| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 350 pages) : illustrations |
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illustration |
| Contents |
Part I. Asthma: An Introduction. Considerations Regarding the Epidemiology and Public Health Burden of Asthma / Earl S. Ford and David M. Mannino -- Asthma: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis / Susie Yim Yeh and Richard Schwartzstein -- Genetic and Environmental Factors in Asthma / David B. Peden -- Screening for Asthma / Robert M. Kaplan, W. Fred, and Pamela K. Wasserman -- Ecology and Asthma / Barbara P. Yawn -- Part II. Managing Asthma. Medical Management of Asthma / Andrej Petrov and Sally E. Wenzel -- Impact of Medication Delivery Method on Patient Adherence / Bruce G. Bender, Vasilisa Sazonov, and Karl J. Krobot -- Asthma Self-Management / Harry Kotses and Thomas L. Creer -- Home Monitoring of Asthma: Symptoms and Peak Flow / Andrew Harver, Maeve O'Connor, Sam Walford, and Harry Kotses -- Computer-Based Applications in the Management of Asthma / Ross Shegog and Marianna M. Sockrider -- Part III. Asthma : A Social Ecological Perspective. Asthma : A Lifespan Perspective / Tomas Tamulis and Monroe J. King -- Adolescents and Asthma / David R. Naimi and Andrea J. Apter -- Asthma and the Family / Elizabeth L. McQuaid and Deborah Friedman -- Asthma in the Schools / Joan M. Mangan, Sarah Merkle, and Lynn B. Gerald -- Women and Asthma / Jan Warren-Findlow, Larissa R. Brunner Huber, Melanie J. Rouse, and Andrew Harver -- Asthma in Minority Populations / Alexander N. Ortega, Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, and Peter J. Gergen -- Asthma: Interventions in Community Settings / James Krieger and Edith A. Parker -- Asthma and the Workplace / Jean-Luc Malo, Catherine Lemière, Denyse Gautrin, Manon Labrecque, and Kim Lavoie -- The Cost of Asthma / Adam Atherly -- Asthma, Public Health, and Policy / Noreen M. Clark |
| Summary |
Asthma, Health, and Society A Public Health Perspective Edited by Andrew Harver, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte Harry Kotses, Ohio University, Athens Asthma, Health, and Society is a comprehensive, current resource on this complex disease;its scope, human costs, and management;from a combined social ecology/public health perspective. This important and unique book proposes a concerted, multifaceted response and sets out the foundation for shaping this response, comprising individual and large-scale assessment, education, advocacy, and multiple forms of intervention. In clear, authoritative detail enhanced by figures, graphs, and references, contributors explain where universal standards need to be set, alliances need to be built (such as among agencies and institutions in a community), and what is currently known about: Pathophysiology, epidemiology, and social impact of asthma. Genetic and environmental factors; protective factors and risk markers. Effects in women, minorities, children, teens, and elders. Medical management, self-management, and home monitoring. Evidence-based interventions at the family, school, and community levels. Screening guidelines, compliance issues, and more. In the absence of a cure or clear-cut causes, Asthma, Health, and Society offers the most robust compilation of practical knowledge on its subject to benefit the range of public health and asthma professionals, researchers, teachers, and students |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Asthma.
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Asthma -- Social aspects
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Asthma
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Respiratory.
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Médecine.
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Asthma
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Asthma -- Social aspects
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| SUBJECT |
United States |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Harver, Andrew, 1955-
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Kotses, Harry.
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| LC no. |
2009939996 |
| ISBN |
9780387782850 |
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0387782850 |
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1282834193 |
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9781282834194 |
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9786612834196 |
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6612834196 |
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