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Genomics, Public Health
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...
Geographic Information Systems
Candace I.J. Nykiforuk
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
Geographic Information Systems Introduction Understanding relationships between health and environmental factors (e.g., sociodemographic, econ...
Geography and Health
Sarah Curtis
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
Geography and Health Introduction Health geography considers the significance for physical and mental health of interactions between people an...
Global Health
Karen R. Siegel, KMV Narayan
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Global Health Introduction Global health is the study of population health in a global context. In today’s increasingly globalized world, the ...
Global Health Diplomacy
Ilona Kickbusch, Thorsten Behrendt, Erica Di Ruggiero, Jenny Gong, Ece Karaman, Ophelia Michaelides, Frederique Watulo
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Global Health Diplomacy Introduction Today’s debates on global health diplomacy are characterized by two major governance challenges in the gl...
Global Health Promotion
Angela Scriven
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Global Health Promotion Introduction There are a number of reasons why a global perspective and understanding relating to health promotion have b...
Global Health Security
Sara E. Davies, Jessica Kirk
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2021-08-25
Global Health SecurityIntroductionGlobal (public) health security is defined by the World Health Organization as the activities required, both proacti...
Guide to Community Preventive Services, The
Peter A. Briss
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
The Guide to Community Preventive Services Introduction The Guide to Community Preventive Services (or “Community Guide”) is a family of produ...
Health Administration
Julia Field Costich
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health AdministrationIntroductionIn a public health context, the term “health administration” has connotations that vary with the health system in whi...
Health Communication
W. Douglas Evans
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Communication Introduction Communication and marketing are broad, interdisciplinary fields that draw from disciplines such as psych...
Health Disparities
Leandris Liburd
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2015-08-31
Health Disparities Introduction Despite improvements in the overall health status of the US population, health disparities remain widespread a...
Health Education
Elaine Auld, Stephen F. Gambescia
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Education Introduction Health education is defined as “any combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary action...
Health Impact Assessment
Jason Corburn
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Health Impact Assessment Introduction Health impact assessment (HIA) is often defined as a combination of procedures, methods, and tools that ...
Health in All Policies
Louise St-Pierre
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Health in All Policies Introduction The phrase Health in All Policies (HiAP) became popular during Finland’s presidency of the European Union ...
Health in All Policies in European Countries
Tapani Melkas, Marita Sihto
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Health in All Policies in European CountriesIntroductionHealth in All Policies (HiAP) can be summarized as systematic, integrated work for health in a...
Health Literacy
Rima Rudd, Lindsay Schubiner
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Literacy Introduction Health literacy represents a new field of inquiry at the intersection of individuals’ literacy skills and health sys...
Health Literacy and Non-Communicable Diseases
Sandra Vamos, Jim Frankish
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Health Literacy and Noncommunicable Diseases Introduction Health literacy is an essential capacity for living a healthy life. Limited levels o...
Health Measurement Scales
F. Douglas Scutchfield, Alex F. Howard, Robert M. Shapiro
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Measurement Scales Introduction “What gets measured gets done,” as the old adage says. The measurement of health and health status is a key ...
Health Planning
F. Douglas Scutchfield, Alex F. Howard, Robert M. Shapiro
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Health Planning Introduction Health planning represents the first step in an orderly process to accomplish the things necessary to improve the he...
Health Promoting Hospitals
Christina Dietscher, Jürgen Pelikan, Hermann Schmied
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Health-Promoting Hospitals Introduction “Health Promoting Hospitals” (and health services) (HPH) is a hospital reform concept developed in Eur...
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