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Abortion
Andrzej Kulczycki
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
AbortionIntroductionAn abortion refers to the termination of a pregnancy. It can be induced (see Definitions, Terminology, and Reference Resources) th...
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...
Active Aging
Ina Voelcker, Louise Plouffe, Alexandre Kalache
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Active AgingIntroduction“Active aging” emerged among other semantically similar constructs, such as successful, healthy, and productive aging to expre...
Active Living
Trevor R. Shilton
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Active Living Introduction Increasing population levels of physical activity is an important public health objective. Physical activity afford...
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 ...
Adolescent Health, Socioeconomic Inequalities in
Bente Wold, Oddrun Samdal
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2020-08-26
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Adolescent HealthIntroductionAmong adults, there is solid evidence of socioeconomic inequalities in health, with regard ...
Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior in the United States
Jessica M. Sales, Charles E. Irwin
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-11-25
Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior in the United States Introduction Adolescence is a developmental stage characterized by striking emotional, so...
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...
Agricultural Safety and Public Health
Thomas A. Arcury, Taylor J. Arnold
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2017-08-23
Agricultural Safety and Public HealthIntroductionAgriculture is a hazardous industry for those employed on farms and for the communities in which thos...
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 EffectsIntroductionPeople often assume that air pollution is a modern phenomenon and that it has become worse in recent tim...
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 ...
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
David Patrick, Rachel McKay, Patricia Keen
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2017-08-23
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)IntroductionAmong the public health risks of the 21st century, treatment failure from antibiotic resistance in human pat...
Asbestos
Ying Jiang, Ken Takahashi, Mehrnoosh Movahed
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Asbestos Introduction Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fiber that has historically been used in a wide range of industrial applicatio...
Asthma in Children
Janvier Gasana
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-05-29
Asthma in Children Introduction Asthma has puzzled and confused humanity for a long time. It was only recognized as a unique illness toward th...
Asthma, Work-Related
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2021-04-21
Work-Related AsthmaIntroductionWork-related asthma encompasses both new-onset asthma and aggravation of pre-existing asthma from work exposures/condit...
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