Environmental Health : From Global to Local

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795812503321
• Autore: Frumkin Howard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 9781118988060; 9781118984765
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1287 pages)
• Collana: Public Health/Environmental Health Ser.
• Disciplina: 616.9/8
• Soggetti: Environmental health; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Tables, Figures, Text Boxes, and Tox Boxes -- The Editor -- The Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Potential Conflicts of Interest in Environmental Health: From Global to Local -- References -- Part 1: Methods and Paradigms -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Environmental Health -- What Is Environmental Health? -- The Evolution of Environmental Health -- Spatial Scales, from Global to Local -- The Forces that Drive Environmental Health -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 2: Ecology and Ecosystems as Foundational for Health -- Environment as Ecology: Ecology as the Study of Our Home -- Population Ecology -- Community Ecology -- Ecosystem Ecology -- Systems Thinking: From Ecology to Human Health -- Features of Our Home: Ecological Characteristics as Foundational for Health -- Toward Ecological Approaches to Health and Home -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 3: Sustainability and Health -- Historical Considerations of Sustainability -- Sustainable Human Well-Being and the Three-Legged Stool -- Drivers of Nonsustainability, Limits to Growth, and Collapse -- What Should Concern Us More: Population Growth Or Consumerism? -- Limits to Growth -- Human Societal Collapse? Prevention Through ; Systems Thinking and Early Action -- The Importance of Scale -- The Way Forward -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 4: Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology -- A Primer on Epidemiology -- Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology -- Epidemiology and Risk Assessment -- Future Directions -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information.; Chapter 5: Geospatial Data for Environmental Health -- Components of Georeferenced Data -- Basic GIS Operations -- Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Exposure -- Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Disease Risk -- What Makes Good Maps of Good Data? -- What Can We Do with GIS? -- Are There Any Limitations? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 6: Toxicology -- Introduction to Toxicology -- Toxicology and Environmental Public Health -- Toxicant Classifications -- Testing Compounds for Toxicity -- From Regulatory Toxicology to Public Health Policy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 7: Genes, Genomics, and Environmental Health -- Fundamental Concepts of Genetics and Genomics -- Approaches for Identifying Gene-Environment Interactions -- Examples of Gene-Environment Interactions in the Real World -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 8: Exposure Science, Industrial Hygiene, and Exposure Assessment -- Anticipation, Recognition, Evaluation, and Control -- Exposure Science -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 9: Environmental Psychology -- Environmental Psychology and Toxicology -- Environmental Psychology Processes -- So What? Interventions That Work -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 10: Environmental Health Ethics -- Defining Ethics and Morals -- The Modern Philosophical Background -- Professionalism -- Expanding Horizons and Challenges -- Implications for Professional Ethics -- Concluding Discussion -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 11: Environmental Justice and Vulnerable Populations.; The Roots of Environmental Justice -- Elements of Environmental Justice -- From Research to Action on Environmental Justice -- Social Inequality and Environmental Quality -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Part 2: Environmental Health on the Global Scale -- Chapter 12: Climate Change and Human Health -- Greenhouse Gases -- A Warming Earth: From Past to Future -- Earth System Changes -- Food and Malnutrition -- Weather Extremes and Disasters -- Air Pollution -- Infectious Diseases -- Mental Health Effects -- The Public Health Response to Climate Change -- Climate Change as a Public Issue -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Part 3: Environmental Health on the Regional Scale -- Chapter 13: Air Pollution -- History of Air Pollution -- Types of Ambient Air Pollution -- Studies of Air Pollution and Health -- Sources and Effects of Outdoor Pollutants -- Air Pollution Prevention and Control -- Larger Effects of Regional Air Pollution -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 14: Energy and Human Health -- Household Energy -- Fossil Fuels -- Nuclear Energy -- Renewable Sources of Energy -- Energy Conservation and Efficiency -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 15: Healthy Communities -- The History of ; Cities -- Poverty and Industrialization in Cities -- The Modern Metropolis: Consumption and Urban Sprawl -- Community Design and Health -- Cities as Healthy Human Habitats -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 16: Water and Health -- The Role of Water in Life -- Regulatory Framework -- Risk Characterization for Water Contaminants -- Emerging Issues -- Summary -- Key Terms.; Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Part 4: Environmental Health on the Local Scale -- Chapter 17: Solid and Hazardous Waste -- Solid Waste -- Solid Waste Management Strategies -- Primary Prevention of Waste -- Waste Treatment and Disposal -- Health Concerns -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 18: Pest Control and Pesticides -- Insect Pests -- Vertebrate Pests -- Pesticides -- Integrated Pest Management -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 19: Food Systems, the Environment, and Public Health -- What Is the Food System? -- Food Production: Industrial Agriculture -- Industrial Food Animal Production -- Sustainable Agriculture -- Food Consumption and Food Environments -- Food Safety and Environmental Health: A Systems Perspective -- Making Change: Food System Policy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 20: Buildings and Health -- The Range of Buildings -- Key Elements of a Healthy Building -- Toward Safe, Healthy Buildings -- Architecture, Environment, and Human Health -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 21: Work, Health, and Well-Being -- The Interaction of Work and Health -- Protecting Safety and Health on the Job -- Workers' Compensation -- Sustainability -- Globalization -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 22: Radiation -- Nonionizing Radiations -- Ionizing Radiation: The Basics -- Sources of Ionizing Radiation Exposure -- Cellular and Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation -- Human Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation -- Radiation Protection -- Assessing Radiation Risks -- Summary -- Key Terms.; Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 23: Injuries -- Injury Prevention and Control -- Policy for Injury Prevention and Control -- Injury Prevention in Practice -- Injury Control in Special Settings -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 24: Environmental Disasters -- Scope of the Problem -- The Public Health Consequences of Environmental Disasters -- Disaster Risk and Its Determinants -- Managing Disaster Risk -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 25: Nature Contact -- The Links Between Nature and Human Health -- Domains of Nature Contact -- The Greening of Environmental Health -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- PART 5: The Practice of Environmental Health -- Chapter 26: Environmental Public Health: From Theory to Practice -- Concepts of Environmental Health Prevention -- Principles of Prevention in Environmental Public Health -- Core Functions of Environmental Public Health -- Environmental Public Health Systems -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 27: Risk Assessment in Environmental Health -- History -- Risk Assessment -- Risk Management and Communication -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Chapter 28: Communicating Environmental Health -- Communication, ; Social Marketing, and Environmental Health -- Environmental Risk Communication -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- References -- For Further Information -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

Healing wounds, healthy skin : a practical guide for patients with chronic wounds / / Madhuri Reddy, Rebecca Cottrill ; illustrations by Victoria Cansino

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960929503321
• Autore: Reddy Madhuri
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011
• ISBN: 9781299463776; 1299463770; 9780300171723; 0300171722
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Collana: Yale University Press health & wellness
• Classificazione: HEA039130HEA028000
• Altri autori (Persone): CottrillRebecca
• Disciplina: 617.1/06
• Soggetti: Wound healing; Wounds and injuries - Treatment; Skin - Care and hygiene
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Healing Wounds, Healthy Skin -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Healing Your Wound: The Top Ten Myths Dispelled -- Preface -- Part One: When You Have A Wound That Won't Heal -- 1. How Wounds Heal -- 2. Recognizing Your Fears -- 3. Creating Your Health-Care Team: It Takes A Village -- 4. Your Initial Visit With The Wound Team -- Part Two: Pressure Sores -- 5. Why Do Pressure Sores Happen? -- 6. Prevention Is Always Best -- 7. Beds And Cushions: Expensive Is Not Always Best -- Part Three: Foot Wounds: Diabetes And Beyond -- 8. The Foot Wound That Doesn't Hurt -- 9. Shoes And Socks: When What You Wear Can Be The Best Medicine -- Part Four: Blood Circulation: Essential For Healing -- 10. Venous Wounds: Dealing With Foot And Leg Wounds If Your Circulation Is Good ; -- 11. Arterial Wounds: Dealing With Foot And Leg Wounds If Your Circulation Is Poor -- 12. Swelling: What Your Achy Feet Are Telling You -- Part Five: Acute Wounds -- 13. Healing After Surgery -- 14. Traumatic Wounds: Burns, Cuts, And More -- Part Six: Nonhealing Wounds -- 15. Infected Wounds -- 16. Unusual Wounds -- 17. Still Not Healing ... What Are We Missing? -- Part Seven: Wound Treatments: Let The Healing Begin -- 18. What Do I Put On This Wound? -- 19. Growth Factors And Engineered Skin: The Future Is Here -- 20. Adjunctive And Alternative Therapies -- 21. Surgery For Chronic Wound Treatment: When Cutting Can Heal -- Part Eight: Wounds In Specific Populations And Conditions -- 22. Nervous System Damage: Spinal Cord Injury, Spina Bifida, and Multiple Sclerosis -- 23. Healing Challenges and The Older Person -- 24. Children And Teenagers -- 25. Wounds In Dark Skin -- 26. Wounds And Excess Weight -- 27. Solutions To Stoma Struggles -- 28. Living With An Amputation -- 29. The Wounds Of War -- 30. Wounds And Cancer -- 31. Wounds In The Dying: When Comfort Comes First -- Part Nine: Beyond The Wound -- 32. Eating Well: The Healing Potential Of Food -- 33. Exercise For Wound Healing -- 34. Pain: The Burden Of Suffering -- 35. Skin Problems That Coexist With Wounds -- 36. Emotional Aspects Of Wound Healing: When The Wound Is More Than Skin Deep -- 37. Care For The Caregiver: Beating The Burnout -- 38. Online Medical Resources: How To Separate Clever Advertising From Effective Medicine -- 39. Payment And Reimbursement Issues: Who's Picking Up The Check -- Glossary Of Terms -- Wound Cleansers And Dressings -- The Wound Patient's Bill Of Rights -- Additional Resources -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Seven million Americans suffer from chronic or slow-healing wounds-this number includes people with diabetes, dementia, paralysis, spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, and poor circulation, as well as the elderly and those with reduced mobility. Healing Wounds, Healthy Skin provides patients and caregivers with everything they need to know on the subject, including: Why chronic wounds develop and who is at risk of developing them What "normal healing" is What the different types of wounds are, including those associated with chronic disease How to find appropriate care and get a correct diagnosis What role exercise and nutrition play in treatment and prevention What treatment options are available, from surgery to alternative therapies Also covered are the patients' psychological and emotional experiences, myths about wounds and wound healing, steps to take in an emergency, and a wound patient's bill of rights. With up-to-date information, insightful patient case histories, and a wealth of essential resources, this is the book that chronic wound patients and their caregivers can turn to with confidence.