Author : Diarmuid O'Donovan
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 20,58 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN :
This major profile of global health maps the prevalence and causes of disease as well as the economic, social, and environmental factors that influence well-being.
Author : Richard A. Walker
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520966864
California is at a crossroads. For decades a global leader, inspiring the hopes and dreams of millions, the state has recently faced double-digit unemployment, multi-billion dollar budget deficits and the loss of trillions in home values. This atlas brings together the latest research and statistics in a graphic form that gives shape and meaning to these numbers. It shows a new California in the making, as it maps the economic, social, and political trends of a state struggling to maintain its leadership and to continue to offer its citizens the promise of prosperity. Among the world’s largest economies, California is the nation’s agricultural powerhouse, high tech crucible and leader in renewable energy. The state is the most populous and most diverse state in the continental U.S. Yet its infrastructure is coming under increasing pressure. Water supply systems are strained, the legendary highways are over capacity, and the celebrated system of public schooling is unable to offer affordable quality education at all levels. Health and welfare services, particularly for the poor, needy, disabled, and seniors, are at great risk. This indispensable resource gives readers the tools they need to understand the transformation as California attempts to forge a new identity in the midst of unprecedented challenges.
Author : Justine Ciovacco
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
Release : 2006-03
Category : U.S. states
ISBN : 9780756618285
Presents an introduction to the fifty states in the U.S., as well as outlying areas, each with information on history, notable people and events, a listing of state facts, a map, and photographs. Grouped by region.
Author : Dartmouth Medical School. Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Health facilities
ISBN :
Author : Diarmuid O'Donovan
Publisher :
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 37,63 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN :
This major profile of global health maps the prevalence and causes of disease as well as the economic, social, and environmental factors that influence well-being.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9241514019
Collects together data compiled from 177 World Health Organization Member States/Countries on mental health care. Coverage includes policies, plans and laws for mental health, human and financial resources available, what types of facilities providing care, and mental health programmes for prevention and promotion.
Author : Tomoki Nakaya
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,98 MB
Release : 2019-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3030227073
This new health atlas of Japan presents a series of maps about the health of the contemporary Japanese population, i.e. detailed maps of health indicators in small areas using cartograms. This is the first comprehensive small-area based health atlas about contemporary Japan using vital statistics from 1995-2014. Each map is supplemented with concise explanations written by leading epidemiologists and health geographers in Japan. The book employs various cutting-edge methods in spatial epidemiology, Bayesian spatial smoothing for the reliable mapping of mortality indices, advanced cartographic transformations using the concept of aerial cartograms, and summary statistics of socioeconomic health inequalities. The atlas highlights geographical aspects of social gradients in health by comparing mortality maps with distribution of deprivation index during the recent long-lasting economic stagnation period of Japan known as the lost decades. This health atlas will be a useful resource for international comparisons between Japan and other advanced countries in terms of health and related socioeconomic disparities between regions. It will be of interest to public health practitioners, administrators, researchers and students working on health geography and public health.
Author : Danny Dorling
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,52 MB
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 1848608659
`Using up-to-date data, modern cartographic methods, and an approach that addresses students' everyday lives, Danny Dorling has produced an engaging introduction to the contemporary geography of the UK. It will be the focus of many lively discussions of patterns and trends’ - Ron Johnston, School of Geography, University of Bristol Using statistics from many sources in an engaging and accessible way, Human Geography of the UK is written from the perspective of a beginning undergraduate, it's objective is to define the key elements of population geography and show how they fit together. Highly visual – with maps and figures on every page – the text uses different data to describe the social landscape of the United Kingdom. Organized in ten short thematic chapters, explaining the nuts and bolts of population, including: birth, inequality; education; mobility; work; and mortality. The book concludes with a comparative analysis of UK in global context. Human Geography of the UK features practical exercises, and clear summaries in tables and specially drawn maps.
Author : Dan Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 2021-02-09
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0525506721
The State of the World Atlas is an accessible, unique visual survey of current events and global trends, highlighting the international scope and complexity of many challenges facing the humanity today. With a bold new design, this distinctive atlas presents the latest statistics on international trade and migration, the globalization of work, aging and new health risks (up to and including the COVID-19 pandemic), food and water, energy resources and consumption, literacy, gender equality, wars and peacekeeping, and more. And for the newest edition, special attention has been brought to the way that all of these issues are affected by the ongoing climate crisis. Fascinating, troubling, and surprising, this is an important resource for anyone who seeks to better understand the world around them.
Author : Ronald M. Atlas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 25,36 MB
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1555818439
Emerging infectious diseases are often due to environmental disruption, which exposes microbes to a different niche that selects for new virulence traits and facilitates transmission between animals and humans. Thus, health of humans also depends upon health of animals and the environment – a concept called One Health. This book presents core concepts, compelling evidence, successful applications, and remaining challenges of One Health approaches to thwarting the threat of emerging infectious disease. Written by scientists working in the field, this book will provide a series of "stories" about how disruption of the environment and transmission from animal hosts is responsible for emerging human and animal diseases. Explains the concept of One Health and the history of the One Health paradigm shift. Traces the emergence of devastating new diseases in both animals and humans. Presents case histories of notable, new zoonoses, including West Nile virus, hantavirus, Lyme disease, SARS, and salmonella. Links several epidemic zoonoses with the environmental factors that promote them. Offers insight into the mechanisms of microbial evolution toward pathogenicity. Discusses the many causes behind the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Presents new technologies and approaches for public health disease surveillance. Offers political and bureaucratic strategies for promoting the global acceptance of One Health.
