Ecosystem Change and Public Health - A Global Perspective

Ecosystem Change and Public Health focuses on how human health is affected by global ecosystem changes. It is the first textbook devoted to this emerging field, offering a global perspective on research methods and emphasizing empirical investigations of health outcomes in combination with integrated assessment for policy development. The book covers such topics as global climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, water resources management, and ecology and infectious disease. Case studies of cholera, malaria, the effects of water resources, and global climate change and air pollution illustrate the analysis and methodology. The book also includes a resource center describing places to start searches on the World Wide Web, guidelines for finding and evaluating information, suggested study projects, and strategies for encouraging communication among course participants.

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About the author

Joan L. Aron, Ph.D. is president of Science Communication Studies and an associate in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.Jonathan A. Patz, M.D., M.P.H. is an assistant professor and director of the Program on Health Effects of Global Environmental Change in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Summary

The book includes a resource center describing places to start searches on the World Wide Web, guidelines for finding and evaluating information, suggested study projects, and strategies for encouraging communication among course participants.

Product details

• Authors: Joan L. Aron, Joan L. Patz Aron
• Assisted by: Joan L Aron (Editor), Joan L. Aron (Editor), Jonathan A Patz (Editor), Jonathan A. Patz (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2001
• EAN: 9780801865824
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-6582-4
• No. of pages: 504
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Public health & preventive medicine, Social impact of environmental issues, Public health and preventive medicine, environment;epidemiology;medical geography