Environmental health disparities : costs and benefits of breaking the cycle / I. Leslie Rubin and Joav Merrick, Editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merrick, Joav, 1950- editor.

Rubin, Isadore Leslie, editor.

Series:

Public health: practices, methods and policies.

Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health--Social aspects.

Environmental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

This book represents a body of work performed by students from a diverse set of disciplines and a variety of universities. Each project was developed by the students to "break the cycle" of social, economic and environmental health disparities. This book contains the projects from the tenth annual Break the Cycle program. "Break the Cycle" projects are designed to raise awareness among students of the reality of environmental health disparities and its impact on the world around them. Although the students may feel daunted by the magnitude of the challenge, they need to know that even the relatively small project they develop can make a big difference and becomes part of an inexorable process towards making the world a better place for all of its citizens. The dictum that "It is not incumbent upon you to finish the task, yet, you are not free to desist from it" empowers the students to take on a challenge for a lifetime. We believe that the lessons learned by the students from their own projects, from working with the other students and from appreciating the difference that each little effort can make, goes significantly towards cultivating our future leaders. They are the people who will carry on the work and make the world a better place.

Contents:

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BREAKING THE CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BREAKING THE CYCLE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BREAKING THE CYCLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES; INTRODUCTION; BREAK THE CYCLE; COSTS OF HEALTH DISPARITIES; EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EDUCATION; VALUE ADDED TEACHERS; MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE SCHOOL; MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS; MAKING A DIFFERENCE ACROSS GENERATIONS

COST BENEFIT OF MAKING A DIFFERENCECONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS; Chapter 2: ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS AND MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE LIVING IN ZAMBIA; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: RACIAL CONCENTRATION AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE IN GEORGIA; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: LIVING NEAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 5: ASTHMA AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIESINTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: IMPACT OF HOUSING ON PUBERTAL TIMING; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SECTION TWO: PREGNANCY AND OUTCOMES; Chapter 7: THAI MOTHERS WORKING IN AGRICULTURE: EFFECTS OF HEAVY METAL EXPOSURE ON ENDOCRINE-RELATED HORMONES IN THE NEONATES; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 8: PRENATAL ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE: HOME ENVIRONMENT AND CHILD BEHAVIOR SEVEN YEARS LATERINTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION THREE: MAKING A DIFFERENCE; Chapter 9: IN-HOME INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE PEDIATRIC EXPOSURE TO ASTHMA; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; OUR STUDY DESIGN; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: THE FAMILY CHECK-UP IN A PEDIATRIC CLINIC AND BEHAVIOR IN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES

Chapter 11: EXERCISE AND HEALTHY EATING: MULTI-LEVEL COMMUNITY BASED INTERVENTIONINTRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12: PRETERM SURVIVORS: COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO LESSEN HEALTH DISPARITIES; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION FOUR: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?; Chapter 13: THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF"BREAK THE CYCLE" PROGRAM: SURVEY OF PAST STUDENTS; INTRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES; OUR SURVEY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; DISCLAIMERS; REFERENCES

SECTION FIVE: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63484-212-X