Catálogo de libros: Salud pública y medicina preventiva

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  • Handbook of Research on Cyberchondria, Health Literacy, and the Role of Media in Society’s Perception of Medical Information
    Cyberchondria is characterized by a pattern of excessive health-based search behaviors that are likely to increase health anxiety or distress, heightened by ever-increasing access to and normalization of technology use and the internet specifically. The internet can be a source of valuable medical information and is an efficient vehicle for awareness-raising and dissemination; ...
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    400,05 €

  • Rio Grande Valley in the Time of a Pandemic
    Selena Alvarado et al
    The research for this report was conducted as a result of an interdisciplinary course of Anthropology and History at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during the Fall semester of 2020. During the pandemic, we shifted from conducting this course through group projects and students instead produced individual primary source research. This occurred simultaneously as studen...
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    70,48 €

  • Quality of Healthcare in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Anastasius Moumtzoglou
    The COVID-19 pandemic has put massive stress on healthcare professionals’ formal training, their creed to do no harm, and the patient safety movement. COVID-19 affects all aspects of daily life and healthcare’s organizational culture and values. Healthcare institutions experience absenteeism, change in commerce patterns, and interrupted supply/delivery in this context. It has a...
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    487,01 €

  • COVID-19 AFRICA, HAITI, AND THE U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
    Dr. Hugues F Batsielilit / DrHugues F Batsielilit
    In his travels, Dr. Hugues Fidele Batsielilit, has worked with health clinics and public health programs in professional capacities observing the intersectionality of the human condition, government, technology, politics, and disease. His observations have provided first-hand knowledge of how healthcare systems and health outcomes are impacted when proper consideration is not g...
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    26,32 €

  • Joseph James Kinyoun
    Joseph K Houts / Joseph K. Houts
    In March 1900, Dr. Joseph James Kinyoun, a surgeon with the Marine Hospital Service and the founder of the Hygienic Laboratory, which became the National Institutes of Health, discovered bubonic plague in San Francisco. His finding led to an immediate outcry from the governor, local and state politicians, and the city’s commercial interests. In the hyper-sensationalized jou...
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    66,14 €

  • Save Our Selves and Protect Planet Earth
    Peter A.J. Holst / Peter A.J. MD PhD Holst / Peter A.JHolst / Peter A.JMD PhD Holst
    For half a century, the Earth has given man dominion over his own reproduction and the reproduction of all animals and plants on Earth. We are therefore indebted to repair the damage we cause. Meat and eggs for consumption are now exclusively produced by artificial insemination and with breeding and incubators.  Coronavirus, African swine fever, annual Influenza viruses are the...
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    13,27 €

  • Essentials of Health Promotion
    James Woodall / Ruth Cross
    A complete overview of the subject setting out the what, why, when, who, where and how of health promotion containing 20 bite-sized chapters that answer all the common questions. ...
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    58,33 €

  • Essentials of Health Promotion
    James Woodall / Ruth Cross
    A complete overview of the subject setting out the what, why, when, who, where and how of health promotion containing 20 bite-sized chapters that answer all the common questions. ...
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    166,49 €

  • Public Health and Economic Resiliency in the Post-COVID-19 Era
    The COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals and caused destabilization of households and business activities. In emerging economies, many sectors and companies, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are severely influenced by the reduction or cessation of economic activity. Overcoming the COVID-19 virus and allowing the world to heal will allow the economy to grow ...
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    314,56 €

  • Handbook of Research on Assertiveness, Clarity, and Positivity in Health Literacy
    Health literacy in practice requires the development of techniques that ensure that the patient can better access information, understand its content, know how to use this information, and make better health decisions. If the patient makes better health decisions, there are immediate reflexes in health outcomes. The aim is to develop an approach based on the commitment and crea...
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    569,81 €

  • When being 'normal' is not enough
    Jorge Peláez
    Frustrated by the mediocre results that the traditional health care system offers? Confused by the overabundance of conflicting information on the web? If so, it’s time to look at an approach to your health that focuses on the whole body and not just traditional treatments. This book will give you the answers, the knowledge, and the roadmap to abandon the insufficient ’normal’ ...
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    33,36 €

  • Reimagining Social Medicine from the South
    Abigail H. Neely / Abigail HNeely
    In Reimagining Social Medicine from the South, Abigail H. Neely explores social medicine’s possibilities and limitations at one of its most important origin sites: the Pholela Community Health Centre (PCHC) in South Africa. The PCHC’s focus on medical and social factors of health yielded remarkable success. And yet South Africa’s systemic racial inequality hindered health cente...
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    33,05 €

  • Reimagining Social Medicine from the South
    Abigail H. Neely / Abigail HNeely
    In Reimagining Social Medicine from the South, Abigail H. Neely explores social medicine’s possibilities and limitations at one of its most important origin sites: the Pholela Community Health Centre (PCHC) in South Africa. The PCHC’s focus on medical and social factors of health yielded remarkable success. And yet South Africa’s systemic racial inequality hindered health cente...
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    128,38 €

  • Public Health and Economic Resiliency in the Post-COVID-19 Era
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    242,17 €

  • Health Communication Models and Practices in Interpersonal and Media Contexts
    Célia Belim / Cristina Vaz de Almeida
    Successful communication can help to prevent health problems, promote healthy behaviors and lifestyles, and overcome health challenges. However, various issues have created obstacles for the promotion of health communication, including low health literacy, the reluctance of patients to admit their lack of understanding, the overestimation by health professionals of a patient’s ...
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    423,05 €

  • Handbook of Research on Pathophysiology and Strategies for the Management of COVID-19
    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus (SARS-Cov2), which may cause mild to moderate respiratory complications in most infected people. Older people and those with chronic and/or acute illnesses may present serious complications. Underlying mechanisms of the cellular resp...
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    628,74 €

  • Smart Sensors for Healthcare and Medical Applications
    This book focuses on new sensing technologies, measurement techniques, and their applications in medicine and healthcare. Specifically, the book briefly describes the potential of smart sensors in the aforementioned applications, collecting 24 articles selected and published in the Special Issue 'Smart Sensors for Healthcare and Medical Applications'. We proposed this topic, be...
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    108,00 €

  • KEY TO HEALTHY LIVING, THE
    NANSHAN ZHONG / John Qiong Wang
    As a doctor who has been treating patients for a few decades, Dr Zhong Nanshan’s goal is to help people have a deeper understanding of the importance of health and their current sub-health status. In this book, Dr Zhong highlights five fundamental elements focusing on the key to a healthy life. He leads us to gain control of our health and lead a better lifestyle.As a result of...
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    69,33 €

  • KEY TO HEALTHY LIVING, THE
    NANSHAN ZHONG / John Qiong Wang
    As a doctor who has been treating patients for a few decades, Dr Zhong Nanshan’s goal is to help people have a deeper understanding of the importance of health and their current sub-health status. In this book, Dr Zhong highlights five fundamental elements focusing on the key to a healthy life. He leads us to gain control of our health and lead a better lifestyle.As a result of...
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    33,80 €

  • Open Heart
    Chris Palmer / Christina Palmer / Christine Palmer
    Author and filmmaker Chris Palmer takes readers on an intimate and enlightening journey into what it’s really like to have open-heart surgery. His daughter Christina Palmer, M.D., shares her own medical insight into the family experience. Together, they have written a first-person guide that will help anyone going through a similar situation, including how to avoid their mistak...
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    6,21 €

  • Research Anthology on Improving Health Literacy Through Patient Communication and Mass Media
    Increasing health literacy among patients is a difficult task as medical jargon and healthcare directions can be overwhelming and difficult to comprehend. In today’s digital world, people are more connected than ever before and have the ability to find healthcare information in a way that was not possible in recent years. Mass media and social media have become particularly inf...
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    1.025,39 €

  • Stakeholder Strategies for Reducing the Impact of Global Health Crises
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    216,14 €

  • Yellow Flags
    Guy Breshears
    This book contains the Hong Kong government written, public response to Covid-19 from March 2020-April 2020. ...
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    57,90 €

  • Digital Health Implementation Guide for the Pacific
    Asian Development Bank
    This guide provides resources for the planning and implementation of health systems in Pacific island countries to support improved decision-making and service delivery.With increased internet connectivity, Pacific island countries have more opportunities to connect remote health facilities for greater information exchange. This guide draws on experiences from Pacific island co...
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    35,84 €

  • Integrated Care and Fall Prevention in Active and Healthy Aging
    Patrik Eklund
    In today’s world, healthy aging and a fulfilling lifestyle are important to older members of society, with many opting to remain as independent and mobile as possible for as long as possible. However, elderly individuals tend to have a variety of functional limitations that can increase the likelihood of debilitating falls and injuries. Assessments of functionality are very oft...
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    510,56 €

  • Stakeholder Strategies for Reducing the Impact of Global Health Crises
    A global health crisis creates great uncertainty, high stress, and anxiety within society. During such a crisis, when information is unavailable or inconsistent, and when people feel unsure of what they know or what anyone knows, behavioral science indicates an increased human desire for transparency, direction, and meaning of what has happened. At such a time, the roles of sta...
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    282,00 €

  • DARK SIDE OF HEALTHCARE, THE
    BRIAN EDWARDS
    The Dark Side of Healthcare draws uncomfortable lessons from over 300 case studies of events that occurred in the healthcare sector. Health services have many skilled and dedicated professionals but there is a dark side that cannot be ignored. The unthinkable has happened and might have been prevented.The case studies from many countries include serial killers with a health bac...
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    68,53 €

  • Examining and Solving Health Disparities in the United States
    Cheryl Green
    Disparities in healthcare arise when there is an imbalance between opportunities to achieve optimal healthcare with access, education, and financial means. However, the difficult subject of health disparities in healthcare and its historical origins demonstrate that culture and race may contribute to health crises of minority groups within the United States. Educating vulnerabl...
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    393,73 €

  • Transitioning Healthcare Support in Developing Countries From the US to China
    Leo Eyombo / Renee Murray-Bachmann
    In terms of healthcare, in both the People’s Republic of China and the United States there have been dramatic changes within the past 60 years. The PRC has evolved to be a superpower and a major player in the international healthcare development arena whereas the USA has struggled to maintain its image as a major builder of soft diplomacy. When it comes to delivering healthcare...
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    358,49 €

  • Seshat Volume 5
    Aleefa Devji / Patricia D’souza / Rosalind Fleischer-Brown
    Featured Article Themes: COVID-19: Immigration, Ethnic Communities, Mental Health & VaccineFetal Alcohol Syndrome DisorderBacterial SpecificityHomesicknessDendrochronology ...
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    29,59 €


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