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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 PreventionIntroductionCancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. The purpose of cancer prevention is to reduce the probability of death by c...
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...
Capacity Building
Maria Isabel Loureiro
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Capacity Building Introduction Capacity building contains the concept of enabling—individuals, organizations, systems—for positive changes, stre...
Capacity Building for NCDs in LMICs
Mohammed K. Ali, Swathi Sekar
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-02-25
Capacity Building for NCDs in LMICs Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes, cancers, a...
Capacity-Building for Applied Public Health in LMIC: A US Perspective
Karen R. Siegel, KMV Narayan
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Capacity-Building for Applied Public Health in LMIC: A US Perspective Introduction Applied public health is the application of public health c...
Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Darwin R. Labarthe
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Cardiovascular Health and Disease Introduction In the context of public health, “heart disease” represents a number of circulatory system diso...
Child Labor
Derek Shendell, Juhi Aggarwal
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2022-04-25
Child LaborIntroductionGlobally, around 200 million children, or minors seventeen years old or younger, are involved in child labor in various industr...
Child Maltreatment
Joanne Martin
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Child Maltreatment Introduction Child maltreatment encompasses all forms of child abuse and neglect. Child maltreatment has long-term devastating...
Children, Air Pollution and
Maya Leventer-Roberts, Carla Campbell
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Air Pollution and Children Introduction Air pollution consists of undesirable chemicals and particles that are present in varying levels and h...
Children, Injury Risk-Taking Behaviors in
Marizen Ramirez, Elizabeth O'Neal
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Injury Risk–Taking Behaviors in Children Introduction Unintentional injury is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality across the w...
Children, Obesity in
Elizabeth Waters, Andrea M. de Silva-Sanigorski, Tahna Pettman, Miranda Bruckner, Lisa Gibbs
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-08-26
Obesity in Children Introduction Childhood obesity is a significant public health issue internationally. Growing recognition of the problem pa...
Citizen Advisory Boards
Ned E. Baker, Marie Fallon
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Citizen Advisory Boards Introduction From the earliest colonial days, the citizens of North American colonies banded together to protect th...
Climate Change and Human Health
Sotiris Vardoulakis
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Climate Change and Human Health Introduction There is increasing scientific evidence of the direct and indirect effects of climate change on huma...
Climate Change: Institutional Response
Cindy Parker
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Climate Change: Institutional Response Introduction For people to be healthy, they require clean air, sufficient quantities of clean water, fe...
Clinical Preventive Medicine
Mark B. Johnson
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Clinical Preventive Medicine Introduction The clinical practice of preventive medicine has long been the dream of many who have believed that ...
Community Air Pollution
Morton Lippmann
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Community Air Pollution Introduction Human activities generate ambient air pollutants that we all inhale when outdoors. These pollutants also inf...
Community Development
Frances Dunn Butterfoss
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Community DevelopmentIntroductionAlthough its work is continuously redefined by current social issues, community development (CD) is a broad term appl...
Community Gardens
Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, Jane Momoh, Ashley Martin, Mark DeHaven
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Community Gardens Introduction Community gardens have the potential to provide access to healthy and affordable foods, particularly in food de...
Community Health Assessment
Norma Kanarek
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Community Health Assessment Introduction Community health assessment began as a key job role for health administrators, was included in an ess...
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