Break the Cycle of Environmental Health Disparities: Maternal and Child Health Aspects - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1629481076 ISBN 13 : 9781629481074

Editeur : Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2013

Synopsis

With ten Paediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) around the United States, and a few more in other countries, the prenatal field has grown significantly over time. The PEHSUs have each developed and cultivated their own specialties, styles, collaborations, partnerships and special outreach programs such as the Southeast PEHSU's Break the Cycle program. "Break the Cycle" is an annual mentor/mentee that has been around since 2005. It brings the efforts among students of all disciplines focused on increasing the understanding disparities in environmental conditions and resulting health outcomes. "Break the Cycle" has grown in influence and geography, with an increasing number of student researchers participating each year. As a testament to its deep reach and inspiration, some of these students have changed their academic focus and professional goals following their participation in Break the Cycle, bringing to the field of children's environmental health the numbers, passion and commitment necessary to address complex issues. This compilation presents important prenatal exposure research accomplished through this PEHSU mentorship program. The compilation demonstrates the enormous breadth and interactions between social, chemical and biological issues exemplified by the need to understand how, for example, the built environment might affect birth weight, how air pollution might affect behaviour or how growth and development of males is affected by exposure to brominated flame retardants. These are the kinds of questions that stretch our minds and give us an appreciation of science, health, society and equity. In due course, the experiences of students and mentors in Break the Cycle builds a cadre of enlightened and motivated participants in the effort to promote/pursue the best environments for the children of today, tomorrow and generations to come.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1629481076
• ISBN 13: 9781629481074
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 229
• Éditeur: Rubin Leslie, Merrick Joav
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible