Crescentia Y. Dakubo

Ecosystems and Human Health

A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Post-structuralist political ecology asserts that the interplay of power, culture, globalization, and socio-political forces shape health outcomes, as well as mankind's relationship to the environment. This is the first book to analyze the links between them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12605194, 978-1-4419-0205-4
• Seitenzahl: 233
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 166mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781441902054
• ISBN-10: 1441902058
• Artikelnr.: 25951004

Autorenporträt

Dr. Crescentia Dakubo is a specialist in ecosystems approaches to human health. She is an Assistant Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, West Campus, Thunder Bay,  and an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Ecohealth: The Ecosystem Approach to Human Health.- Exploring the Linkages Between Ecosystems and Human Health.- Evolution Towards an Ecosystem Approach to Public Health.- Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health: Key Concepts and Principles.- Methodological Approaches and Processes for Conducting Ecohealth Research.- Community-Based Participatory Research for Ecohealth.- The Process of Conducting an Ecohealth Research Project: A Participatory Action Research Approach.- Case Studies: Application of the Ecohealth Approach.- Applying an Ecosystem Approach to Community Health Research in Ghana: A Case Study.- Planning for a Healthy Community: A Case Study - Phase II.- Challenges and Ethical Dilemmas in Conducting Participatory Ecohealth Research.- Ecosystem Approaches to Indigenous Health.- Policy Frameworks on Health and Environment Linkages.- A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice.- Applying Critical Theory to Environment and Health Issues.- Examining Environmental Problems from a Critical Perspective.- Examining Public Health Concerns from a Critical Perspective.- Towards a Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice.