Current Topics in Public Health

Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

doi:10.5772/56648

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Current Topics in Public Health

Edited by Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira

Public Health is regarded as the basis and cornerstone of health, generally and in medicine. Defined as the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals, this discipline has been renewed by the incorporation of multiple actors, professions, knowledge areas and it has also been impacted and promoted by multiple technologies, particularly - the information technology. As a changing field of knowledge, Public Health requires evidence-based information and regular updates. Current Topics in Public Health presents updated information on multiple topics related to actual areas of interest in this growing and exciting medical science, with the conception and philosophy that we are working to improve the health of the population, rather than treating diseases of individual patients, taking decisions about collective health care that are based on the best available, current, valid and relevant evidence, and finally within the context of available resources. With participation of authors from multiple countries, many from developed and developing ones, this book offers a wide geographical perspective. Finally, all these characteristics make this book an excellent update on many subjects of world public health.

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Current Topics in Public HealthEdited by Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

Published: May 15th 2013

DOI: 10.5772/56648

ISBN: 978-953-51-1121-4

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15 Crossref Citations

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Open access peer-reviewed 1. Academic' Policy Briefings: What Determines Health Researchers' Involvement in Public Health Policy Informing? By Jalila Jbilou, Réjean Landry, Salah-Eddine El Adlouni and Nabil Amara		893
Open access peer-reviewed 2. Bayesian Approach in Medicine and Health Management By Emanuela Barbini, Pietro Manzi and Paolo Barbini		1479
Open access peer-reviewed 3. Causal Inference with Intermediates: Simple Methods for Principal Strata Effects and Natural Direct Effects By Yasutaka Chiba and Etsuji Suzuki		924
Open access peer-reviewed 4. Use of Analytical Methods and In-silico Techniques in Public Health Research By Peter Papoh Ndibewu and Prince Ngobeni		1399
Open access peer-reviewed 5. From Creativity to Artificial Neural Networks: Problem-Solving Methodologies in Hospitals By Pietro Manzi and Paolo Barbini		898
Open access peer-reviewed 6. Knowledge Management in Canadian Healthcare Organizations: How Do Knowledge Brokers Perform? By Réjean Landry, Jalila Jbilou, Nabil Amara and Salaheddine El Adlouni		936
Open access peer-reviewed 7. The Need to Measure and Manage the Cumulative Impacts of Resource Development on Public Health: An Australian Perspective By Susan Kinnear, Zobaidul Kabir, Julie Mann and Lisa Bricknell		1165
Open access peer-reviewed 8. Health Care Waste Management – Public Health Benefits, and the Need for Effective Environmental Regulatory Surveillance in Federal Republic of Nigeria By Nkechi Chuks Nwachukwu, Frank Anayo Orji and Ositadinma Chinyere Ugbogu		4904
Open access peer-reviewed 9. Characterisation of Dental Waste in Tertiary Dental Hospitals: A Third World Example By Michael Adewole Adedigba, Isaiah Adesola Oke and Regina Arobieke		1142
Open access peer-reviewed 10. Nursing and Public Health in Developing Countries By Carmen Luisa Betancur P.		2077
Open access peer-reviewed 11. The Financing of Public Health By Jason S. Turner, Simone Singh, Connie Evashwick and Steve Eastaugh		1196
Open access peer-reviewed 12. Clinical Epidemiology and Its Relevance for Public Health in Developing Countries By Cristian Díaz-Vélez, Víctor Soto-Cáceres, Ricardo E. Peña-Sánchez, Moisés A. Apolaya Segura and Edén Galán-Rodas		2254
Open access peer-reviewed 13. Evidence Based Public Health By Ajay K Parsaik and Balwinder Singh		1293
Open access peer-reviewed 14. Public Health, Infection and Infectious Agents: The Etiology is Seemingly Always ‘Clever’ By Erasto Vitus Mbugi		1174
Open access peer-reviewed 15. Epidemiological Burden of Tuberculosis in Developing Countries By Diana M. Castañeda-Hernández and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales		1852
Open access peer-reviewed 16. Beating Cervical Cancer in the Developed Countries: A Dream or a Reality? By Mosiur Rahman, Abdur R. Mia, Syed Emdadul Haque, Mostofa Golam, Nowsheen Sharmin Purabi and S. A. R. Choudhury		1173
Open access peer-reviewed 17. Burden of Human Papillomavirus Infection in Latin America By Juan Carlos Sepúlveda-Arias and Adalucy Álvarez-Aldana		1362
Open access peer-reviewed 18. Haemorrhagic Fevers Transmitted by Vectors in the Neotropics By Salim Mattar, Nelson Alvis and Marco Gonzalez		1224
Open access peer-reviewed 19. Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Colombia By Adrián Bolívar-Mejía and Boris E. Vesga-Angarita		1349
Open access peer-reviewed 20. Topics in Prevention of Diseases in Gastroenterology By Leonardo Sosa Valencia and Erika Rodriguez-Wulff		1930
Open access peer-reviewed 21. Pathogen Management in Surface Waters: Practical Considerations for Reducing Public Health Risk By Matthew R. Hipsey and Justin D. Brookes		1256
Open access peer-reviewed 22. Biological Responses of in vivo Studies to Contaminants: A Contribution to Improve Public Health Knowledge By Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Irvathur Krishnananda Pai and Fernando Garcia e Costa		1505
Open access peer-reviewed 23. Atmospheric Nanoparticles and Their Impacts on Public Health By Klara Slezakova, Simone Morais and Maria do Carmo Pereira		2342
Open access peer-reviewed 24. Cyanobacterial Toxins in Food-Webs: Implications for Human and Environmental Health By John Berry		1095
Open access peer-reviewed 25. Epidemiology of Patients Diagnosed with Prescription and Non-Prescription Drug Overdose at the Riyadh Security Forces Hospital Between January 2007 and December 2011 By Naser Al-Jaser, M. Cli. Epi and Niyi Awofeso		827
Open access peer-reviewed 26. Contribution of Biomedical Research Ethics in Public Health Advances By C.N. Fokunang, EA Tembe-Fokunang, M. Djuidje Ngounoue, P.C. Chi, J Ateudjieu, Awah Pascal, G. Magne, N.M. Ndje, O.M.T. Abena, D. Sprumont and Kaptue Lazare		1020
Open access peer-reviewed 27. The Role of Ethics in Public Health Clinical Research By C. N. Fokunang, E. A. Tembe-Fokunang, P. Awah, M. Djuidje Ngounoue, P. C. Chi, J. Ateudjieu, R. Langsi, Lazare Kaptue and O. M. T. Abena		1436
Open access peer-reviewed 28. Mental Health and Social Capital: Social Capital as a Promising Initiative to Improving the Mental Health of Communities By Emma Bassett and Spencer Moore		1296
Open access peer-reviewed 29. Communicating, Motivating and Teaching the Significance of Public Health By Claudia Marin-Kelso		1352

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