American plagues : lessons from our battles with disease / / Stephen H. Gehlbach |
Autore | Gehlbach Stephen H. |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman Littlefield, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - United States - History
Communicable diseases - Prevention |
ISBN | 1-4422-5651-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Gunpowder and calomel : Benjamin Rush and the malignant yellow fever -- Doctors and ministers : smallpox in Boston, 1721 -- Noddle's Island experiment : Benjamin Waterhouse and vaccination -- Scourge of the middle west : autumnal fever and Daniel Drake -- Improving the numbers : Lemuel Shattuck's report -- Adirondack cure : consumption and Edward Trudeau -- The beginning and the end : epidemic poliomyelitis -- A cancer grows : Edward Murrow and the cigarette -- Searching America's heart : the Framingham study -- A cure for complacency : HIV/AIDS -- Too little, too much : healthcare related infections -- Another kind of plague : measles and misinformation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798299703321 |
Gehlbach Stephen H. | ||
Lanham : , : Rowman Littlefield, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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American plagues : lessons from our battles with disease / / Stephen H. Gehlbach |
Autore | Gehlbach Stephen H. |
Edizione | [Updated edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman Littlefield, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Epidemics - United States - History
Communicable diseases - Prevention |
ISBN | 1-4422-5651-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Gunpowder and calomel : Benjamin Rush and the malignant yellow fever -- Doctors and ministers : smallpox in Boston, 1721 -- Noddle's Island experiment : Benjamin Waterhouse and vaccination -- Scourge of the middle west : autumnal fever and Daniel Drake -- Improving the numbers : Lemuel Shattuck's report -- Adirondack cure : consumption and Edward Trudeau -- The beginning and the end : epidemic poliomyelitis -- A cancer grows : Edward Murrow and the cigarette -- Searching America's heart : the Framingham study -- A cure for complacency : HIV/AIDS -- Too little, too much : healthcare related infections -- Another kind of plague : measles and misinformation. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809973703321 |
Gehlbach Stephen H. | ||
Lanham : , : Rowman Littlefield, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Linking research and public health practice [[electronic resource] ] : a review of CDC's program of centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention / / Michael A. Stoto, Lawrence W. Green, and Linda A. Bailey, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 107 p |
Disciplina | 614.4/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
StotoMichael A
GreenLawrence W BaileyLinda A |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine, Preventive - United States
Health promotion - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-19174-0
9786610191741 0-309-56228-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455998403321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Linking research and public health practice [[electronic resource] ] : a review of CDC's program of centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention / / Michael A. Stoto, Lawrence W. Green, and Linda A. Bailey, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 107 p |
Disciplina | 614.4/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
StotoMichael A
GreenLawrence W BaileyLinda A |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine, Preventive - United States
Health promotion - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-17486-4
1-280-19174-0 9786610191741 0-309-56228-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778669303321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Linking research and public health practice : a review of CDC's program of centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention / / Michael A. Stoto, Lawrence W. Green, and Linda A. Bailey, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 107 p |
Disciplina | 614.4/0973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
StotoMichael A
GreenLawrence W BaileyLinda A |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine, Preventive - United States
Health promotion - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-17486-4
1-280-19174-0 9786610191741 0-309-56228-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Linking Research and Public Health Practice -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE -- A VISION FOR THE PREVENTION CENTERS RESEARCH PROGRAM -- THE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS -- Innovation -- Setting Priorities in the PRCs -- Dissemination and Implementation Activities -- MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM -- Vision and Goals -- Thematic Focus -- CDC's Role in Networking, Communication, and Dissemination -- Criteria for Evaluating Prevention Research Centers -- Funding for the PRC Program -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 1 Introduction -- HISTORY OF THE PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM -- GROWTH OF THE PRC PROGRAM -- CDC'S REQUEST FOR A REVIEW OF THE PRC PROGRAM -- Organization of the Study -- Methodology for Reviewing the PRC Program -- OVERALL IMPRESSIONS -- ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PRC PROGRAM -- 2 A Vision for the Prevention Research Centers Program -- THE CHALLENGE AHEAD -- Purpose of the PRC Program -- A Vision for the Future -- A Focus on Risk Conditions and Social Determinants of Health -- An Orientation Toward the Community -- Interdisciplinarity -- A Means for Dissemination Research in Public Health -- An Interactive Process for Establishing Research Priorities -- A Role in Setting National Research Priorities -- 3 The Research and Demonstration Projects Conducted by the Prevention Research Centers -- INNOVATIONS -- SETTING PRIORITIES IN THE PRCS -- Criteria for Project Selection -- Quality Control -- Peer Review -- Public Health Impact -- Balance in Research Portfolios -- DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES -- Prevention Networks -- Dissemination Research -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- 4 Management and Oversight of the Prevention Research Centers Program -- VISION AND GOALS.
Prevention Research -- THEMATIC FOCUS -- NETWORKING, COMMUNICATION, AND DISSEMINATION -- Improved Communication and Interaction -- Community Input -- Dissemination Research -- CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING PRCS -- Progress Reports -- Peer Review -- FUNDING FOR THE PRC PROGRAM -- Core Funding -- Open Competition -- Special Interest Projects -- Allocation of Core Funds -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Appendix A Committee Biographies -- Appendix B Charge to the Committee -- Appendix C Protocol for Site Visits and Telephone Interviews, June 1996 -- PROTOCOL FOR SITE VISIT TO CDC -- Appendix D The CDC Prevention Research Centers Program: A Decade of Achievement, 1986-1996, and an Agenda for the Decade … -- THE CDC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM: A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1986-1996 AND AN AGENDA FOR THE DECADE AHEAD -- The Critical Need for "Prevention Research" -- Achievements of the Program: 1986-1996 -- The Agenda for a Second Decade of Success -- THE CDC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM: A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1986-1996 AND AN AGENDA FOR THE DECADE AHEAD -- Summary -- Introduction -- The Background of Program Authorization and implementation -- The Critical Need for "Prevention Research" -- Achievements of the Program: 1986-1996 -- The Agenda for a Second Decade of Success -- Program Objectives, 1996-2006 -- Acknowledgments -- THE CDC PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTERS PROGRAM: A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT, 1986-1996 AND AN AGENDA FOR THE DECADE AHEAD -- PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: 1996-2006 -- Appendix E Prevention Research Centers: Investing in the Nation's Health, 1986-1996 -- National Research Network -- High-Priority Research Themes -- Support for National Health Objectives -- Value-Added Funding of Prevention Research -- Benefits of Continuity -- Extending the Public Health Mission -- Key Accomplishments. |
Altri titoli varianti | Review of CDC's program of centers for research and demonstration of health promotion and disease prevention |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817172803321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1997 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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