Geographic Medicine
| Author | : Rudolf Steiner |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 61 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Anthroposophy |
| ISBN | : 9780936132068 |
Geographic Medicine
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Introduction to Geographic Information Systems in Public Health
| Author | : Alan L. Melnick |
| Publisher | : Jones & Bartlett Learning |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 9780834218789 |
This clear and accessible text helps public health students and officials gain a solid understanding of geographic information systems technology. Using examples drawn from public health practice, the author shows how to best harness the opportunities of this exciting technological development.
The Geographic Spread of Infectious Diseases
| Author | : Lisa Sattenspiel |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2009-07-26 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 069112132X |
The 1918-19 influenza epidemic killed more than fifty million people worldwide. The SARS epidemic of 2002-3, by comparison, killed fewer than a thousand. The success in containing the spread of SARS was due largely to the rapid global response of public health authorities, which was aided by insights resulting from mathematical models. Models enabled authorities to better understand how the disease spread and to assess the relative effectiveness of different control strategies. In this book, Lisa Sattenspiel and Alun Lloyd provide a comprehensive introduction to mathematical models in epidemiology and show how they can be used to predict and control the geographic spread of major infectious diseases. Key concepts in infectious disease modeling are explained, readers are guided from simple mathematical models to more complex ones, and the strengths and weaknesses of these models are explored. The book highlights the breadth of techniques available to modelers today, such as population-based and individual-based models, and covers specific applications as well. Sattenspiel and Lloyd examine the powerful mathematical models that health authorities have developed to understand the spatial distribution and geographic spread of influenza, measles, foot-and-mouth disease, and SARS. Analytic methods geographers use to study human infectious diseases and the dynamics of epidemics are also discussed. A must-read for students, researchers, and practitioners, no other book provides such an accessible introduction to this exciting and fast-evolving field.
National Geographic Guide to Medicinal Herbs
| Author | : Rebecca L. Johnson |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 142620700X |
A resource organized by body system lists the key herbal remedies available, their uses, and cautionary advice, in a book that includes full-color photos, a glossary and several thematic indexes.
National Geographic Desk Reference to Nature's Medicine
| Author | : Steven Foster |
| Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9781426202933 |
An illustrated compendium of information on plants and their diverse therapeutic properties and benefits brings together folklore, scientific research, and medical theory to describe hundreds of plants and their origins.--
Perspectives in Medical Geography
| Author | : Amy J. Blatt |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2014-06-11 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1317977548 |
Medical geography is a fascinating area of rapidly evolving study that aims to analyse and improve worldwide health issues based on the geographical factors which have an impact on them. Perspectives in Medical Geography will appeal to both novice and seasoned researchers looking to be informed on the latest theories and applications in the field. Chapters represent a wide range of industries, ranging from private/public universities to private companies to non-profit foundations. Contributors describe ways in which map and geography librarians can engage in public health research – creating data standards, archiving map collections and providing mapping/GIS services. In addition to compiling current theories and practices related to medical geography, this volume also features commentaries from two pre-eminent geography librarians, sharing their perspectives on this emerging field and how map and geographic information librarians can engage in health-related research through their profession. This book was originally published as two special issues of the Journal of Map & Geography Libraries.
Infectious Diseases
| Author | : Eskild Petersen |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 532 |
| Release | : 2011-04-22 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1119971624 |
This concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world. Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide is divided according to United Nations world regions and addresses geographic disease profiles, presenting symptoms and incubation periods of infections. Each chapter contains a section on the coverage of the childhood vaccination programs in the countries included in that region. Chapters also include descriptions of infectious disease risk and problems with resistant bacteria in each region (e.g. antibiotic resistance in Salmonella infections in Southeast Asia). For the clinician, this book is a tool to generate differential diagnoses by considering the geographical history, as well the presenting symptoms and duration of illness. For the travel medicine specialist, this book provides information on risks of different diseases at various destinations and is particularly useful in advising long-term travelers.
Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities
| Author | : Institute of Medicine |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 2008-06-13 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 030918570X |
In early 2007, the Institute of Medicine convened the Roundtable on Health Disparities to increase the visibility of racial and ethnic health disparities as a national problem, to further the development of programs and strategies to reduce disparities, to foster the emergence of leadership on this issue, and to track promising activities and developments in health care that could lead to dramatically reducing or eliminating disparities. The Roundtable's first workshop, Challenges and Successes in Reducing Health Disparities, was held in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 31, 2007, and examined (1) the importance of differences in life expectancy within the United States, (2) the reasons for those differences, and (3) the implications of this information for programs and policy makers.
Health and Medical Geography
| Author | : Michael Emch |
| Publisher | : Guilford Publications |
| Total Pages | : 553 |
| Release | : 2017-02-02 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1462528961 |
Why are rainfall, carcinogens, and primary care physicians distributed unevenly over space? The fourth edition of the leading text in the field has been updated and reorganized to cover the latest developments in disease ecology and health promotion across the globe. The book accessibly introduces the core questions and perspectives of health and medical geography and presents cutting-edge techniques of mapping and spatial analysis. It explores the intersecting genetic, ecological, behavioral, cultural, and socioeconomic processes that underlie patterns of health and disease in particular places, including how new diseases and epidemics emerge. Geographic dimensions of health care access and service provision are addressed. More than 100 figures include 16 color plates; most are available as PowerPoint slides at the companion website. New to This Edition: *Chapters on the political ecology of health; emerging infectious diseases and landscape genetics; food, diet, and nutrition; and urban health. *Coverage of Middle East respiratory syndrome, Ebola, and Zika; impacts on health of global climate change; contaminated water crises in economically developed countries, including in Flint, Michigan; China's rapid industrial growth; and other timely topics. *Updated throughout with current data and concepts plus advances in GIS. Pedagogical Features: *End-of-chapter review questions and suggestions for further reading. *Section Introductions that describe each chapter. *"Quick Reviews"--within-chapter recaps of key concepts. *Bold-faced key terms and an end-of-book glossary.
