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Come From Away - How Rolling Stigma From Covid-19 Shaped Global Health For The 21st Century

by Robert Huish

~~158,99€~~ 143,09€ 10% OFF

 This volume takes a deep dive into the lasting legacy of stigma from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Yet in a highly globalized pandemic, such ancient methods were the front lines of defense for a modern-day pandemic.
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Understanding Cancer Prevention Through Geospatial Science - Putting Cancer In Its Place

~~237,84€~~ 214,06€ 10% OFF

 The worldwide cancer burden will double over the next two decades, with the number of new cancer diagnoses increasing in all regions of the world. However, it is estimated that around 40% of all cancers are preventable through the appropriate application of existing epidemiological and public health knowledge, and with further research this proportion will increase considerably. This edited volume explores the role of place in cancer prevention and how geospatial tools can be used to support this globally important goal. Its chapters detail many aspects of the application of geospatial science to cancer control, including quantifying exposure to environmental carcinogens, access to screening services, the importance of partnership building, and more through a variety of geographically diverse case studies. The book also offers background on geospatial modeling tools and methods for adding spatial analysis to cancer surveillance systems. The book is rooted firmly in the notion that geography significantly influences the accumulation of cancer risks (at the individual and community level) that are modifiable through policy, regulatory, and behavioral changes.The landscape of cancer prevention is vast, encompassing the building blocks of population and public health—i.e., epidemiology and causation—through risk factor modifications, behavior and policy change, to the interface of the cellular with society, including epigenetic modifications and gene/environment interactions, cancer genomics and precision medicine/health. It is clear that geography (space, place, setting, context) is central to all these activities. Geospatial methods and data support risk factor identification, can elucidate the interaction between individual behavioral, demographic, and genetic factors with community level contextual factors, and can be used to prioritize interventions more accurately towards at-risk people and at-risk population groups. Geography is also central to the organization of health services and hence, by definition, is fundamental to the organization of preventative services. More broadly, adopting a geographical approach can help move cancer prevention beyond a narrow medical definition of health, to tackle the upstream and structural determinants of cancer.
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Adolescent Mental Health In The Middle East And North Africa

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 This 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.
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Rural Landscapes Of Community Health - The Community Health Assessment Sustainable Education (Chase) Model In Action

~~148,70€~~ 133,83€ 10% OFF

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 The book describes a novel method of engaging rural communities in partnership initially with nurse learners to research and employ the Community Health Assessment Sustainability Education (CHASE) model.
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Health Geography In Sub-Saharan Africa - Development-Health Nexus

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 This volume creates a platform to showcase health geography research from countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and draws on theoretical and methodological innovations to initiate a discussion on the complexities of the issues impacting health in the region.
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The Geographies Of Covid-19 - Geospatial Stories Of A Global Pandemic

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 This volume provides a synopsis of how geography and geospatial approaches are used to understand this event andthe emerging â€œnew normal.â€ The volume's approach is necessarily selective due to the global reach of the pandemic and the broad sweep of second-order impacts where important issues may be left out.
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The Covid-19 - Health Systems Nexus - Emerging Trends, Issues And Dynamics In Zimbabwe

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 This contributed volume, based on papers presented at a conference held in Zimbabwe in mid-2021, examines the nexus between Zimbabweâ€™s health systems and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Representation, Re-Presentation, And Resistance - Participatory Geographies Of Place, Health, And Embodiment

by Ryan J. Petteway

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 This book draws on the author's ten years of participatory work to examine core themes of (mis)representation, re-presentation, and resistance within place-health research and practice.
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Adolescent Health In The Middle East And North Africa - An Epidemiological Perspective

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 This 2-volumeset 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.
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Services For Aging Persons In China - Spatial Variations In Supply And Demand

by Shangyi Zhou, Xiaoping Shen e Xiulan Zhang

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 This volume draws upon one of the first comprehensive studies on the regional variations of services for aging persons in China to provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of the impact of China's rapidly growing aging population on the country's socioeconomic, cultural, and political systems.
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Climate Change And Human Health Scenarios - International Case Studies

~~145,09€~~ 130,58€ 10% OFF

 The objective of the present edited book is to encompass studies from both developed and developing countries of Asia, Africa Europe, and Americas, to understand and present a comparative scenario of the climate change and other environmental determinants of health and disease in geographically diversified countries. Environment and health perspective dates back to Hippocrates treatise written 400 B.C.E. In his book On Airs, Waters and Places, Hippocrates described diseases as associated with environmental conditions, "Whoever wishes to investigate medicine properly, should proceed thus: in the first place to consider the seasons of the year, and what effects each of them produces for they are not at all alike, but differ much from themselves in regard to their changes. Then the winds, the hot and the cold, especially such as are common to all countries, and then such as are peculiar to each locality. We must also consider the qualities of the waters, for as they differ fromone another in taste and weight, so also do they differ much in their qualities. In the same manner, when one comes into a city to which he is a stranger, he ought to consider its situation, how it lies as to the winds and the rising of the sun; for its influence is not the same whether it lies to the north or the south, to the rising or to the setting sun".There has been a greater emphasis in the last four decades on understanding environmental factors which affect human health, after United Nations established Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988 aimed at to evaluate research on changing environmental condition, particularly climate change and its impacts on human wellbeing, including human health, as consequences of extreme heat waves conditions, sea level rise, forced migration, air pollution, droughts, and wildfires. From these studies, risk levels of vulnerable populations and regions can be assessed and level of resilience of healthcare infrastructure that may be used in environmental health policy and equity of these countries.
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Rural Landscapes Of Community Health - The Community Health Assessment Sustainable Education (Chase) Model In Action

~~145,74€~~ 131,17€ 10% OFF

 The book describes a novel method of engaging rural communities in partnership initially with nurse learners to research and employ the Community Health Assessment Sustainability Education (CHASE) model.
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Health And Medical Geography In Africa - Methods, Applications And Development Linkages

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 This contributed volume focuses on the evolution and current state of the sub-discipline of health and medical geography in Africa. It encompasses theoretical and methodological issues as well as the current teaching and research capacities of institutions offering programs in health and medical geography in Africa. Further, the book will review the level of adoption of the sub-discipline in State policies and practice and also provide practical illustrations, with case studies, of how studies in the sub-discipline are central to the actualization of Africa''s development agenda. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between health and development. Through its direct and indirect impacts on labor productivity, population health and wellbeing matter for the social and economic development of households and national economies. Yet, health is not uniform in space. And so is development. Comparatively on many health and development indicators, Africa fairs poorly. The variation in health may present as differences in the occurrence and spread of diseases, the distribution of and access to healthcare facilities, and/or in health outcomes among the population. Reasons for these variations range from biology to the population’s levels of exposure and susceptibility to elements in their environment, including the social interactions taking place within the environment. The field of health and medical geography focuses on the spatial patterns and processes underlying these variations and provides pathways for understanding and addressing them. More specifically, the sub-discipline of health and medical geography focuses on, among others, how places (their characteristics and processes that go on in them) and environmental factors underlie and/or influence disease patterns, exposure and susceptibility to diseases, health variations, health behavior, health outcomes, and the provision of and access to healthcare services. This volume documents perspectives and applications in health and medical geography in Africa for academics, students, health practitioners, and development policymakers.
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Health Geography In Sub-Saharan Africa - Development-Health Nexus

158,99€ + 10% CARD

 This volume creates a platform to showcase health geography research from countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and draws on theoretical and methodological innovations to initiate a discussion on the complexities of the issues impacting health in the region.
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The Covid-19 - Health Systems Nexus - Emerging Trends, Issues And Dynamics In Zimbabwe

162,21€ + 10% CARD

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 This contributed volume, based on papers presented at a conference held in Zimbabwe in mid-2021, examines the nexus between Zimbabweâ€™s health systems and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Geographies Of Covid-19 - Geospatial Stories Of A Global Pandemic

148,70€ + 10% CARD

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 This volume provides a synopsis of how geography and geospatial approaches are used to understand this event andthe emerging â€œnew normal.â€ The volume's approach is necessarily selective due to the global reach of the pandemic and the broad sweep of second-order impacts where important issues may be left out.
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Representation, Re-Presentation, And Resistance - Participatory Geographies Of Place, Health, And Embodiment

by Ryan J. Petteway

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 This book draws on the author's ten years of participatory work to examine core themes of (mis)representation, re-presentation, and resistance within place-health research and practice.
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The Global Rise Of China And Asia - Impact And Regional Response

by Abdul Razak Baginda

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 While a recognition of Chinaâ€™s greatness does not necessarily place states in a subservient position, the author argues that the most prudent approach for Asian nations is to avoid being caught in the middle of the US-China rivalry, as this allows them to derive benefits from both sides.
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The Indian Ocean As A New Political And Security Region

by Frederic Grare e Jean-Loup Samaan

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 This book analyses the emergence of the Indian Ocean as security complex and a strategic space of central importance and also looks at its prospective future.
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Smoking Environments In China - Challenges For Tobacco Control

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 This book fills a major gap in research into smoking and tobacco control in China.
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Geospatial Technologies For Urban Health

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 This volume presents a timely collection of research papers on the progress, opportunities, and challenges related to the advancement of geospatial technologies for applications in urban health research and management.
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Covid-19 - Health Systems Nexus - Emerging Trends, Issues And Dynamics In Zimbabwe

158,34€ + 10% CARD

 This contributed volume, based on papers presented at a conference held in Zimbabwe in mid-2021, examines the nexus between Zimbabweâ€™s health systems and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Geographies Of Covid-19 - Geospatial Stories Of A Global Pandemic

145,09€ + 10% CARD

 This volume provides a synopsis of how geography and geospatial approaches are used to understand this event andthe emerging â€œnew normal.â€ The volume's approach is necessarily selective due to the global reach of the pandemic and the broad sweep of second-order impacts where important issues may be left out.
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Representation, Re-Presentation, And Resistance - Participatory Geographies Of Place, Health, And Embodiment

by Ryan J. Petteway

118,59€ + 10% CARD

 This book draws on the author's ten years of participatory work to examine core themes of (mis)representation, re-presentation, and resistance within place-health research and practice.
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