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Obesity Prevention
Shiriki K. Kumanyika
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Obesity Prevention Introduction Obesity reflects a physiologically harmful excess of body fat, overall or accumulated in specific parts of the...
Occupational Cancers
Andrew E. Watterson
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-04-28
Occupational CancersIntroductionThe recognition and diagnosis of occupational cancers dates back to medieval times. Knowledge of the biological mechan...
Occupational Exposure to Benzene
Melvyn Kopstein
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2018-04-26
Occupational Exposure to BenzeneIntroductionMillions of workers around the world are routinely exposed to benzene from product mixtures formulated wit...
Occupational Exposure to Erionite
David N. Weissman
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2018-04-26
Occupational Exposure to ErioniteIntroductionErionite provides an excellent example of the public health importance of recognizing, evaluating, and re...
Occupational Safety and Health
Arthur L. Frank
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Occupational Safety and Health Introduction Occupational safety and health is the discipline that collectively looks after the regulation, inspec...
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Jeanne Stellman
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2022-03-23
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)IntroductionThe landmark Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970 (OSHAct) guaran...
Oral Health Equity for Minority Populations in the United States
Mary E. Northridge
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Oral Health Equity for Minority Populations in the United StatesIntroductionAlong with the Oxford Bibliographies in Public Health article “Dental Publ...
Ottawa Charter
Evelyne de Leeuw
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
The Ottawa Charter and Subsequent WHO International Health Promotion MeetingsIntroductionThe Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (see Introductory Wor...
Parenting and Work
Caroline J. Gatrell
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-11-27
Parenting and Work Introduction Research on parenting and work developed from the 1970s onward in response to women’s increased participation ...
Parenting Skills and Capacity
Maria Isabel Loureiro, Ana Rita Goes
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Parenting Skills and Capacity Introduction Parenting has a strong impact on a child’s health and well-being. The rising incidence of developmenta...
Participatory Action Research
Jane Springett
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Participatory Action ResearchIntroductionParticipatory action research (PAR) is an umbrella term covering a variety of participatory approaches to act...
Patient Decision Making
Jeffrey K. Belkora
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-03-23
Patient Decision Making Introduction Patients historically deferred to physicians in a health crisis, even after Western civilization embraced ...
Pesticide Exposure and Pesticide Health Effects
David F. Goldsmith
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2015-03-10
Pesticide Exposure and Pesticide Health Effects Introduction Pesticides are chemical agents designed to kill pests such as insects or rodents,...
Pesticides
Mark Robson
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Pesticides Introduction The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) defines a pesticide as any substance or mixture of substa...
Physical Activity and Exercise
Jeffrey Hallam
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Physical Activity and Exercise Introduction Understanding the role of physical activity and exercise behavior is vitally important to the publi...
Physical Activity Promotion
Alfred Rütten, Karim Abu-Omar, Peter Gelius
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Physical Activity Promotion Introduction Public health scientists are increasingly adopting physical activity as a research topic. This trend ...
Pneumoconiosis
Metin Akgun
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2018-02-22
PneumoconiosisIntroductionThe first use of the pneumoconiosis term dates back to 1866; Zenker coined the term “pneumokoniosis,” derived from Greek pne...
Polio Eradication in Pakistan
Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Muhammad Atif Habib, Sajid Bashir Soofi
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2017-03-30
Polio Eradication in PakistanIntroductionPoliomyelitis (polio) is a viral infection that spreads primarily through the fecal-oral route and usually af...
Population Aging
Lynda Anderson
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Population Aging Introduction The age of a population, or group of people, can change over time and become younger or older. “Population aging...
Population Determinants of Unhealthy Foods and Beverages
Rachel J. L. Prowse, Kim D. Raine
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2017-04-27
Population Determinants of Unhealthy Foods and BeveragesIntroductionA population perspective on determinants of health behaviors, such as eating, seek...
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