Preventing Health and Environmental Risks in Latin America

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-73798-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 441 g

Reihe: The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science

Approaches various health and environmental risks from different disciplines in a language understandable to all readers Discusses several diseases that are a consequence of bad habits of people and, therefore, easy to prevent Discusses several environmental issues that have been little studied and are the basis of many serious disasters
Focuses on Latin America

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

López-Vázquez, Esperanza

Marván, Ma. Luisa

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Gesundheitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Umwelt-, Konsum- und Werbepsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Umweltfaktoren in der Medizin
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Naturgewalten & Katastrophen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Risk Psychology.- 2. Stress and Nutrition During Pregnancy: Factors Defining Transgenerational Future Health within the Family.- 3. Risk Behaviours for Developing Breast Cancer: A Multi-disciplinary Approach.- 4. Behaviour Related to Risks for the Development of Cervical Cancer.- 5. Omega-3: An Intelligent Decision for Brain Nutrition.- 6. Risk Behaviour Associated with Common Infections in Field Workers.- 7. Sedentary Behaviour in Adolescents: A Risky Conduct for Health.- 8. International Migration as a Trigger for Risks in Mental Health.- 9. Intervention and Security Strategies for Persons with Disabilities in Emergency and Disaster Situations. 10. Social-Individual Behavioural Problems Regarding Early Warning Systems Against Disasters.