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Diabetes and Health Disparitiesby Leandris C. Liburd
Springer Publishing Company 2009; US$ 76.00This innovative book reframes the traditional biomedical view of diabetes and its principle risk factor -obesity -- from a focus on the body, personal choices, and the clinical manifestations of diabetes to an examination of the social environment. The book emphasizes the importance of community-based approaches to healthy eating, exercise, and reducing the "obesogenic" environment many minorities live in. Liburd chronicles the rise in diabetes over the past 60 years in communities of color, and critically examines why public health action to date to reverse the disparity in diabetes prevalence has been noble, but inadequate. Key features:.: Analyses of the co-emergence of diabetes and obesity epidemics; Initiatives for health policy... more...
Haiti After the Earthquakeby Paul Farmer
PublicAffairs 2011; US$ 27.99The celebrated physician and anthropologist offers a vivid on-the-ground account of the relief effort in the aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake—and issues a powerful call to action. more...
Modeling Infectious Diseases in Humans and Animalsby Matt J. Keeling; Pejman Rohani
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 70.00For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a timely and comprehensive introduction to the modeling of infectious diseases in humans and animals, focusing on recent developments as well as more traditional approaches. Matt Keeling and Pejman Rohani move from modeling with simple differential equations to more recent, complex models, where spatial structure, seasonal "forcing," or stochasticity influence the dynamics, and where computer simulation needs to be used to generate theory. In each of the eight chapters, they deal with a specific modeling approach or set of techniques designed to capture a particular... more...
AIDS, Drugs and Preventionby Tim Rhodes; Richard Hartnoll
Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95In developing HIV prevention, community-orientated approaches have emerged within statutory and voluntary sectors and from the communities themselves. This book considers the diverse approaches and problems for professional practice. more...
Sex, Work and Professionalismby Katie Deverell
Routledge 2001; US$ 59.95Based on field research, this book looks at how outreach workers use their own sexuality in working with clients and discusses the findings in the context of broader debates about sexuality and sexual issues for health professionals. more...
AIDS Sexuality and Gender in Africaby Carolyn Baylies; Janet Bujra
Routledge 2000; US$ 59.95This book draws on first-hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers. They study the severity of the AIDS epidemic and the threat it poses to the population and society in Tanzania and Zambia. more...
AIDS in Europeby Jean Paul Moatti; Yves Souteyrand; Annick Prieur; Theo Sandfort; Peter Aggleton
Routledge 2000; US$ 59.95AIDS in Europe provides a comprehensive overview of current social and behavioural research on HIV and AIDS for all health professionals. more...
Power and Communityby Dennis Altman
Taylor & Francis 2002; US$ 57.95This book provides a global overview of the role of the community sector, examining in detail the origins and activities of community organizations worldwide. more...
Teaching AIDSby Douglas Tonks
Routledge 1997; US$ 49.95Teaching AIDS provides teachers with all the information and guidance they require when teaching AIDS to young people. Contains tailored, age appropriate content to enable the subject to be discussed with all age groups. more...
Contagionby Alison Bashford; Claire Hooker
Routledge 2001; US$ 218.00Contagion explores cultural responses of infectious diseases and their biomedical management over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also investigates the use of 'contagion' as a concept in postmodern research. more...