Worldwide health sourcebook / edited by Joyce Brennfleck Shannon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shannon, Joyce Brennfleck.

Series:

Health reference series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World health.

Physical Description:

xiii, 614 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 2001.

Contents:

Part I General Global Health Concerns

Chapter 1 Traditional Medicine 3

Chapter 2 Malnutrition

The Global Picture 7

Chapter 3 Reproductive Health 29

Chapter 4 Leading Causes of Death 39

Chapter 5 Cancer Death Rates among 50 Countries 59

Chapter 6 Burden of Disease 69

Part II Disease

Chapter 7 Preventable Deaths 85

Chapter 8 Disease Dispersion 95

Chapter 9 Emerging Diseases 103

Section 9.1 Factors of Emergence 104

Section 9.2 Infectious Emerging Diseases 114

Section 9.3 Sexually Transmitted Diseases 133

Chapter 10 The Challenge of Malaria 149

Chapter 11 Disease Surveillance 173

Chapter 12 Disease Prevention 187

Part III Risky Behaviors

Chapter 13 Combating the Tobacco Epidemic 197

Chapter 14 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases 219

Chapter 15 Trends in Substance Use and Associated Health Problems 233

Part IV Mental Health

Chapter 16 Major Types of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders Perceived as Public Health Problems 243

Chapter 17 The Burden of Mental Health Problems 249

Chapter 18 Mental Health and Demographic Factors 259

Chapter 19 Community Mental Health Services and Primary Care 263

Part V Children's Health Issues

Chapter 20 Reducing Mortality from Major Killers of Children 269

Chapter 21 Child Malnutrition 281

Chapter 22 Working Children and Hazardous Labor 293

Chapter 23 Tobacco Use by Children: "A Pediatric Disease" 307

Chapter 24 Substance Use among Children and Youth in Especially Difficult Circumstances 311

Chapter 25 Child Abuse and Neglect 315

Chapter 26 Statistical Information 319

Section 26.1 Demographic Characteristics of World Health Organization Regions 320

Section 26.2 Country Performance on Infant Mortality and Female Life Expectancy 322

Part VI Women's Health Issues

Chapter 27 Safe Motherhood 329

Chapter 28 Violence against Women 377

Part VII Aging

Chapter 29 Our Aging World

The Facts 411

Chapter 30 Healthy Aging 419

Part VIII Economic and Political health Issues

Chapter 31 Healthy Cities 429

Chapter 32 Population and Development 437

Chapter 33 Public Health and Economic Benefits 449

Chapter 34 Climate, Wealth, and Health 461

Chapter 35 Basic Statistical Indicators for All World Health Organization Member States 467

Part IX Environmental Health Issues

Chapter 36 Health and Environment 481

Chapter 37 Food-Borne Disease Prevalence 507

Chapter 38 Environmental Sanitation 513

Chapter 39 Dioxins 517

Part X Research and Technology Advancements

Chapter 40 HealthMap Program 525

Chapter 41 Vaccine Developments 537.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0780803302

OCLC:

187494761