Public Health & Preventive Medicine

Drug resistance continues to be a major problem in the effective treatment of many diseases. Resistance to chemotherapy, whether intrinsic or extri...

U.S. support for global health has been motivated in large part by concern about emergent and re-emerging infectious diseases. Following outbreaks ...

In the year 2010, the new International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health was begun under the auspices of the National Institute of Child He...

The early years in the life of a child are critical for cognitive, social and emotional development. It is therefore important that we make sure th...

This book identifies a comprehensive set of actions for enhancing health care across the Nation through greater use of systems-engineering principl...

What is epidemiology? What are the causes of a new disease? How can pandemics be prevented? Epidemiology is the study of the changing patterns of...

From the bestselling author of Happiness and co-editor of the annual World Happiness ReportMost people now realize that economic growth, however de...

A clarion call about the dangers of medicine for women, as well as a manual for how women can get the right care for their bodies.Sex Matters tack...

The thrust-area of this book is the connection between imperial anxieties and tropical health situations along with intriguing psychological questi...

According to WHO, a pandemic is the spread of a disease on a global scale. The globalization of the modern singular world has led to a dynamic deve...

This book tries to give an approach of the implications of crisis, especially in health and social systems. The economic crisis, as a global phenom...

In this compilation, the authors propose that strength training is a fundamental part of the aging process to maintain the functionality which is a...

There are few contemporary industries that are as complex and challenging to navigate as healthcare. The realities of constantly changing regulator...

This book discusses the significance of local governments in public healthcare systems in developing countries, particularly India. It considers a ...

This book concentrates on the epidemiology of corruption and disease transmission as a saturable interaction as well as case studies of infectious ...

The purpose of this book is to provide a collection of public health research methodologies in one volume covering both quantitative and qualitativ...

Globalisation has placed increasing demands on the FDA in ensuring the safety and effectiveness of drugs marketed in the United States. Drugs manuf...

Federal domestic drug control policy has evolved over the course of the past century and currently consists of a three-pronged approach to reducing...

This book identifies the countries in Europe, Eurasia and Russia where health status is the poorest and where the transition to democracy and free ...

Being physically active is one of the most important steps that Americans of all ages can take to improve their health. This book provides science-...

Avian influenza, sometimes avian flu, and commonly called bird flu, refers to influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds . Of greatest concern i...

Cross infection is the transmission of an infectious agent from one person to another because of a poor barrier protection as in patients and immun...

This book presents topical research in the study of systolic blood pressure, including evidence that coping with psychological demands elicits an i...

This book presents current research in the study of various health-related issues, injuries and diseases. Topics discussed include the physiopathol...

Changes in the air ambulance industry''''s size and structure have led to differences of opinion about the implications for air ambulance use, safe...

In March 2010, President Obama signed into law a comprehensive health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and a pa...

Global pandemic preparedness and response efforts are co-ordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO). Domestic preparedness efforts are led by...

For thousands of years, different human civilisations have developed on the coasts around the Black Sea. The human population increased progressive...

'Punchily written He leaves the reader with a sense of the gross injustice of a world where health outcomes are so unevenly distributed' Times Lit...

Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vesse...

Researchers conduct observational human exposure studies to understand how and the extent to which people come into contact with chemicals and envi...

This book from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) focuses on four inter-related public health areas: healthy people across all stages of life, he...

One day in 2006, the rich, well connected but very private philanthropist Ray Chambers flicked through the holiday snaps of his friend, the develop...

It makes sense to have well-planned, research based approaches to adolescent health and education, which can be incorporated into the curriculum by...