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| Preface | |
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| Global Health | |
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| What Is Global Health? | |
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| What Is Health? | |
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| Medicine and Public Health | |
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| Studying Population Health | |
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| Person | |
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| Place | |
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| Time | |
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| Risk Factors | |
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| Causal Webs | |
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| Prevention | |
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| Screening | |
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| Selecting Interventions | |
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| References | |
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| Health Inequalities | |
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| Health Inequalities | |
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| Causes of Death | |
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| Injuries | |
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| Non-communicable Conditions | |
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| Infectious Diseases and Other Conditions | |
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| Inequalities in Causes of Death | |
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| References | |
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| Socioeconomic Context of Disease | |
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| Socioeconomic Risk Factors | |
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| Poverty | |
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| Economic Indicators | |
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| Employment and Occupational Status | |
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| Literacy and Educational Level | |
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| References | |
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| Maternal and Child Health | |
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| Causes of Child Death | |
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| Pneumonia | |
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| Diarrhea | |
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| Malaria | |
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| Measles | |
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| Undernutrition | |
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| Child Health Initiatives | |
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| Protecting Children | |
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| Women's Health | |
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| Maternal Health | |
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| Family Planning | |
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| Population Growth | |
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| Demography | |
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| Population Planning Policies | |
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| References | |
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| The Health of Special Populations | |
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| Ethnic, Racial, Religious, and Tribal Minorities | |
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| Immigrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced People | |
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| Prisoners | |
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| Persons with Mental Illness | |
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| Measuring the Burden of Disease | |
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| Persons with Physical Impairments | |
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| Landmines | |
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| Older Persons | |
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| References | |
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| The Spread of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Infection Transmission | |
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| The Disease Process | |
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| Agent, Host, Environment | |
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| Agent | |
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| Host | |
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| Environment | |
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| Vector | |
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| Measuring Disease in Populations | |
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| Disease Control | |
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| References | |
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| HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB | |
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| HIV/AIDS | |
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| Malaria | |
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| Tuberculosis (TB) | |
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| Comparison of HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB | |
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| References | |
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| Globalization and Emerging Infectious Diseases | |
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| "The Epidemiologic Transition" and Globalization | |
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| Emerging Infectious Diseases | |
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| Influenza | |
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| Bioterrorism | |
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| References | |
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| Nutrition | |
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| Essential Nutrients | |
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| Undernutrition | |
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| Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies | |
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| Vitamin A Deficiency | |
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| Iodine Deficiency Disorders | |
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| Iron Deficiency Anemia | |
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| Zinc Deficiency | |
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| Measuring Nutritional Status | |
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| Breastfeeding | |
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| Globalization and Food Safety | |
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| Overnutrition | |
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| Is There Enough Food in the World? | |
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| References | |
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| Environmental Health | |
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| History of Environmental Health | |
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| What Is Environmental Health? | |
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| The Home Environment | |
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| Water | |
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| Sanitation | |
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| Fuel and Indoor Air Quality | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Health Effects of Environmental Change | |
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| Health Impacts of Local Environmental Change | |
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| Urbanization | |
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| The Work Environment | |
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| Community Health Action | |
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| Global Environmental Change | |
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| References | |
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| Global Health Payers and Players | |
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| Who Pays for Health? | |
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| Paying for Personal Health | |
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| Paying for Public Health | |
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| International Funding and Debt Relief | |
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| Who Implements Health Programs? | |
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| National and Local Governments | |
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| United Nations Agencies | |
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| National Governmental Organizations | |
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| Non-Governmental Organizations | |
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| International Businesses | |
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| References | |
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| Global Health Priorities | |
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| Health and Human Rights | |
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| Trade Agreements, Intellectual Property Rights, and Health | |
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| Priorities in Global Health | |
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| Millennium Development Goals | |
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| How Much Will It Cost? | |
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| References | |
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| Learning More about Global Public Health | |
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| Information Sources | |
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| Reading an Abstract | |
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| Finding Reliable Articles | |
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| Epidemiologic Study Designs | |
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| Ecological Surveys | |
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| Cross-Sectional Surveys | |
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| Case-Control Studies | |
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| Cohort Studies | |
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| Clinical Trials | |
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| Research Ethics | |
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| Interpreting Measures of Association | |
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| Bias and Confounding | |
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| Validity | |
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| References | |
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| Countries of the World by WHO Region | |
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| Constitution of the World Health Organization | |
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| Convention on the Rights of the Child | |
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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| Millennium Development Goals, Targets, and Indicators | |
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| Preventive and Treatment Interventions for Major Health Issues | |
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| Recommended Childhood Immunizations | |
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| Index | |