definition...

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the factors that impact physical, mental, and social well-being, offering a broad definition...

A revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.Access to good food is the litmus test of a societys commitment ...

A revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.Access to good food is the litmus test of a societys commitment ...

One in five adults and one in six youth experience a mental health illness within a year. These common conditions are often managed within complex ...

Originally published in 1960, when every twentieth child in this country was born illegitimate, every eighth was conceived outside marriage; every ...

Now in its sixth edition, Living with Drugs continues to be a well-respected and indispensable reference tool. Michael Gossop has updated this new ...

This work examines health, defined in its broadest meaning, in rural China today. It explores the current social distribution of health status, hea...

This book rereads classical narratives of plague from the Bible (Exodus) and classical antiquity, both Greek (Homer, Thucydides, Sophocles) and Rom...

Significant health-industry human resource needs increase the reliance on family and friends to support older adults hoping to age in place. This b...

This book explores various aspects related to human longevity and aging beyond 100 years old. It examines all domains of health and well-being of t...

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to exami...

An essential introduction to concepts of causation and causal inference that explores how our definitions of causes in epidemiology influence how w...

This book weaves together intersectional threads that underlie the experiences of older men and women in India during the Covid-19 pandemic. While ...

This innovative volume examines the phenomenological, existential and cultural dimensions of grief experiences. It draws on perspectives from philo...

Bullying as a Social Experience presents data from both the US and New Zealand and draws on past research from around the world to show how social ...