Academic Global Surgery
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39760
Mamta Swaroop, Sanjay Krishnaswami, editors.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This useful book serves as both an introduction into current thought in Academic Global Surgery, and an early-career navigation tool for the newest generation of global surgeons. The authors examine the ways in which the scientific methods, educational focus and outcomes analysis which mark academic surgery are perfectly suited towards strengthening systems for surgical care in resource-poor regions of the world. Academic Global Surgery brings together leaders in the field to investigate the ed…
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- Other Authors
- Swaroop, Mamta
- Krishnaswami, Sanjay
- Responsibility
- Mamta Swaroop, Sanjay Krishnaswami, editors
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 144 p. : 7 illus., 4 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Success in academic surgery
- ISBN
- 9783319142982
- 9783319142975 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2194-7481
- Subjects (MeSH)
- General Surgery
- Global Health
- Internationality
- Abstract
- This useful book serves as both an introduction into current thought in Academic Global Surgery, and an early-career navigation tool for the newest generation of global surgeons. The authors examine the ways in which the scientific methods, educational focus and outcomes analysis which mark academic surgery are perfectly suited towards strengthening systems for surgical care in resource-poor regions of the world. Academic Global Surgery brings together leaders in the field to investigate the educational, research and clinical collaborations needed to enhance understanding of surgical disease and improve surgical care worldwide. This source of current knowledge is the perfect tool for both students and young surgeons interested in a career in Academic Global Surgery, as well as those who wish to simply further their knowledge in this field.
- Contents
- Part 1. General Considerations -- 1. Global Burden of Surgical Disease and the Role of Academia -- 2. Promoting, Developing, and Sustaining Academic Global Surgery Programs -- 3. Ethics in Global Surgery -- Part 2. Career -- 4. Preparing and Sustaining Your Career in Academic Global Surgery -- 5. Balancing Global Surgery with Traditional Career and Life Demands -- Part 3. Clinical -- 6. Guidelines and Parameters for Ideal Short-Term Interactions: Disaster Relief -- 7. How to Set Up for an Ideal Long Term Clinical Interaction -- Part 4. Research -- 8. Current Research Needs and Priorities -- 9. Research Methods Appropriate and Applicable to Global Surgery -- 10. Funding for Global Surgical Programs -- Part 5. Education -- 11. Developing Educational Opportunities for Trainees on Both Sides -- 12. The Role of Educational Research in the Global Setting -- Part 6. Resources -- 13. Tools Useful for the Academic Global Surgeon.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The AIDS Pandemic : Searching for a Global Response
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42955
Michael Merson, Stephen Inrig.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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This ambitious book provides a comprehensive history of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Programme on AIDS (GPA), using it as a unique lens to trace the global response to the AIDS pandemic. The authors describe how WHO came initially to assume leadership of the global response, relate the strategies and approaches WHO employed over the years, and expound on the factors that led to the Programme's demise and subsequent formation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAID…
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- Author
- Merson, Michael
- Other Authors
- Inrig, Stephen
- Responsibility
- Michael Merson, Stephen Inrig
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 445 p.) : 20 illus
- ISBN
- 9783319471334
- 9783319471327 (print ed.)
- 9783319471341 (print ed.)
- 9783319484310 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - epidemiology
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control
- Global Health
- Pandemics - prevention & control
- Program Evaluation
- Other Subjects
- World Health Organization
- Abstract
- This ambitious book provides a comprehensive history of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Programme on AIDS (GPA), using it as a unique lens to trace the global response to the AIDS pandemic. The authors describe how WHO came initially to assume leadership of the global response, relate the strategies and approaches WHO employed over the years, and expound on the factors that led to the Programme's demise and subsequent formation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The authors examine the global impact of this momentous transition, portray the current status of the global response to AIDS, and explore the precarious situation that WHO finds itself in today as a lead United Nations agency in global health. Several aspects of the global response—the strategies adopted, the roads taken and not taken, and the lessons learned—can provide helpful guidance to the global health community as it continues tackling the AIDS pandemic and confronts future global pandemics. Included in the coverage: The response before the global response Building and coordinating a multi-sectoral response Containing the global spread of HIV Addressing stigma, discrimination, and human rights Rethinking global AIDS governance UNAIDS: finding its place in congested waters The AIDS Pandemic will find an engaged audience among policymakers, students, faculty, journalists, researchers, and other health professionals working and interested in global health, public health, the World Health Organization, HIV/AIDS, global pandemics, the history of medicine, and global health policy. It will also interest those involved in international relations, international development, global affairs and governance, the United Nations, and NGOs.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I. Global Mobilization in a Pandemic -- 1. The Response Before the Global Response -- 2. The Launch of the Control Programme on AIDS -- 3. Creating a Global Response -- 4. Assuming Global Leadership -- 5. Building and Coordinating a Multisectoral Response -- 6. Health, Human Rights, and the Global Programme on AIDS -- 7. The Resignation of Jonathan Mann -- Part II. From Mobilization to Managing in a Pandemic -- 8. The Transition -- 9. Enhancing Program Delivery -- 10. Containing the Global Spread of HIV -- 11. Supporting Research -- 12. Addressing Stigma, Discrimination, and Human Rights -- 13. Challenges and Criticisms -- 14. Growing Tensions Among United Nations Agencies -- Part III. Seeking Global Coordination in a Pandemic -- 15. Rethinking Global AIDS Governance -- 16. End of the Global Programme on AIDS and the Launch of UNAIDS -- 17. UNAIDS: Trying to Gain Traction -- 18. UNAIDS: Finding its Place in Congested Waters -- Part IV. Lessons Learned and the Future of the Global Response -- 19. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Background on the Formation and Structure of the World Health Organization -- Appendix 2. Structure of the United Nations -- Appendix 3. Interviews -- Appendix 4. Establishment of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Timeline -- Appendix 5. World Health Organization 1993 Study of a Joint and co-sponsored United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS: Synopsis of Options at Global Level -- Appendix 6. World Health Organization 1993 Study of a Joint and co-sponsored United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS: Synopsis of Options at Country Level -- Appendix 7. United Nations Economic and Social Council Resolution 1994/24 on Joint and co-sponsored Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Appendix 8. UNAIDS Technical Support Division of Labor, Summary and Rationale 2005: Division of Responsibility Among UNAIDS co-sponsors -- Glossary of terms.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Around the Globe for Women's Health : A Practical Guide for the Health Care Provider
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40692
Taraneh Shirazian, editor-in-chief ; Erin Gertz, co-editor.
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2013.
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In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women's health providers. Around the Globe for Women's Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. Case-based chapters highlight clinical issues (such as obstetric fistula, malaria, and postpartum hem…
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- Other Authors
- Shirazian, Taraneh
- Gertz, Erin
- Responsibility
- Taraneh Shirazian, editor-in-chief ; Erin Gertz, co-editor
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 144 p. : 25 illus., 23 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9781441982582
- 9781441982575 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Internationality
- Women's Health Services
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- In the increasingly globalized twenty-first century, cross-cultural communication and knowledge of culturally informed health practices are critical skills for women's health providers. Around the Globe for Women's Health is a concise, culturally sensitive, and clinically relevant guide that aims to increase health equity through prevention and improved clinical care for women around the world. Case-based chapters highlight clinical issues (such as obstetric fistula, malaria, and postpartum hemorrhage) and barriers to care (the unmet need for family planning, or limited radiotherapy in low-resource countries, for example). Around the Globe for Women's Health is a must-have resource not just for physicians considering working in another country, but all providers seeking to provide better care for diverse populations of women within the United States.
- Contents
- Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World -- Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting -- Obstetric Fistula -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy -- The Unmet Need for Family Planning -- Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site -- At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer using a Single Visit Approach -- The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment -- Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, Not a Right. Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings -- Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The atlas of food : who eats what, where, and why
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24201
Millstone, Eric.
(Rev. and updated)
--Berkeley, CA:
University of California Press
, 2008.
- Call Number
- WA 695 M657a 2008
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 695 M657a 2008
- Author
- Millstone, Eric
- Other Authors
- Lang, Tim
- Edition
- Rev. and updated
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Date of Publication
- 2008
- Physical Description
- 128 p.
- ISBN
- 9780520254091
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diet - Atlases
- Food Industry - Atlases
- Global Health - Atlases
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The atlas of heart disease and stroke
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21744
MacKay, Judith.
--Geneva, Switzerland:
World Health Organization
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WG 210 M153a 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WG 210 M153a 2004
- Author
- MacKay, Judith
- Other Authors
- Mensah, George
- Place of Publication
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Publisher
- World Health Organization
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 112 p.
- ISBN
- 924156768
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Heart Diseases - epidemiology - Atlases
- Stroke - epidemiology - atlases
- Risk Factors
- Global Health
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Climate Change and Global Public Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46434
Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors.
(Second edition)
--Cham:
Humana Press
, c2021.
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- NEW Springer 2021
- Location
- Online
This book is a guide to the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on climate change and respiratory health. Since the publication of the first edition, climate change has been increasingly acknowledged as being directly related to the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity. Evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stres…
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- Other Authors
- Pinkerton, Kent E.
- Rom, William N.
- Responsibility
- Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2021
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 605 p.) : 116 illus., 103 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine
- ISBN
- 9783030547462
- 9783030547455 (Print ed.)
- 9783030547479 (Print ed.)
- 9783030547486 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2197-7372
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Climate Change
- Environmental Medicine
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Abstract
- This book is a guide to the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on climate change and respiratory health. Since the publication of the first edition, climate change has been increasingly acknowledged as being directly related to the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity. Evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of pollens, molds and infectious agents. This second edition is fully updated to include the latest research by international experts on topics such as heat waves causing critical care-related diseases, climate-driven air pollution increases, and high-level ozone and ozone exposure linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, and acute lower respiratory infection. Seven new chapters have also been added on extreme weather and agricultural safety in California; desert dust effects on lung health; climate policy and the EPA; California's integrated approach to air quality and climate change; integrating climate change, the environment, and sustainability themes into professional health science courses; and the role of the physician as climate advocate. This is an ideal guide for all pulmonologists and health professionals treating patients with pulmonary disease.
- Contents
- Introduction: consequences of global warming to planetary and human health -- Climate variability and change data and information for global public health -- Climate change: updates on recent global and United States temperature anomalies and impacts to water, forests and environmental health -- Eyewitness to climate change -- Arctic connections to global warming and health -- Assessing the health risks of climate change -- Heat waves and rising temperatures: Human health impacts and the determinants of vulnerability -- Climate, air quality and allergy: emerging methods for detecting linkages -- The human health co-benefits of air quality improvements associated with climate change mitigation -- Asthma, hayfever, pollen, & climate change -- California and climate changes: an update -- Vector-borne diseases in a changing climate and world -- Dengue fever and climate change -- Climate variability and change: food, water and societal impacts -- Hurricanes and health: vulnerability in an age of climate change -- The impact of climate change and extreme weather conditions on agricultural health and safety in california -- Household air pollution from cookstoves: impacts on health and climate -- Biomass fuel and lung diseases: an Indian perspective -- Climate change and women’s health: risks and opportunities -- The impact of climate change on public health in small island states and caribbean countries -- Global climate change, desertification, and its consequences in Turkey and the Middle East -- Climate change and the risk of desertification with a focus in the United States -- Federal Programs in climate change and health research -- Management of climate change adaptation at the United States centers for disease control and prevention -- Rules, rulings, and repeals: the shifting state of climate policy at U.S. EPA -- California’s integrated approach to air quality and climate change -- Climate change and public health interventions -- Integrating climate change, the environment, and sustainability themes into professional health sciences courses: a case study across a university system -- The physician’s response to climate change.
- Access
- NEW Springer 2021
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43218
Fabio Capello, Antonio Vittorino Gaddi. editors.
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Springer
, c2018.
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This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range…
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- Other Authors
- Capello, Fabio
- Gaddi, Antonio Vittorino
- Responsibility
- Fabio Capello, Antonio Vittorino Gaddi. editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 679 p.) : 116 illus., 79 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319627311
- 9783319627304 (print ed.)
- 9783319627328 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Air Pollution - adverse effects
- Environmental Illness - chemically induced
- Environmental Policy
- Global Health
- Public Policy
- Specialty
- Environmental Health
- Abstract
- This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights.
- Contents
- 1. Pollution and Air Pollution–Related Diseases: An Overview -- 2. Physical and Chemical Properties of Airborne Particulate Matter -- 3. The Relationship Between Health Effects and Airborne Particulate Constituents -- 4. Environment/Climate Air Pollution -- 5. Spatial Distribution of Air Pollutants in Cities -- 6. Outdoor Air Pollution: Effects, Measure and Perception -- 7. Indoor Air Pollution -- 8. Air Pollution and the Health Preservation: The Point of View of a Clinician and of a Cardiologist -- 9. Legal and Ethical Implications of Air Pollution -- 10. Air Pollution in Infancy, Childhood and Young Adults -- 11. Air Pollution and Elderly -- 12. Pollutants and Drugs: Interactions and Human Health -- 13. Epigenetic Effects of Air Pollution -- 14. Complexity in Pollution/Disease Management -- 15. Air Pollution and the Nervous System: Diseases of the Brain Caused by Air Pollutants and Air Pollution -- 16. Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Diseases (Risk Factors and the Myocardial Cell Defence) -- 17. Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis -- 18. Air Pollution and Lung Diseases -- 19. Eye and Pollution -- 20. Skin and Air Pollution: State of the Art and New Frontiers -- 21. Air Pollution and Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals -- 22. Health Consequences Due to Prenatal Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Exposure -- 23. Postnatal EDC Exposure and Prevention of Endocrine Disruption -- 24. Air Pollution and Cancer -- 25. Air Pollution and Gynecological Diseases -- 26. Air Pollution Effects in Pregnancy -- 27. Model for Pollutant and Disease Monitoring -- 28. Basic Principles for Treatment of Air Pollution-Related Diseases -- 29. Basic Characteristics of Antipollution Devices and PPE -- 30. Exploring the Technologies Behind Air-Cleaning Systems and Indoor Applications -- 31. Basic Characteristics of PPE (II): Industrial Applications -- 32. Sociological Theories on Air Pollution: Between Environmental Justice and the Risk Society Approach -- 33. The Contribution of Digital Sociology to the Investigation of Air Pollution -- 34. Basic Principles of Risk Communication in Air Pollution -- 35. Marketing Issues in Air Pollution Prevention -- 36. Air Pollution: Actions to be Taken -- 37. Conclusions.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Concepts and Practice of Humanitarian Medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28757
edited by S. William A. Gunn, Michele Masellis.
--New York, NY:
Springer Science+Business Media
, c2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Gunn, S. William A
- Other Authors
- Masellis, Michele
- Responsibility
- edited by S. William A. Gunn, Michele Masellis
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- ISBN
- 9780387722641
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Services Accessibility
- Human Rights
- International Cooperation
- Public Health
- Global Health
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Depression and Globalization : The Politics of Mental Health in the 21st Century
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28709
by Carl Walker.
--New York, NY:
Springer-Verlag
, c2008.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Walker, Carl
- Responsibility
- by Carl Walker
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2008
- ISBN
- 9780387727134
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Depression
- Health Policy
- Mental Health Services - history
- Social Conditions
- Global Health
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Social sciences
- Psychology, clinical
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Disability & International Development : Towards Inclusive Global Health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29326
edited by Malcolm Maclachlan, Leslie Swartz.
--New York, NY:
Springer-Verlag
, c2009.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Maclachlan, Malcolm
- Other Authors
- Swartz, Leslie
- Responsibility
- edited by Malcolm Maclachlan, Leslie Swartz
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2009
- ISBN
- 9780387938400
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Developing Countries
- Disabled Persons
- Economic Development
- Global Health
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Public health
- Social sciences
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Emerging Zoonoses : A Worldwide Perspective
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41657
I.W. Fong.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
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- Location
- Online
The book begins with a review of zoonotic pandemics of the past: the "Black Death" or bubonic plague of the Middle Ages, the Spanish Influenza pandemic (derived from avian influenza) of the early 20th century, to the more modern pandemic of AIDS/HIV infection, which originated in Africa from primates. However, the majority of chapters focus on more recent zoonoses, which have been recognized since the late 20th century to the present: SARS and MERS coronaviruses New avian influenza viruses The …
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- Author
- Fong, I.W. (Ignatius W.)
- Responsibility
- I.W. Fong
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 250 pages) : 10 illus., 9 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Emerging infectious diseases of the 21st century
- ISBN
- 9783319508900
- 9783319508887 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging
- Global Health
- Zoonoses
- Abstract
- The book begins with a review of zoonotic pandemics of the past: the "Black Death" or bubonic plague of the Middle Ages, the Spanish Influenza pandemic (derived from avian influenza) of the early 20th century, to the more modern pandemic of AIDS/HIV infection, which originated in Africa from primates. However, the majority of chapters focus on more recent zoonoses, which have been recognized since the late 20th century to the present: SARS and MERS coronaviruses New avian influenza viruses The tick-borne Henan fever virus from China The tick-borne Heartland virus from the United States Recently recognized bacterial pathogens, such as Streptococcus suis from pigs. In addition, reemergence of established zoonoses that have expanded their niche are reviewed, such as the spread of Zika virus and Chikungunya virus to the Western Hemisphere, and the emergence and spread of Ebola virus infection in Africa. A chapter is also devoted to an overview of the mechanisms and various types of animals involved in the transmission of diseases to humans, and the potential means of control and prevention. Many endemic and sporadic diseases are still transmitted by animals, through either direct or indirect contact, and zoonoses are estimated to account for about 75% of all new and emerging infectious diseases. It is predicted by public health experts that the next major pandemic of infectious disease will be of animal origin, making Emerging Zoonoses: A Worldwide Perspective a crucial resource to all health care specialists by providing them with much needed information on these zoonotic diseases.
- Contents
- 1. Pandemic zoonoses from the Middle-Ages to the 20th Century -- 2. Animals and mechanisms of disease transmission -- 3. Swine and avian influenza outbreaks in recent times -- 4. Emerging animal coronaviruses: first SARS and now MERS -- 5. Emergence of new tickborne infections -- 6. Chikungunya virus and Zika virus expansion: an imitation of Dengue virus -- 7. Ebola and Marburg: out of Africa -- 8. Hepatitis E: a zoonosis -- 9. Zoonotic malaria: plasmodium knowlesi -- 10. Zoonotic streptococci: a focus on Streptocccus suis -- 11. New and emerging parasitic zoonoses.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Equitable Access to Human Biological Resources in Developing Countries : Benefit Sharing Without Undue Inducement
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39811
Roger Scarlin Chennells.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
The main question explored by the book is: How can cross-border access to human genetic resources, such as blood or DNA samples, be governed in such a way as to achieve equity for vulnerable populations in developing countries? The book situates the field of genomic and genetic research within global health and research frameworks, describing the concerns that have been raised about the potential unfairness in exchanges during recent decades. Access to and sharing in the benefits of human biolo…
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- Author
- Chennells, Roger Scarlin
- Responsibility
- Roger Scarlin Chennells
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 197 p.)
- ISBN
- 9783319197258
- 9783319197241 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bioethics
- Developing Countries
- Genetic Research - ethics
- Global Health - ethics
- Health Equity
- Healthcare Disparities
- Abstract
- The main question explored by the book is: How can cross-border access to human genetic resources, such as blood or DNA samples, be governed in such a way as to achieve equity for vulnerable populations in developing countries? The book situates the field of genomic and genetic research within global health and research frameworks, describing the concerns that have been raised about the potential unfairness in exchanges during recent decades. Access to and sharing in the benefits of human biological resources are aspects not regulated by any international legal framework such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, which applies only to the exchange of plants, animals and microorganisms, as well as to associated traditional knowledge. Examples of genetic research perceived as exploitative are provided in order to illustrate the legal vacuum concerning the global governance of human genetic resources. The main conclusions drawn from the legal and ethical analysis are: Benefit sharing is crucial in order to avoid the exploitation of developing countries in human genetic research; With functioning research ethics committees, undue inducement is less of a concern in genetic research than in other areas of medical research (e.g. clinical trials); Concerns remain over research involving indigenous populations; accordingly, recommendations are provided. In drawing these conclusions, the book addresses in detail a highly pressing topic in global bioethics and international law. In this regard, it combines bioethical arguments with jurisprudence, in particular with reference to the law of equity and the legal concepts of duress (coercion), unconscionable dealing, and undue inducement.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Exploitation -- Common Heritage of Humankind -- The Altruism Argument -- The "No Value Added" Argument -- Justice and Exploitation in Bilateral Exchanges -- Undue Inducement and Coercion -- Risks to Indigenous Peoples as Vulnerable Population -- Closing Chapter -- List of Legal Cases.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Ethnic Diversities, Hypertension and Global Cardiovascular Risk
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42737
Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Gianfranco Parati, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
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- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
In the context of the most significant influx of migrants in European history, the objective of this book is to provide healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to effectively treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases in ethnic minorities. Acknowledging that the scientific and cultural training of health professionals on the specific health needs of minority groups is still limited and likely biased, the book sheds light on the different health policies in European countries…
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- Other Authors
- Modesti, Pietro Amedeo
- Cappuccio, Francesco P.
- Parati, Gianfranco
- Responsibility
- Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Gianfranco Parati, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 319 p.) : 27 illus., 16 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319931487
- 9783319931470 (print ed.)
- 9783319931494 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2366-4606
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Diversity
- Ethnic Groups
- Global Health
- Hypertension - etiology
- Risk Factors
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Global Health
- Sociology, Medical
- Abstract
- In the context of the most significant influx of migrants in European history, the objective of this book is to provide healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and skills to effectively treat and prevent cardiovascular diseases in ethnic minorities. Acknowledging that the scientific and cultural training of health professionals on the specific health needs of minority groups is still limited and likely biased, the book sheds light on the different health policies in European countries as well as epidemiologic data on cardiovascular events among migrants. In addition, it presents an in-depth analysis of potential ethnic-group-specific drivers of global cardiovascular risk within this new and challenging framework—as well as issues related to its prevention and treatment. The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, obesity, and metabolic syndrome is found to be higher among most minority groups than in the native population, yet their access to treatment and health services may be limited by cultural and language barriers. As health professionals are confronted with such intercultural challenges on a daily basis, specific training and dedicated publications are thus essential to accompany and foster a constructive development towards a pluralist and healthier society. This book addresses that need, offering a unique and revealing resource.
- Contents
- Part I: Ethnicity in the European context -- 1. Multi-ethnic populations in Europe; terminology and classifications -- 2. Migration, communicable and non-communicable diseases. Are we witnessing a paradigm shift? -- 3. Inequalities and health policies in the European countries -- Part II: Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease -- 4. Ethnic disparities in stroke -- 5. Intracranial atherosclerosis in Asian populations -- 6. Coronary heart disease among non-Western immigrants -- 7. Hypertension and the Heart in Africa -- 8. Ethnicity and hypertension-related target organ damage -- 9. Chronic kidney disease: global dimension and perspectives for Africa -- 10. Ethnicity and atrial fibrillation: a counterintuitive phenomenon -- Part III: Drivers predisposing ethnic minorities to cardiovascular disease -- 11. Disparities in hypertension in the ethnic minority groups; beneficial aspects of minority ethnic group cultures -- 12. Type 2 diabetes in ethnic minority groups in Europe -- 13. Health needs and global cardiovascular risk of Chinese migrants in Europe: which peculiarities? -- 14. Overweight and obesity in ethnic minorities. Ethnic specific cut-off values of obesity indices -- Part IV: Ethnic specific issues for prevention and treatment of hypertension and global cv risk -- 15. New notions on salt sensitivity -- 16. Body image perception in ethnic minorities: implications for prevention -- 17. Risk assessment of future type 2 diabetes and prevention strategies -- 18. Screening strategies for type 2 diabetes and risk stratification in minority groups -- 19. Cardiovascular risk assessment models and ethnicity: implications for hypertension guidelines -- 20. Antihypertensive drug therapy in patients of African and South Asian ethnicity -- 21. Cardiovascular risk factors in migrants: beyond the first generation -- 22. Hypertension in pregnancy and related health outcomes in European ethnic minorities -- 23. Ethnic differences in left ventricular remodelling in athletes: implications for pre-participation visit.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Evaluating international public health issues : critical reflections on diseases and disasters, policies and practices
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44796
Mbuso Precious Mabuza.
--Singapore:
Springer
, c2020.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
This book makes an original contribution in addressing contemporary critical discussions and reflections on international health policies, strategies, programmes, systems, diseases, disasters, and public health issues. It includes reflections on how levels of governance, development and technical assistance affect countries disaster readiness and health systems.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Mabuza, Mbuso Precious
- Other Authors
- Held, Leonhard
- Responsibility
- Mbuso Precious Mabuza.
- Place of Publication
- Singapore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 334 p.
- ISBN
- 9789811397875
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Health Policy
- International Cooperation
- Specialty
- Public Health
- Abstract
- This book makes an original contribution in addressing contemporary critical discussions and reflections on international health policies, strategies, programmes, systems, diseases, disasters, and public health issues. It includes reflections on how levels of governance, development and technical assistance affect countries disaster readiness and health systems.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Field guide to global health & disaster medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat50703
Chambers, James.
(1st ed.)
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, 2022.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Chambers, James
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- 2022
- ISBN
- 9780323794121
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Global Health
- Disaster Medicine
- Notes
- Access to this online resource is restricted to IWK Health Centre employees working from inside the hospital network.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Field guide to global health & disaster medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat46266
James A. Chambers.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Elsevier
, c2023.
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- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Chambers, James A.
- Responsibility
- James A. Chambers
- Alternate Title
- Global health and disaster medicine
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date of Publication
- c2023
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource, 416 p.
- ISBN
- 9780323794121
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Disaster Medicine
- Global Health
- Specialty
- Disaster Medicine
- Global Health
- Access
- Registration required for PDF access.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Handbook
- Location
- Online
Food Poverty and Insecurity : International Food Inequalities
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39940
Martin Caraher, John Coveney, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
While there is not one global definition of the term "food poverty", the evidence from the chapters in this book suggest food poverty can be seen from three perspectives: 1) the causes and constraints facing both individuals, households, communities and policy makers, 2) constrained choices or the "lived experience" and 3) the health impacts or outcomes. As a working definition of food poverty, this approach suggests that where constraints are such that it is not possible for individuals or hou…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Caraher, Martin
- Coveney, John
- Responsibility
- Martin Caraher, John Coveney, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 126 p. : 7 illus. in color)
- Series Title
- Food Policy
- ISBN
- 9783319238593
- 9783319238586 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2365-4295
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Food Supply
- Global Health
- Health Status Disparities
- Nutrition Policy
- Poverty
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Abstract
- While there is not one global definition of the term "food poverty", the evidence from the chapters in this book suggest food poverty can be seen from three perspectives: 1) the causes and constraints facing both individuals, households, communities and policy makers, 2) constrained choices or the "lived experience" and 3) the health impacts or outcomes. As a working definition of food poverty, this approach suggests that where constraints are such that it is not possible for individuals or households to consume a nutritionally adequate diet, they could be considered to be in food poverty. The modern food system has introduced new complexities to food insecurity with the growth of micro-nutrient inequalities. As a result of growing levels of poverty and inequality, hunger and obesity are not being faced by two different groups, but often by the same group. While the developed world faces a problem with overconsumption and chronic diseases, the developing world is addressing the double burden of hunger and over-consumption. Even in the developed world, nation states are facing the rise of modern malnutrition, which includes both over-consumption and the re-emergence of hunger: over-consumption combined with austerity. The volume undertakes a critical examination of food poverty and food security by addressing topics such as tensions over the role of the state, the movement towards rights and responsibilities around food, and the rising tide of food poverty. Auth ors also cover possible solutions at both national and city state levels. The editors conclude with a chapter that draws together the issues and locates solutions within a food policy framework of the total food system. These studies help reveal the complexities of food insecurity within a global context, with the goal of clarifying taken for granted assumptions in present discourses.
- Contents
- Food Poverty and Insecurity: The Poor in a World of Global Austerity -- Food Security Global Overview -- Food Issues Facing New and Emerging Economies of South East Asia -- The Paradox of Undernutrition and Obesity in South Africa: A Contextual Overview of Food Quality, Access and Availability in the New Democracy -- The Right to Food in India: Entitlements as Government Responsibility to Entitlements as Government Obligation -- Food Insecurity and Health Disparities: Experiences from New York City -- Creating New Links Between Agriculture And Food Aid: New Perspectives from France -- Food Banks: Big Society or Shunting Yards? Successful Failures -- The Rise of Food Inequality in Australia -- Work in Progress: Addressing Food Insecurity in Brazil -- Food Austerity; Concluding Thoughts and Reflections.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Global Bariatric Surgery : The Art of Weight Loss Across the Borders
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42716
edited by Rami Lutfi, Mariano Palermo, Guy-Bernard Cadière.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book methodically covers the technique, and results of laparoscopic bariatric and metabolic surgery. Aspiring to be wide-ranging, the content includes developments as well as basic standardized techniques, likely occurring complications, described to help practicians avoid dangerous pitfalls. The editors included such topics as the relationship between obesity and cancer, the use of surgery in adolescents, preparation and follow-up care, as well as the use of interventional radiology. The …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Lutfi, Rami
- Palermo, Mariano
- Cadière, Guy-Bernard
- Responsibility
- edited by Rami Lutfi, Mariano Palermo, Guy-Bernard Cadière
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 523 p.) : 249 illus., 207 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319935454
- 9783319935447 (print ed.)
- 9783319935461 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Bariatric Surgery - trends
- Global Health
- Weight Loss
- Abstract
- This book methodically covers the technique, and results of laparoscopic bariatric and metabolic surgery. Aspiring to be wide-ranging, the content includes developments as well as basic standardized techniques, likely occurring complications, described to help practicians avoid dangerous pitfalls. The editors included such topics as the relationship between obesity and cancer, the use of surgery in adolescents, preparation and follow-up care, as well as the use of interventional radiology. The latest scientific evidence concerning endoscopy, radiology, robotics and pharmaceuticals, is presented in detail. Comprehensive varying opinions on the management of sleeve gastrectomy, weight regain, gastric bypass and complex revisions are unique to this tome. Not only are differing surgical perspectives presented, but physicians, endoscopists and researchers also describe alternative methods of management, in complications, future treatments, and understanding of the disease. Global Bariatric Surgery: The Art of Weight Loss Across the Borders serves as a valuable reference source for surgeons and practitioners in need of the most up-to-date information on bariatric and metabolic surgery with all its known facets.
- Contents
- History of Bariatric Surgery -- Bariatric Surgery—Current state of affairs -- Accreditation, Quality and Centers of Excellence -- Global Certifications for Surgeons and Centers -- Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in Latin America -- Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery in the Middle East -- Asian Experience -- Gastric Banding -- Sleeve Gastrectomy -- Gastric Bypass -- Duodenal Switch -- Gastric Plication -- Single Anastomosis Gastric Bypass -- Single Anastomosis Duodenal Switch -- Vagal Nerve Control of Appetite, Energy, Regulation and Body Weight -- Revision after Gastric Banding -- Revision after Sleeve Gastrectomy -- Re-Sleeve Gastrectomy -- Complications of Gastric Bands -- Acute and Subacute Leaks -- Chronic Leaks and Fistulas -- Intolerance to Oral intake, Refractory Nausea and Vomiting -- Postoperative Strictures -- Postoperative Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease -- Building Bariatric Endoscopy Practice for the Surgeon -- Endoscopic bariatric therapies -- Endoscopic Management of Complications -- Robotic Surgery -- Bariatric Surgery in Adolescence -- Large ventral hernias -- Post Bariatric Body Contouring -- The Super Super Obese -- Optimizing the Staple Line -- Preoperative Preparation and Workup -- Medical Management of Obesity -- Metabolic Surgery, Reality or Myth? -- Is Type 2 Diabetes A Surgical Disease? -- Biliary disease and Bariatric Surgery -- Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease -- Obesity and Cancer -- Bariatric Surgery and Cancer -- Bariatric Surgery and Transplantation -- Interventional Radiology, Is there a Role For The Surgeon? -- Accommodating Research in Busy Bariatric Practice -- Proper Approach to New Bariatric Procedures.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Global child health advocacy : on the front lines
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53439
Berman, Stephen.
American Academy of Pediatrics.
--Elk Grove Village, IL:
American Academy of Pediatrics
, 2014.
- Call Number
- WA 320 C32 2014
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- WA 320 C32 2014
- Author
- Berman, Stephen
- Corporate Author
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Other Authors
- Balfrey, Judith S.
- Bhutta, Zulfiqar
- Grange, Adenike O.
- Place of Publication
- Elk Grove Village, IL
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Date of Publication
- 2014
- Physical Description
- 331 p.
- ISBN
- 9.79E+11
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Child Welfare
- Child Advocacy
- Global Health
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Global climate change and public health
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33392
Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors.
--New York:
Humana Press
, c2014.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Pulmonary physicians and scientists currently have minimal capacity to respond to climate change and its impacts on health. The extent to which climate change influences the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity remains largely undefined. However, evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Pinkerton, Kent Ed
- Rom, William N
- Responsibility
- Kent E. Pinkerton, William N. Rom, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 406 pages)
- Series Vol.
- v. 7
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
- ISBN
- 9781461484172 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461484165
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Climate Change
- Global Health
- Public Health
- Respiration Disorders
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Environmental health
- Climatic changes
- Climate Change
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Environmental Health
- Climate Change Impacts
- Public health
- Abstract
- Pulmonary physicians and scientists currently have minimal capacity to respond to climate change and its impacts on health. The extent to which climate change influences the prevalence and incidence of respiratory morbidity remains largely undefined. However, evidence is increasing that climate change does drive respiratory disease onset and exacerbation as a result of increased ambient and indoor air pollution, desertification, heat stress, wildfires, and the geographic and temporal spread of pollens, molds and infectious agents. Preliminary research has revealed climate change to have potentially direct and indirect adverse impacts on respiratory health. Published studies have linked climate change to increases in respiratory disease, including the following: changing pollen releases impacting asthma and allergic rhinitis, heat waves causing critical care-related diseases, climate driven air pollution increases, exacerbating asthma and COPD, desertification increasing particulate matter (PM) exposures, and climate related changes in food and water security impacting infectious respiratory disease through malnutrition (pneumonia, upper respiratory infections). High level ozone and ozone exposure has been linked to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, and acute lower respiratory infection. Global Climate Change and Public Health is an important new volume based on the research, findings, and discussions of US and international experts on respiratory health and climate change. This volume addresses issues of major importance to respiratory health and fills a major gap in the current literature.
- Contents
- Introduction: Consequences of Global Warming to the Publics Health -- Climate Variability and Change Data and Information for Global Public Health -- Climate Change: Overview of Data Sources, Observed and Predicted Temperature Changes, and Impacts on Public and Environmental Health -- Eyewitness to Global Warming -- California and Climate Changes -- Heat Waves and Rising Temperatures: Human Health Impacts and the Determinants of Vulnerability -- Climate, Air Quality and Allergy: Emerging Methods for Detecting Linkages -- The Human Health Co-benefits of Air Quality Improvements Associated with Climate Change Mitigation -- Asthma, Hayfever, Pollen, and Climate Change -- Dengue Fever and Climate Change -- Impact of Climate Change on Vector-Borne Disease in the Amazon -- Climate Variability and Change: Food, Water and Societal Impacts -- Household Air Pollution from Cookstoves: Impacts on Health and Climate -- Biomass Fuel and Lung Diseases: An Indian Perspective -- The Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Children and Mothers Health -- Climate Change and Public Health in Small Island States and Caribbean Countries -- Global Climate Change, Desertification, and Its Consequences in Turkey and the Middle East -- Assessing the Health Risks of Climate Change -- Federal Programs in Climate Change and Health Research -- Management of Climate Change Adaptation at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Public Health and Climate Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- California's Cap-and-Trade Program.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
