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Attachment as a Health Determinant
Maria Isabel Loureiro, Teresa Maia
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Attachment as a Health Determinant Introduction Attachment theory was first formulated by John Bowlby. This theory is about how relationships ar...
Behavior
Laura Bouwman
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Behavior Introduction Health behaviors are people’s actions, some purposefully deployed to promote or protect health; some thoughtlessly und...
Behavior Change Theory in Health Education and Promotion
Susan J. Curry, Robin J. Mermelstein
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Behavior Change Theory in Health Education and Promotion Introduction The 20th century witnessed an extraordinary shift from infectious to chr...
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
Stefano Campostrini
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Introduction Surveillance has long been a core issue for infectious diseases, and it is still one of the m...
Bicycling and Cycling Safety
Rebecca L. Sanders, Jill F. Cooper
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Bicycling and Cycling Safety Introduction The topic of bicycle safety has been treated differently in the United States than in other Western ...
Bioethics
Christopher Mayes, Ian Kerridge
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
BioethicsIntroductionPublic health has made enormous contributions to global health through policies and interventions. However, public health measure...
Birth and Death Registration
Affette Michelle McCaw-Binns, Jasneth Asher Mullings
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Birth and Death Registration Introduction The United Nations defines civil registration “as the continuous, permanent, compulsory and universa...
Birth Cohort Studies
Christy G. Woolcott, Linda Dodds
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2014-01-13
Birth Cohort Studies Introduction Birth cohorts have been established and studied for over half of a century, but the past two decades have se...
Board of Health
Ned E. Baker, Marie Fallon
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Board of Health Introduction Boards of health and other public health governing entities are legally designated governing bodies whose ...
Breastfeeding
Hector G. Balcazar, Holly J. Mata
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-06-25
Breastfeeding Introduction Substantial evidence supports breastfeeding as promoting child and maternal health. International efforts to promot...
Built Environment and Health, The
Lawrence Frank, Josh van Loon, Sarah Kavage
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
The Built Environment and Health Introduction For years urban planning researchers have been documenting associations between the built enviro...
Business and Corporate Practices
Nicholas Freudenberg
Subject: Public Health »
Date Added: 2011-02-23
Business and Corporate Practices Introduction Public health professionals and researchers have often focused on the role of civil socie...
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: 2021-08-25
Child LaborIntroductionGlobally, around 200 million children, or minors seventeen years old or younger, are involved in child labor in various industr...
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