Scientific Research on Health Inequalities
This book reviews the evidence on health inequalities, revealing the methodological limitations of the research. It suggests the causal effect of social position on health is a chimera, raising crucial questions for researchers and public health professionals.
The Climate and COVID-19
This book explores the critical link between climate and the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides insights into the pandemic’s biological trends, the challenges for frontline workers, and debates future forecasts and the transition back to normalcy.
This book focuses on community-based health care, with community health workers as a critical workforce. It explores case studies and techniques for successful community engagement, showing why understanding people’s perspectives is vital to health improvement.
Running can positively influence our mental and physical health and contribute to a “good life.” This book relates running to well-being, brain health, and life skills, developing its ideas with the life experiences of one of the greatest distance runners, Bill Rodgers.
Despite its key role in medicine, epidemiology is faltering. No other specialty can track diseases in populations, assess health risks, or evaluate medical care. A lesson from COVID-19 is that enhancing this work is crucial for public health. This volume shows how.
This book describes experiments for modifying clinically used anticoagulants. It establishes the structure of the synthesized products through X-ray analysis, identifies unexpected new structures, and highlights their usefulness through biological and pharmacological experiments.
Zoonoses and Public Health
This book follows the One Health approach to zoonotic diseases, focusing on the main parasites transmitted from animals to humans. With contributions from renowned researchers, it covers key aspects like epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control.