Population, health and nutrition in the Sahel : issues in the welfare of selected West African communities / / edited by Allan G. Hill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
Disciplina |
304.6/0966
304.60966 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillAllan G |
Collana | Routledge library editions. Development |
Soggetto topico |
Public health - Sahel
Nutrition - Sahel |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-53747-8
9786613849922 1-136-88285-5 0-203-83918-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; POPULATION, HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN THE SAHEL: Issues in the welfare of selected West African communities; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; DRAWINGS; PREFACE; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRAPHY OF SAHELLIAN PASTORALISTS AND AGRO-PASTORALISTS; CHAPTER 2 THE RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS IN MALI AND THEIR MAIN FINDINGS; CHAPTER 3 THE ENUMERATION OF NOMADS AND SEMI-NOMADS: METHODOLOGY AND SELECTED RESULTS FROM THE 1976 CENSUS OF MALI
CHAPTER 4 A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE FULANI OF CENTRAL MALI WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITYCHAPTER 5 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS AMONGST THE NOMADS OF MAURITANIA; CHAPTER 6 MIXED HERDING AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID ZONES OF TROPICAL AFRICA; CHAPTER 7 LAND TENURE AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS IN MALI: THE CASE OF THE NIGER DELTA; CHAPTER 8 THE RELUCTANT SPOUSE AND THE ILLEGITIMATE SLAVE: MARRIAGE, HOUSEHOLD FORMATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOUR AMONGST MALIAN TAMESHEQ FROM THE NIGER DELTA AND THE GOURMA CHAPTER 9 CHILD MORTALITY AND CARE OF CHILDREN IN RURAL MALICHAPTER 10 NUTRITION AMONGST A GROUP OF WODAABE (BORORO) PASTORALISTS IN NIGER; CHAPTER 11 PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON THE DIET AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF SOME TAMASHEQ AND FULANI GROUPS IN THE NIGER DELTA OF CENTRAL MALI; CHAPTER 12 ASSESSING THE COMPONENTS OF SEASONAL STRESS AMONGST FULANI OF THE SENO-MANGO, CENTRAL MALI; CHAPTER 13 DESIGN OF A FOOD INTAKE STUDY IN TWO BAMBARA VILLAGES IN THE SEGOU REGION OF MALI WITH PRELIMINARY FINDINGS; CHAPTER 14 THE HEALTH OF NOMADS AND SEMI-NOMADS OF THE MALIAN GOURMA: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPROACH CHAPTER 15 THE WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY: QUESTIONNAIRES AND ANALYSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AFRICAREFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AT THE MEETING ON THE DEMOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND WELFARE OF SAHELIAN PASTORAL AND AGRO-PASTORAL COMMUNITIES, BAMAKO 24-27 JANUARY 1983; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465841303321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Population, health and nutrition in the Sahel : issues in the welfare of selected West African communities / / edited by Allan G. Hill |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
Disciplina |
304.6/0966
304.60966 |
Altri autori (Persone) | HillAllan G |
Collana | Routledge library editions. Development |
Soggetto topico |
Public health - Sahel
Nutrition - Sahel |
ISBN |
1-136-88284-7
1-283-53747-8 9786613849922 1-136-88285-5 0-203-83918-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; POPULATION, HEALTH AND NUTRITION IN THE SAHEL: Issues in the welfare of selected West African communities; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; DRAWINGS; PREFACE; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRAPHY OF SAHELLIAN PASTORALISTS AND AGRO-PASTORALISTS; CHAPTER 2 THE RECENT DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS IN MALI AND THEIR MAIN FINDINGS; CHAPTER 3 THE ENUMERATION OF NOMADS AND SEMI-NOMADS: METHODOLOGY AND SELECTED RESULTS FROM THE 1976 CENSUS OF MALI
CHAPTER 4 A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE FULANI OF CENTRAL MALI WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITYCHAPTER 5 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS AMONGST THE NOMADS OF MAURITANIA; CHAPTER 6 MIXED HERDING AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID ZONES OF TROPICAL AFRICA; CHAPTER 7 LAND TENURE AND DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS IN MALI: THE CASE OF THE NIGER DELTA; CHAPTER 8 THE RELUCTANT SPOUSE AND THE ILLEGITIMATE SLAVE: MARRIAGE, HOUSEHOLD FORMATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC BEHAVIOUR AMONGST MALIAN TAMESHEQ FROM THE NIGER DELTA AND THE GOURMA CHAPTER 9 CHILD MORTALITY AND CARE OF CHILDREN IN RURAL MALICHAPTER 10 NUTRITION AMONGST A GROUP OF WODAABE (BORORO) PASTORALISTS IN NIGER; CHAPTER 11 PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON THE DIET AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF SOME TAMASHEQ AND FULANI GROUPS IN THE NIGER DELTA OF CENTRAL MALI; CHAPTER 12 ASSESSING THE COMPONENTS OF SEASONAL STRESS AMONGST FULANI OF THE SENO-MANGO, CENTRAL MALI; CHAPTER 13 DESIGN OF A FOOD INTAKE STUDY IN TWO BAMBARA VILLAGES IN THE SEGOU REGION OF MALI WITH PRELIMINARY FINDINGS; CHAPTER 14 THE HEALTH OF NOMADS AND SEMI-NOMADS OF THE MALIAN GOURMA: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL APPROACH CHAPTER 15 THE WORLD FERTILITY SURVEY: QUESTIONNAIRES AND ANALYSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AFRICAREFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AT THE MEETING ON THE DEMOGRAPHY, SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND WELFARE OF SAHELIAN PASTORAL AND AGRO-PASTORAL COMMUNITIES, BAMAKO 24-27 JANUARY 1983; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791928303321 |
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Spatial inequalities : health, poverty, and place in Accra, Ghana / / John R. Weeks, Allan G. Hill, Justin Stoler, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht, Netherlands, : Springer, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.9667 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WeeksJohn R
HillAllan G Stoler Justin |
Collana | GeoJournal Library |
Soggetto topico |
Social sciences
Remote sensing Public health |
ISBN | 94-007-6732-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction: 1: Introduction to the Accra School: An Overview of Health, Poverty, and Place in Accra: John R. Weeks, Allan G. Hill, and Justin Stoler -- Part II: Accra’s Urban Morphology and Neighborhood Structure -- 2: Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research: A Case Study of Accra, Ghana: Ryan Engstrom, Caetlin Ofiesh, David Rain, Henry Jewell, and John Weeks -- 3: Neighborhoods of Health: Comparing boundaries for measuring contextual effects on health in Accra, Ghana: Marta Jankowska -- 4: Delineation and Classification of Urban Neighborhoods of Accra, Ghana, from Quickbird Imagery: Manual vs. Semi-Automated Approaches: Christopher D. Lippitt, Douglas A. Stow, Sory Toure, and Milo Vejraska -- 5: Methods for Texture-based Classification of Urban Fringe Areas from Medium and High Resolution Satellite Imagery: Lasse Møller-Jensen -- Part III: Health and Well-being in Accra’s Neighborhoods: 6: Exploring Social Resilience among Young Migrants in Old Fadama, an Accra Slum: Raymond Asare Tutu -- 7: Researching Urban Slum Health in Nima, a Slum in Accra: Emmanuel Aggrey-Korsah, Joseph Oppong -- 8: What if Neighbors' Neighborhoods Differ? The Influence of Neighborhood Definitions of Health Outcomes in Accra: Alex Zvoleff, Li An, Justin Stoler, John R. Weeks -- 9: Living Arrangements and Fertility: A Case Study in Southern Ghana: Magdalena Benza -- 10: Fertility in Context: Exploring Egocentric Neighborhoods in Accra: John R. Weeks, Justin Stoler, Allan G. Hill, Alex Zvoleff -- Part IV: Neighborhood Structure: Implications for the Future Provision of Health Services: 11: The Sachet Water Phenomenon in Accra: Socioeconomic, Environmental, and Public Health Implications for Water Security -- Justin Stoler -- 12: Healthcare Access In Three Residential Neighborhoods In Accra, Ghana: Godwin Arku, Paul Mkandawire, Isaac Luginaah, and Philip Baiden -- 13: Food Security in Accra: Anna Carla Lopez-Carr -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910438334503321 |
Dordrecht, Netherlands, : Springer, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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