Research Catalog

Title

Ecosystems and human health : a critical approach to ecohealth research and practice / Crescentia Y. Dakubo.

Author

Dakubo, Crescentia Y.

Publication

New York : Springer, c2011.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xiv, 233 p. : ill.

Summary

Crescentia Dakubo The magnitude of current epidemics, environmental disasters, and extreme weather events is proving that human health problems require more comprehensive solutions than conventional biomedical approaches can offer. At the intersection of the public and community health, global health, and environmental fields, Ecohealth advocates improved health outcomes through better ecosystems management. But even as the Ecohealth approach gains acceptance, literature on the subject is scarce. Ecosystems and Human Health introduces Ecohealth as an emerging field of study, traces its evolution, and explains its applications in cross-disciplinary and holistic programs. Its integrative approach not only focuses on managing the environment to improve health, but also analyzes underlying social and economic determinants of health to develop innovative, people-centered interventions. ... Ecohealth holds vital keys to pressing global concerns, giving Ecosystems and Human Health a particular urgency for researchers, students, policymakers, and community and public health practitioners.

Subject

• Ecosystem
• Environmental Health
• Environmental health

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. Ecohealth : The Ecosystem Approach to Human Health -- 1. Exploring the Linkages Between Ecosystems and Human Health -- 2. Evolution Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Public Health -- 3. Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health : Key Concepts and Principles -- -- Pt. II. Methodological Approaches and Processes for Conducting Ecohealth Research -- 4. Community-Based Participatory Research for Ecohealth -- 5. The Process of Conducting an Ecohealth Research Project : A Participatory Action Research Approach -- -- Pt. III. Case Studies : Application of the Ecohealth Approach -- 6. Applying an Ecosystem Approach to Community Health Research in Ghana : A Case Study -- 7. Planning for a Healthy Community : A Case Study -- Phase II -- 8. Challenges and Ethical Dilemmas in Conducting Participatory Ecohealth Research -- 9. Ecosystem Approaches to Indigenous Health -- 10. Policy Frameworks on Health and Environment Linkages -- -- Pt. IV. A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice -- 11. Applying Critical Theory to Environment and Health Issues -- 12. Examining Environmental Problems from a Critical Perspective -- 13. Examining Public Health Concerns from a Critical Perspective -- 14. Towards a Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice

ISBN

• 9781441902054 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 1441902058 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781441902061 (e-ISBN)
• 1441902066 (e-ISBN)

LCCN

^^2010937571

OCLC

706780777

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library