Public Health - Medical Sociology Books

New and Published Books

1. Young People, Physical Activity and the Everyday

   Edited by Jan Wright, Doune Macdonald

   Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

   Despite society’s current preoccupation with interrelated issues such as obesity, increasingly sedentary lifestyles and children’s health, there has until now been little published research that directly addresses the place and meaning of physical activity in young people’s lives. In this important...

   Published May 21st 2012 by Routledge
2. Technologies of Sexuality, Identity and Sexual Health

   Edited by Lenore Manderson

   Series: Sexuality, Culture and Health

   Technologies of Sexuality, Identity and Sexual Health highlights the complex ways in which sexuality is expressed and enacted through local ideologies, global identities and material cultures, and their influence on people’s sexual health and well-being. Its impetus is the renewed interest in...

   Published May 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Obesity

   Prevention and Treatment

   Edited by James M. Rippe, Theodore J. Angelopoulos

   The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world has skyrocketed in the past 20 years. Linked to heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, it is also the leading cause of osteoarthritis and the second leading cause of cancer. With...

   Published May 10th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Nutrition Therapy for Chronic Kidney Disease

   Edited by Lynn K. Thomas, Jennifer Bohnstadt Othersen

   This book presents variations in nutritional therapy through the five stages of chronic kidney disease. Chapters cover history of renal disease management and pathophysiology; electrolyte and acid-based disorders; acute renal disease; dialysis techniques; children/adolescents with chronic kidney...

   Published April 25th 2012 by CRC Press
5. Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights

   By Ann Taket

   Important links between health and human rights are increasingly recognised and human rights can be viewed as one of the social determinants of health. Furthermore, a human rights framework provides an excellent foundation for advocacy on health inequalities, a value-based alternative to views of...

   Published April 23rd 2012 by Routledge
6. The International Migration of Health Workers

   Edited by John Connell

   Series: Routledge Research in Population and Migration

   This volume provides the first detailed overview of the growing phenomenon of the international migration of skilled health workers. The contributors focus on who migrates, why they migrate, what the outcomes are for them and their extended families, what their experiences in the workforce are, and...

   Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
7. Physical Activity and Public Health Practice

   Edited by Barbara E. Ainsworth, Caroline A. Macera

   Physical activity remains a critical area of research as we consider cost-effective measures for lowering the chronic disease epidemic worldwide. In our increasingly automated society, many adults and children are not active at health-enhancing levels. In Physical Activity and Public Health...

   Published February 21st 2012 by CRC Press
8. Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights

   Edited by Peter Aggleton, Richard Parker

   The last two decades have witnessed an explosion of research on sexuality as the social sciences have worked to find new ways of understanding a rapidly changing world. Growing concern for issues such as population, women's and men's reproductive health, and the HIV and AIDS pandemic, has since...

   Published February 5th 2012 by Routledge
9. Perspectives in Medical Geography

   Theory and Applications for Librarians

   Edited by Amy J. Blatt

   Medical geography is a fascinating area of rapidly evolving study that aims to analyse and improve worldwide health issues based on the geographical factors which have an impact on them. Perspectives in Medical Geography will appeal to both novice and seasoned researchers looking to be informed on...

   Published January 31st 2012 by Routledge
10. Genetics and Global Public Health

    Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia

    Edited by Simon Dyson, Karl Atkin

    Sickle cell and thalassaemia are among the world’s most common genetic conditions. They are especially common in Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia. They affect all ethnic groups but they particularly impact on minority ethnic groups in North America, Europe and Australasia....

    Published January 15th 2012 by Routledge