impact of culture on reproductive health behaviour study

Bone Health and Osteoporosis

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: U S Department ong>ofong> Health and Human Servi / Us Public Health / ong>Ofong>fice ong>ofong> the Surgeon General, PUBLISHER: Imp, This first-ever Surgeon General's Report on bone health and osteoporosis illustrates the large burden that bone disease places on our Nation and its citizens. Like other chronic diseases that disproportionately affect the elderly, the prevalence ong>ofong> bone disease and fractures is projected to increase markedly as the population ages. If these predictions come true, bone disease and fractures will have a tremendous negative ong>impactong> on the future well-being ong>ofong> Americans. But as this report makes clear, they need not come true; by working together we can change the picture ong>ofong> aging in America. Osteoporosis, fractures and other chronic diseases no longer should be thought ong>ofong> as an inevitable part ong>ofong> growing old. By focusing on prevention and lifestyle changes, including physical activity and nutrition, as well as early diagnosis and appropriate treatment, Americans can avoid much ong>ofong> the damaging ong>impactong> ong>ofong> bone disease and other chronic diseases.

Researching the People's Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, G. / Popay, Jennie / Williams, Gareth, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Researching the People's Health" examines two related issues: the role ong>ofong> social research in the rapidly changing world ong>ofong> health services, and the relationship between lay and expert knowledge in public health and health care. The book examines these issues against the background ong>ofong> long-term transformations in patterns ong>ofong> health and illness and rapid changes in the strategic management and commissioning ong>ofong> health services. In doing so the book makes a contribution to the continuing and urgent debates on the assessment ong>ofong> health needs, the organization and delivery ong>ofong> health care, and the politics ong>ofong> health service organization and funding.

English on Call

Vendo libro universitario English on Call (per le facoltà di medicina), come nuovo, esercizi ancora da svolgere in bianco. Autori: Linda Massari, Mary Jo Teriaca Titolo: English on call. A pleasant study ong>ofong> medical english for health care prong>ofong>essionals.

Restructuring: The Impact of Hospital Organization on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clifford, Joyce C. / American Organization ong>ofong> Nurse Executive, PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, Hospital restructuring--if not accomplished with care and understanding--can result in significant turmoil and confusion. "Restructuring" attempts to help remedy these negative consequences by vividly describing the behind-the-scenes ong>impactong> ong>ofong> hospital restructuring on one ong>ofong> the most important components ong>ofong> the hospital workforce--its nursing staff. "Restructuring: The ong>Impactong> ong>ofong> Hospital Organization on Nursing Leadership" is a careful examination ong>ofong> the evolution ong>ofong> the role ong>ofong> the chief nursing ong>ofong>ficer (CNO) in hospitals responding to a dramatically changing health care environment. It explores how and why the CNO role is changing and strives to clarify the ong>impactong> ong>ofong> that change on the management and administration ong>ofong> clinical nursing services. The book's main focus is that nursing, and ultimately the quality ong>ofong> patient care, is strongly influenced by the existence ong>ofong> a chief nursing ong>ofong>ficer (CNO) and his or her leadership capabilities.

Essentials of Health Care Marketing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berkowitz, Eric N. / Berkowitz, PUBLISHER: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, In this text your students will receive a complete curriculum ong>ofong> marketing management tools and techniques. Filled with examples from a wide array ong>ofong> health care providers, health systems, HMOs, physician-hospital organizations, and more, Essentials ong>ofong> Health Care Marketing covers market research, strategy, and the strategic marketing process. Each chapter is complete with objectives, study questions, and charts.

Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Storey, John, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Georgia Press, This new edition is a companion volume to An Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular ong>Cultureong>, just published in its second edition. The Reader supplements and extends the cultural terrain ong>ofong> the introductory volume by ong>ofong>fering students the opportunity to experience firsthand the work ong>ofong> many cultural theorists and critics. Intended as a theoretical, analytical, and historical introduction to the study ong>ofong> popular ong>cultureong> within cultural studies, the current edition contains nine new readings, a new general introduction, and a fully updated bibliography. The readings cover the ong>cultureong> and civilization tradition, culturalism, structuralism and post-sttucturalism, Marxism, feminism, and postmodernism, as well as current debates in the study ong>ofong> popular ong>cultureong>. Used in conjunction with An Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular ong>Cultureong>, or on its own, this collection will be invaluable to scholars and students.

Nursing for Public Health: Population Based Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lindsay / Craig, Pauline M. / Lindsay, Grace, PUBLISHER: Churchill Livingstone, As the largest group ong>ofong> health care prong>ofong>essionals, nurses have a growing influence on the health ong>ofong> the population. This is a key book in making the transition from individualised care to population-based care. It provides a greater understanding ong>ofong> health care policy and gives a comprehensive overview ong>ofong> health policy, economics, and epidemiology using an evidence-based approach. Determinants ong>ofong> health, measures ong>ofong> health, and health promotion are examined. The issues ong>ofong> communicable diseases, screening, minority groups and purchasing, and commissioning ong>ofong> health services are also addressed. This book is the first comprehensive text on public health nursing at this level and will be ong>ofong>interest to health visitors, district nurses, school nurses and practice nurses, as well as senior student nurses and nurse managers in secondary and tertiary care.

Community Health Nursing: Promoting Health of Aggregates,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stanhope, Marcia / Lancaster, Jeanette, PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, Since its initial publication more than 10 years ago, "Community Health Nursing" has achieved wide acceptance and popularity because ong>ofong> its breadth and depth ong>ofong> coverage. The revision ong>ofong> this market-leading text incorporates a new, accessible, two-color design, extensively rewritten content, and additional chapters on contemporary community health issues.

Farmers as Hunters: The Implications of Sedentism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kent, Susan / Audouze, Francoise / Broodbank, Cyprian, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Farmers as hunters analyses from an essentially ethnographic perspective the role ong>ofong> hunters in small-scale farming societies. The twelve contributors examine the effects ong>ofong> hunting and mobility on behaviour, diet, economy and material ong>cultureong> at both ong>cultureong>-specific and cross-cultural levels. The influence ong>ofong> sedentism and the increasing use ong>ofong> domesticates is also explored across a wide range ong>ofong> societies from the American southwest and Amazonian to Africa, New Guinea and the Phillipines. Differing perceptions ong>ofong> the status ong>ofong> animals and plants are reviewed and cultural values are throughout given due weight in a field where discussion too ong>ofong>ten verges on the economically deterministic.

Culture and Local Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Local Economic and Employment Development, PUBLISHER: Organization for Economic Cooperation & Devel, This publication highlights the ong>impactong> ong>ofong> ong>cultureong> on local economies and the methodological issues related to its identification. In particular, the book demonstrates that the contemporary contribution ong>ofong> ong>cultureong> to economic development is not only limited to attracting tourists, but that it increasingly acts as a catalyst for other activities to further develop through territorial clusters. It also demonstrates the power ong>ofong> ong>cultureong> as a tool for the social integration ong>ofong> distressed people and communities, thus contributing to sustainable development.

The Demography of Inequality in Brazil

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wood, Charles H. / Carvalho, Jose Alberto Magno / Knight, Alan, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book examines how transformations in Brazil's social, economic and political organization affect the demographic behaviour ong>ofong> people who live in different parts ong>ofong> the country and who occupy different positions in the social system. The authors review the history ong>ofong> unequal development and document the concentration ong>ofong> income and land ownership. Using data from the and censuses, they show how the Brazilian style ong>ofong> economic growth unequally affected different population subgroups. Mortality estimates for white and non-white people measure the consequences ong>ofong> racial inequality on the life chances ong>ofong> children. Other chapters investigate rural out-migration, the ong>impactong> ong>ofong> Amazon colonization schemes on rural poverty, and the implications ong>ofong> differential rates ong>ofong> population growth among rich and poor households for future patterns ong>ofong> inequality and underemployment. The overall perspective places the concept ong>ofong> inequality at the centre ong>ofong> the study ong>ofong> demographic and structural change.

Reframing Organizational Culture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Frost, Peter J. / Louis, Meryl Reis / Moore, Larry F., PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), With this follow-up to Organizational ong>Cultureong> (Sage ), the editors continue their study ong>ofong> the interaction between investigation and the subject ong>ofong> inquiry. The editors have included a variety ong>ofong> frames as tools that allow readers to examine any empirical piece on organizational ong>cultureong> on its own merits - as good research - while at the same time, permit viewing it from other perspectives as well. Combined with a unique emphasis on process, this volume also includes reflections from the editors, pointing out their values, biases, beliefs, perceptions and experiences in research, and lending a human dimension to the research process.

Foundations of in Vitro Fertilization Reproductive Health

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Christopher M Fredericks, PUBLISHER: Taylor & amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp amp Francis Group, NA

A Social History of England,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crick, Julia / Van Houts, Elisabeth, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The years between 900 and saw transformative social change in Europe, including the creation ong>ofong> extensive town-dwelling populations and the proliferation ong>ofong> feudalised elites and bureaucratic monarchies. In England these developments were complicated and accelerated by repeated episodes ong>ofong> invasion, migration and changes ong>ofong> regime. In this book, scholars from disciplines including history, archaeology and literature reflect on the major trends which shaped English society in these years ong>ofong> transition and select key themes which encapsulate the period. The authors explore the landscape ong>ofong> England, its mineral wealth, its towns and rural life, the health, behaviour and obligations ong>ofong> its inhabitants, patterns ong>ofong> spiritual and intellectual life and the polyglot nature ong>ofong> its population and ong>cultureong>. What emerges is an insight into the complexity, diversity and richness ong>ofong> this formative period ong>ofong> English history.

Health and the International Tourist

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Page, Stephen J. / Clark, Nicola / Clift, Stephen, PUBLISHER: International Thomson Publishing Services, Cashmore's controversial study argues that black ong>cultureong> has been converted into a commodity, usually in the interests ong>ofong> white owned corporations; that blacks have been permitted success within the entertainment industry only on the condition that they conform to certain stereotypes; and that black entrepreneurs at the top ong>ofong> the corporate entertainment ladder, have tended to act precisely as whites in similar circumstances.

Mayo Clinic on Digestive Health (Spanish Ed)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clinic Spanish, Mayo, PUBLISHER: Mayo Clinic, This 13-volume set from the Mayo Clinic gives detailed information on various health conditions, for example, high blood pressure, depression, and prostate health. Each book contains a wealth ong>ofong> information including charts and graphs.

The Cost of Empire: The Finances of the Kingdom of Naples in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Calabria, Antonio, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is a study ong>ofong> early modern government finance in the kingdom ong>ofong> Naples, one ong>ofong> the most important European dominions ong>ofong> the Spanish Empire. Prong>ofong>essor Calabria focuses on the period from the mid-sixteenth century to the time ong>ofong> the Thirty Years' War. He connects fiscal developments to larger issues, such as the seventeenth-century crisis, the decline ong>ofong> Italy and Spain, and the economic and social significance ong>ofong> investments in government securities markets in early modern Europe. The Cost ong>ofong> Empire blends quantitative data on economic, fiscal, and financial affairs with non-quantitative material detailing attitudes, economic behaviour, and administrative practices. The quantitative material includes analyses ong>ofong> government budgets from to and a computer study ong>ofong> about investors and their investments in state securities in the later sixteenth century. The work is unrivalled in the breadth, comprehensiveness, and sophistication ong>ofong> its analysis ong>ofong> an early modern fiscal system.

Health, Civilization and the State: A History of Public

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Porter, Dorothy, PUBLISHER: Routledge, "Health, Civilization and the State" examines the social, economic and political issues ong>ofong> public health provision in historical perspective. Focusing on Britain, Continental Europe and the United States, Dorothy Porter provides a comprehensive outline ong>ofong> the development ong>ofong> public health care from the ancient world to the modern state. Covering a broad range ong>ofong> historical issues, the book includes discussion ong>ofong>: pestilence, public order and morality in pre-modern times; the Enlightenment and its effects; health care centralization in Victorian Britain; localization ong>ofong> health care in the United States; population issues and family welfare; the rise ong>ofong> the classic welfare state; and current attitudes towards public health as we approach the twenty-first century.

Socioemotional Development and Health from Adolescence to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pulkkinen, Lea / Kaprio, Jaakko / Rose, Richard, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book is based on two longitudinal studies ong>ofong> behavior development, both conducted in Finland, a living laboratory setting for longitudinal research. Much ong>ofong> the book reports results from a longitudinal study begun in Jyvaskyla, Finland, in , when its participants were school children. This longitudinal study is complemented by two Finnish twin-family studies, with parallel measures and overlapping aims, to yield insights into genetic and environmental sources ong>ofong> variation in early development and later outcomes. An array ong>ofong> findings from the two sets ong>ofong> longitudinal studies are presented, set within a theoretical framework ong>ofong> socioemotional development, and focused on both individual and familial predictors ong>ofong> health-related outcomes from childhood to early adulthood. Many contributors to this edited volume represent a second-tier ong>ofong> Finnish-USA collaborators. They analyzed data from the longitudinal studies as part ong>ofong> their advanced training, and their contributions to the book report recent results ong>ofong> such analyses.

Cima study text

4 volumi di libri universitari, come nuovi della casa editrice Kaplan. - CIMA C01 Study Text Fundamentals ong>ofong> Management Accounting; - CIMA C02 Study Text Fundamentals ong>ofong> Financial Accounting; - CIMA C03 Study Text Fundamentals ong>ofong> Business Mathematics; - CIMA C05 Study Text Fundamentals ong>ofong> Ethics, Corporate Governance and Business Law. Il prezzo è riferito a volume, eventuale spedizione da valutare.

Handbook of Social Intervention

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Seidman, Edward, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), A definitive resource for anyone involved in the study or practice ong>ofong> social planning and intervention. Invited contributors review the literature on psychological, social, educational, economic, and environmental policies and programmes. Issues ong>ofong> design, method, assessment, and tactics ong>ofong> social intervention are explored. The volume then deals with intervention in criminal justice, education, health, housing, and thirteen other specific areas ong>ofong> policy.

U.S. Health Law and Policy : A Guide to the Current

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caldwell, Donald H., Jr., PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, This annotated bibliographic guide to the literature ong>ofong> health care law ong>ofong>fers the health care administrator, corporate benefits manager, physician, or attorney a key to the door ong>ofong> health care policy and law. This edition focuses on evaluating the materials--many not widely disseminated--about evolving corporate structures such as managed care organizations and their numerous progeny. Also addressed are topics such as health care liability, patient access to health care, environmental issues, legal issues arising in the context ong>ofong> AIDS, and privacy ong>ofong> patient records.

North American Health Care Policy in the s

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: King, Arthur / Thornton, Robert K., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Considers conceptual and empirical issues in the design ong>ofong> national health policy ranging from a discussion ong>ofong> broad principles through specific aspects ong>ofong> health to evaluations ong>ofong> proposals for reforming the U.S. health care system. Contains comparative studies concerned with some details ong>ofong> Canadian and American health care. Reviews the current U.S. situation and suggests guidelines for policymakers who will shape the future ong>ofong> the health care delivery system.

Managed Health Care

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Robinson, Ray / Steiner, Andrea, PUBLISHER: Open University Press, Healthcare in the United States has undergone a managed care revolution. The approach has transformed the way in which health services are financed and delivered. Arising from this experience, techniques such as utilization management, physician prong>ofong>iling and disease management are attracting attention worldwide. Many management consultants, pharmaceutical companies and policy analysts advocate managed care as the way forward for improving the performance ong>ofong> healthcare systems. In this headlong rush, far too little attention has been paid to the research evidence on managed care. This book carries out a systematic review ong>ofong> the high quality research evidence on managed care in the US. Through a detailed analysis ong>ofong> the research literature they assess the performance ong>ofong> managed care in terms ong>ofong> its ong>impactong> on utilization, costs, health promotion and screening, quality ong>ofong> care and other key indicators. Following this analysis, they consider the development ong>ofong> managed care approaches in the NHS with particular reference to the early research evidence primary care based, total purchasing pilot projects.

Woman's Study Bible: Opening the Word of God to Women

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelley, Rhonda Harrington / Patterson, Dorothy Kelley, PUBLISHER: Nelson Bibles, No other woman's Bible has a more dazzling array ong>ofong> features than The Woman's Study Bible. It's far more than a devotional Bible. It has over pages ong>ofong> study articles, annotations, and topical notes on hundreds ong>ofong> subjects ong>ofong> interest to women ong>ofong> all ages and in all stages ong>ofong> life. The Woman's Study Bible has been lovingly crafted by more than 80 godly women, noted Christian leaders who have combined their expertise to produce the only comprehensive study Bible that highlights the unique needs ong>ofong> women.

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