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Abortion
Andrzej Kulczycki
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Abortion Introduction An abortion refers to the termination of a pregnancy. It can be induced (see Definitions, Terminology, and Reference Reso...
Access to Health Care
Ronald Andersen
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Access to Health Care Introduction “Access to health care,” along with the cost and quality of that care, is generally considered one of the ...
Action Research
Jennifer Mullett, Sarah Fletcher
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Action Research Introduction Action research is research for societal change that progresses through cyclical stages of planning, acting, reflect...
Addiction
Mark Griffiths, Steve Sussman, Nadra Lisha, Gillian Smith, Adam Leventhal
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Addiction Introduction Conceptualizing addiction has been a matter of intense debate for decades. For many, addiction theory has applied only to ...
Advocacy, Public Health
Regina A. Galer-Unti
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-09-20
Public Health Advocacy Introduction The term “public health advocacy” refers to educating, organizing, and mobilizing for systems change in po...
Air Quality: Health Effects
C. Arden Pope
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Air Quality: Health Effects Introduction Ambient air pollution has long been implicated as a contributor to adverse health effects. Severe air-po...
Air Quality: Indoor Health Effects
Ian Colbeck
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Air Quality: Indoor Health Effects Introduction People often assume that air pollution is a modern phenomenon and that it has become worse in rec...
Alcohol Availability and Violence
Daikwon Han, Dennis M. Gorman
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Alcohol Availability and Violence Introduction Empirical studies of the effects of alcohol availability on violence began to emerge in the 198...
Alternative Research Designs
Mariko Carey, Robert Sanson-Fisher
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Alternative Research Designs Introduction While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the gold standard for intervention research, u...
Ambient Air Quality Standards and Guidelines
Morton Lippmann
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Ambient Air Quality Standards and Guidelines Introduction The inhalation of ambient air pollutants is significantly associated with excess mortal...
American Perspectives on Chronic Disease and Control
Noreen M. Clark
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
American Perspectives on Chronic Disease and Control Introduction Chronic conditions have been recognized by the World Health Organization as ...
Attachment as a Health Determinant
Maria Isabel Loureiro, Teresa Maia
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Attachment as a Health Determinant Introduction Attachment theory was first formulated by John Bowlby. This theory is about how relationships ar...
Behavior
Laura Bouwman
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Behavior Introduction Health behaviors are people’s actions, some purposefully deployed to promote or protect health, some thoughtlessly un...
Behavior Change Theory in Health Education and Promotion
Susan J. Curry, Robin J. Mermelstein
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Behavior Change Theory in Health Education and Promotion Introduction The 20th century witnessed an extraordinary shift from infectious to chr...
Bioethics
Christopher Mayes, Ian Kerridge
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Bioethics Introduction Public health has made enormous contributions to global health through policies and interventions. However, public heal...
Board of Health
Ned E. Baker, Marie Fallon
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Board of Health Introduction Boards of health and other public health governing entities are legally designated governing bodies whose ...
Business and Corporate Practices
Nicholas Freudenberg
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Business and Corporate Practices Introduction Public health professionals and researchers have often focused on the role of civil socie...
Cancer Communication Strategies in North America
Rachel McCloud Faulkenberry
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Cancer Communication Strategies in North America Introduction Cancer communication is defined as the study and application of messages deliver...
Cancer Prevention
John B. Lowe
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Cancer Prevention Introduction Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. The purpose of cancer prevention is to reduce the probability of dea...
Cancer Screening
Juliet McMullin
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Cancer Screening Introduction According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting...
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