Ecosystems and Human Health A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice /

• Main Author: Dakubo, Crescentia Y. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Ecology.; Environmental Medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Environmental Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0206-1

Ecosystems and Human Health A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice 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 approac...

Table of Contents:

• Human Health and Ecosystem Health: Exploring the Linkages
• Tracing the Evolution of the Ecohealth Approach
• Theoretical Frameworks of Ecohealth
• Methodological Issues
• Applying the Ecohealth Approach: Case Studies
• Using the Ecohealth Approach to Influence Public Health Policies
• Challenges, Opportunities and Future Directions.