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Precautionary Principle
Yazmin Amado Vu, William M. London
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Precautionary Principle Introduction Precautionary actions to protect health and ensure safety have always been an important part of public he...
Prenatal Health
M. Anne George, Mary H. George
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Prenatal Health Introduction Maternal and prenatal health covers a spectrum of topics, including nutrition, adequate health care, and risks...
Preparedness
Linda Young Landesman
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Preparedness Introduction The body of research investigating public health considerations in disasters has only recently received dedicated at...
Program Planning and Evaluation
Chris Lovato
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Program Planning and Evaluation Introduction At the most basic level, program planning is a process that is designed to address questions such...
Public Health Genomics
W. David Dotson, Muin J. Khoury
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Public Health Genomics Introduction In the wake of the Human Genome Project’s completion in 2003, the pace of biological discovery and the rate...
Public Health, History of
L. Fleming Fallon
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
History of Public Health Introduction The history of public health is dynamic and being generated on a constant basis. Diseases have provided t...
Randomized Controlled Trials
Christine Paul, Robert Sanson-Fisher, Mariko Carey
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Randomized Controlled Trials Introduction Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have become the accepted approach, or “gold standard,” for producin...
Rural Health in the United States
Ryung Suh, Hilda R. Heady
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Rural Health in the United States Introduction “Rural health in the United States” refers to the health status of rural people and the policie...
Sex Education in HIV/AIDS Prevention
Jessica M. Sales, Ralph J. DiClemente
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Sex Education in HIV/AIDS Prevention Introduction HIV/AIDS is the largest epidemic in modern history, resulting in approximately 25 million deaths s...
Skin Cancer Prevention
Karen Glanz
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Skin Cancer Prevention Introduction Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States, with more than 1 million Americ...
Smoking Cessation
Michael Eriksen, Carrie Whitney
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Smoking Cessation Introduction Worldwide, there are approximately one billion adult smokers, and each year tobacco use kills nearly six millio...
Social Epidemiology
Regina A. Galer-Unti
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Social Epidemiology Introduction The term social epidemiology refers to the branch of epidemiology that investigates how social interactions a...
Translation of Science to Practice and Policy
Ross C. Brownson, Lauren Cardick
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Translation of Science to Practice and Policy Introduction One of the greatest challenges for public health researchers and practitioners is t...
Unintentional Injury Prevention
David A. Sleet
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Unintentional Injury Prevention Introduction Unintentional injuries, such as falls, motor vehicle crashes, and poisoning, are a large, predicta...
Urban Health
Nicholas Freudenberg
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Urban Health Introduction In the early 21st century, city living is the norm for an ever-growing proportion of the world’s population. By 2...
Violence Prevention
Andrés Villaveces
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Violence Prevention Introduction Violence as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is the intentional use of physical force or power,...
Water Quality
Mark Robson
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Water Quality Introduction According to the United Nations, almost one billion or more people lack access to safe drinking water, and 40 percent ...
Water Quality and Water-Related Disease
Patricia L. Meinhardt
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Water Quality and Water-Related Disease Introduction Contamination of water reserves by biological, chemical, and radiologic agents affects th...
Workforce
Jean Moore
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Workforce Introduction The public health system is a complex network of organizations that works to promote, protect, and preserve the health ...
Worksite Health Promotion
Nell H. Gottlieb
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Worksite Health Promotion Introduction Worksite health promotion is a relatively young field, with employee fitness programs in the United Sta...
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