Public Health & Preventive Medicine

'A virtuoso feat ... a book of panoramic breadth' New York Times Book Review'A devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together com...

The closure of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 prompted the need for a book of this kind. An interdisciplinary group of global heal...

A frank, funny and inspiring new memoir from the bestselling author of The Language of Kindness about the search for meaning in midlife'Brilliant.....

Still the leading cause of death worldwide, heart disease challenges researchers, clinicians, and patients alike. Each day, thousands of patients a...

This book analyses the development and use of mathematical models in public health research and policy. By introducing a life cycle metaphor, the a...

In Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform, Dr. Richard (Buz) Cooper argues that US poverty and high health care spending are inextricably ent...

How can religious and health care organizations work together to create community-based health care programs?Because health care works best when pa...

At the end of the nineteenth century, public health was the province of part-time political appointees and volunteer groups of every variety. Publi...

In Health Care in America, historian John C. Burnham describes changes over four centuries of medicine and public health in America. Beginning with...

A teenage mother arrives by donkey cart to a hospital after attempting to deliver her baby in the bush. A young father faces the loss of a leg afte...

In the age of air travel and globalized trade, pathogens that once took months or even years to spread beyond their regions of origin can now circu...

Despite a century of advances in modern medicine, as well as the rapid development of Covid vaccines, the global pharmaceutical industry has largel...

How a community in Cairo, Egypt, has adapted the many systems required for clean water.Who is responsible for ensuring access to clean potable wate...

Today, approximately two billion children breathe toxic air at levels exceeding standards set by the World Health Organization, causing immediate a...

The liver is the body's workhorse. It makes proteins and bile, processes fats, and detoxifies drugs and alcohol. The liver is a resilient organ, bu...

While 40 percent of premature deaths in the United States can be attributed to such dangerous behaviors as smoking, overeating, inactivity, and dru...

Engaging the Public in Critical Disaster Planning and Decision Making is the summary of a workshop held in March 2013 to discuss the key principles...

Proof that high health care spending is linked directly to poverty.In Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform, Dr. Richard (Buz) Cooper argues ...

The availability of combination antiretroviral therapy has changed the lives of millions of people living with HIV (PLWH), for whom a once fatal in...

Exploring the interconnectedness of human health, biodiversity, and bioethics.We all depend on environmental biodiversity for clean air, safe water...

In community after community, pro bono and student-run health clinics have sprung up over the past 30 years, providing critically needed care to me...

Helping human research protection program professionals create, implement, and evaluate quality assurance/quality improvement programs.Quality Assu...