DDT and the American Century : Global Health, Environmental Politics, and the Pesticide That Changed the World / / David Kinkela

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457939303321
• Autore: Kinkela David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2011; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-4696-0263-6; 0-8078-6930-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Collana: The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, and the state
• Disciplina: 632/.9517
• Soggetti: DDT (Insecticide) - Environmental aspects; Insect pests - Control - History - 20th century; DDT (Insecticide) - History - 20th century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-248) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: DDT and the American century -- An island in a sea of disease : DDT enters a global war -- Disease, DDT, and development : the American century in Italy -- Science in the service of agriculture : DDT and the beginning of the green revolution in Mexico -- The age of wreckers and exterminators : eradication in the postwar world -- Green revolutions in conflict : debating Silent spring, food, and science during the Cold War -- It's all or nothing : debating DDT and development under the law -- One man's pesticide is another man's poison : the controversy continues -- Rethinking DDT in a global age.
• Sommario/riassunto: In DDT and the American Century, David Kinkela chronicles the use of DDT around the world from 1941 to the present with a particular focus on the United States, which has played a critical role in encouraging the global use of the pesticide. The banning of DDT in the United States in 1972 is generally regarded as a signal triumph for the American environmental movement. Yet DDT's function as a tool of U.S. foreign policy and its use in international development projects designed to ; solve problems of disease and famine made it an integral component of the so-called American Century.--[book cover]

Migration and health : a research methods handbook / / edited by Marc B. Schenker, Xóchitl Castañeda, Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458475703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-520-27795-3; 0-520-95849-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (537 p.)
• Disciplina: 613.086/912
• Soggetti: Immigrants - Health and hygiene - Research - Methodology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Studying Migrant Populations: General Considerations and Approaches -- 3. Life Course Epidemiology: A Conceptual Model for the Study of Migration and Health -- 4. Use of Existing Health Information Systems in Europe to Study Migrant Health -- 5. Use of National Data Systems to Study Immigrant Health in the United States -- 6. The Community-Based Migrant Household Probability Sample Survey -- 7. Respondent-Driven Sampling for Migrant Populations -- 8. Time-Space Sampling of Migrant Populations -- 9. Prior Enumeration: A Method for Enhanced Sampling with Migrant Surveys -- 10. Telephone-Based Surveys -- 11. Case-Control Studies -- 12. Longitudinal Studies -- 13. Ethnographic Research in Migration and Health -- 14. Participant Observation and Key Informant Interviews -- 15. Focus Groups/Group Qualitative Interviews -- 16. Full Circle: The Method of Collaborative Anthropology for Regional and Transnational Research -- 17. Photovoice as a Methodology -- 18. Ethical Issues across the Spectrum of Migration ; and Health Research -- 19. Community-Based Participatory Research: A Promising Approach for Studying and Addressing Immigrant Health -- 20. Occupational Health Research with Immigrant Workers -- 21. Methodological Recommendations for Broadening the Investigation of Refugees and Other Forced Migrants -- 22. Working Internationally -- 23. Binational Collaborative Research -- 24. Ensuring Access to Research for Nondominant Language Speakers -- 25. Extended Case Study: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Understanding Internal Migrant Access to Health Care and the Health System's Response in India -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The study of migrant populations poses unique challenges owing to the mobility of these groups, which may be further complicated by cultural, educational, and linguistic diversity as well as the legal status of their members. These barriers limit the usefulness of both traditional survey sampling methods and routine public health surveillance systems. Since nearly 1 in 7 people in the world is a migrant, appropriate methodological approaches must be designed and implemented to capture health data from populations. This effort is particularly important because migrant populations, in comparison to other populations, typically suffer disparities related to limited access to health care, greater exposure to infectious diseases, more occupational injuries, and fewer positive outcomes for mental health and other health conditions. This path-breaking handbook is the first to engage with the many unique issues that arise in the study of migrant communities. It offers a comprehensive description of quantitative and qualitative methodologies useful in work with migrant populations. By providing information and practical tools, the editors fill existing gaps in research methods and enhance opportunities to address the health and social disparities migrant populations face in the United States and around the world.