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A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health

This wide-ranging study reviews the state of public health worldwide and presents informed recommendations for real-world solutions. Identifying the most urgent challenges in the field, from better understanding the causes of acute diseases and chronic conditions to reducing health inequities, it re...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Boccia, Stefania. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Villari, Paolo. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ricciardi, Walter. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:
Public health.
Social policy.
Public Health.
Social Policy.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13620-2
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction and Global Burden of Disease
  • Health Trends of Communicable diseases
  • Global Burden and Health Trends of Non-Communicable diseases
  •  Cardiovascular diseases.-Epidemiology of Cancer and Principles of Prevention
  • Obesity and Diabetes
  • Respiratory diseases and health disorders related to indoor and outdoor air pollution
  • Public health gerontology  and active ageing
  • Some ethical reflections in public health
  • Injury prevention and safety promotion
  • Migrant and ethnic minority health
  • Public mental health
  • Urban public health
  • Public Health Genomics
  •  Health Impact Assessment
  • Health in all Policies.

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