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Environment and hope : improving health, reducing AIDS and promoting food security in the world /
This book represents a body of work performed by students from a diverse set of disciplines and a variety of universities in the United States and Santiago, Chile. Each project was developed by the students to ""break the cycle of social, economic and environmental health disparities."...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Pediatrics, child and adolescent health.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ENVIRONMENT AND HOPE: IMPROVING HEALTH, REDUCING AIDS AND PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY IN THE WORLD; ENVIRONMENT AND HOPE: IMPROVING HEALTH, REDUCING AIDS AND PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY IN THE WORLD; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: BREAK THE CYCLE OF DISADVANTAGE AND DISABILITY: FINDING HOPE; INTRODUCTION; PREMATURITY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND CEREBRAL PALSY; LESSONS FROM ANNISTON, ALABAMA; STUDENT PROJECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EDUCATION; IMPACT OF AIDS; FOOD AND FOOD INSECURITY; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: BREAK THE CYCLE.
- Chapter 2: LEGAL INSTRUMENTS TO LOWER THE RISK OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HIVINTRODUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS AND DEATHS; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES; HIV-POSITIVE MOTHERS; PERTINENT INTERNATIONAL BODIES, REGULATIONS AND STRATEGIES; COUNTRY CASE STUDIES; PRACTICAL CHALLENGES; CUSTOMARY AND RELIGIOUS LAWS; CRIMINALIZATION OF HIV TRANSMISSION AND EXPOSURE; PROPOSALS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: HEALTH DISPARITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA: BREAKING THE CYCLE THROUGH ECOLOGICAL HEALTH PROMOTION; INTRODUCTION; HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONGST CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA; FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION.
- CURRENT APPROACHESINTERVENTIONS
- THE SIYAKHANA INITIATIVE; OUTCOMES; RECOMMENDATIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: COMMUNITY GARDENS TO FIGHT URBAN YOUTH CRIME AND STABILIZE NEIGHBORHOODS; INTRODUCTION; CASE STUDY; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: PEDIATRIC OBESITY AND FOOD ACCESS IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS FOR PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN AN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY IN SANTIAGO, CHILE; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 7: HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND ACTION PLANS TO REMEDIATE BROWNFIELDS IN A SUBURBAN COMMUNITYINTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: HOW DOES THE SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF SCHOOLS AFFECT THE PREVALENCE OF CHILDREN WITH MILD INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY?; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: IMPACT OF MATERNAL HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN HOMELESS; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
- Chapter 10: TRAINING HEAD START PARENTS IN DIALOGIC READING TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDRENINTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 11: OFF THE MAT: PILOTING A MINDFULNESS BASED CURRICULUM WITH ADOLESCENTS IN EAST HARLEM; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 12: PROJECT GRANDD REVISITED: A COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR NURSE PRACTITIONER STUDENTS; INTRODUCTION; OUR STUDY; FINDINGS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 13: FINDING HOPE IN HOPELESS ENVIRONMENTS; INTRODUCTION.