Search Results - "Populism"

Esthetics in dentistry by Goldstein, Ronald E.

Table of Contents: “…Supporting structures, emergencies, treatment failures, special populations, technical problems / Ronald E. Goldstein, Van Haywood…”
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The provisional city Los Angeles stories of architecture and urbanism by Cuff, Dana 1953-

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COMMUNITY NUTRITION FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Table of Contents: “…The food and nutrition situation in developing countries -- Lifecycle nutrition -- The role of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease -- From food guides to nutrition education -- Key components of community-based nutrition programs -- Population nutrition and the role of the government -- Assessing nutrition status -- Food services and food safety -- A broader perspective.…”
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Introduction to Epidemiology by Merrill, Ray M.

Table of Contents: “…Foundations of epidemiology -- Historic developments in epidemiology -- Practical disease concepts in epidemiology -- Design strategies and statistical methods in descriptive epidemiology -- Descriptive epidemiology according to person, place, and time -- General health and population indicators -- Design strategies and statistical methods in analytic epidemiology -- Experimental studies in epidemiology -- Causal inference -- Field epidemiology -- Chronic disease epidemiology -- Clinical epidemiology.…”
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Health professional as educator principles of teaching and learning

Table of Contents: “…Overview of education in health care -- Ethical, legal, and economic foundations of the educational process -- Applying learning theories to healthcare practice -- Determinants of learning -- Developmental stages of the learner -- Compliance, motivation, and health behaviors of the learner -- Literacy in the adult client population -- Gender, socioeconomic, and cultural attributes of the learner -- Behavioral objectives -- Instructional methods and settings -- Instructional materials -- Technology in education.…”
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Register-based statistics administrative data for statistical purposes by Wallgre, Anders

Table of Contents: “…Register-based surveys : an introduction -- How to structure a register system -- A terminology for register-based surveys -- Sample surveys and registers -- How to create a register : the population -- How to create a register : the variables -- Estimation methods -- Calibration and imputation -- Estimation with combination objects -- Quality of register-based statistics -- Metadata and IT-systems -- Protection of privacy and confidentiality -- Coordination and coherence…”
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Bayesian ideas and data analysis an introduction for scientists and statisticians

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- Fundamental ideas I -- Integration versus simulation -- Fundamental ideas II -- Comparing populations -- Simulations -- Basic concepts of regression -- Binominal regression -- Linear regression -- Correlated data -- Count data -- Time to event data -- Time to event regression -- Binary diagnostic tests -- Nonparametric models -- Appendix A: Matrices and vectors -- Appendix B: Probability -- Appendix C: Getting started in R.…”
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Sociology by Turner, Jonathan H

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: gaining perspective from a timeline of human society -- The origins and nature of sociology -- The scientific method and sociology -- Theoretical perspectives in sociology -- Biology -- Culture -- Social structure -- Social interaction -- Socialization -- Social control -- Encounters -- Groups -- Organizations -- Communities -- Class stratification -- Ethnic stratification -- Gender stratification -- Economy -- Government -- Kinship and family -- Religion -- Education -- Social movements -- Revolution, war, and terrorism -- Globalization -- Population and ecology…”
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Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals An Interprofessional Approach by Howlett, Bernadette author, Rogo, Ellen J., Shelton, Teresa Gabiola

Table of Contents: “…What evidence-based practice is and why it matters - Healthcare research methods - Formulating focused questions and locating relevant evidence - Appraisal, decision-making and evaluation - Interpreting research methods and results - Epidemiology in evidence-based practice - Evidence-based practice in assessment and diagnosis - Evidence-based practice in treatment, harm, and prevention - Evidence-based practice and health produce marketing - Health communications with patient and population-centered care, decision…”
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Drugs and society by Hanson, Glen Glen R., Venturelli, Peter J. 1949-, Fleckenstein, Annette E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to drugs and society -- Explaining drug use and abuse -- Drug use, regulation, and the law -- Homeostatic systems and drugs -- How and why drugs work -- CNS depressants : sedative-hypnotics -- Alcohol : pharmacological effects -- Alcohol : behavioral effects -- Narcotics (opioids) -- Stimulants -- Tobacco -- Hallucinogens (psychedelics) -- Marijuana -- Inhalants -- Over-the-counter (OTC), prescription, and herbal drugs -- Drug use in subcultures of special populations -- Drug abuse prevention -- Treating drug dependence.…”
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH by Morgan, Monroe T, Barnett, Darryl B., Beck, Joe E., Carver, Franklin B., Davis, Trenton G., Fallon, L. Fleming, Gomez, Frank C., Gordon, Larry, Harvey, Carolyn Hester, Iglar, Albert F., Knucles, Maurice, Konkel R. Steven, McSwane, David McSwane, David, Ogle, Burton R., Roberts, Welford C.

Table of Contents: “…World population -- Fundamentals of environmental health -- Chronic and communicable diseases -- Water supplies -- Environmental health in recreational areas -- Wastewater treatment -- Solid and hazardous waste management -- Vectors and their control -- Principles of toxicology -- Radiological health -- Food quality control -- Shelter environments -- Environmental safety -- Air quality -- Occupational health -- Environmental planning -- Principles of environmental health administration -- Appendix A: Summary of environmental laws -- Appendix B: Environmental organizations.…”
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Nurse as Educator Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice

Table of Contents: “…Overview of education in health care -- Ethical, legal, and economic foundations of the educational process -- Applying learning theories to healthcare practice -- Characteristics of the learner -- Determinants of learning -- Developmental stages of the learner -- Compliance, motivation, and health behaviors of the learner -- Literacy in the adult client population -- Gender, socioeconomic, and cultural attributes of the learner -- Educating learners with disabilities -- Techniques and strategies for teaching and learning -- Behavioral objectives -- Teaching methods and settings -- Instructional materials -- Technology in education -- Evaluation in healthcare education.…”
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Essentials of public health research methods by Crosby, Richard A. 1959-, Salazar, Laura Francisca 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Shaping Public Health through Research and Practice -- Framing the Research Question -- Ethical Standards and Practice for Public Health Research -- Community-Based Participatory Research -- Qualitative Research Methods for Public Health -- Observational Research Designs -- Experimental Research Designs -- Quasi-Experimental Designs for Public Health -- Defining the Study Population -- Sampling Techniques -- Measurement -- Data Management and Cleaning -- Parametric Data Analysis -- Non-Parametric Data Analysis -- Disseminating Findings and Informing New Research.…”
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Planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion programs by McKenzie, James F. 1948-, Neiger, Brad L., Thackeray, Rosemary

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Health Education, Health Promotion, and Program Planning -- Starting the Planning Process -- Program Planning Models in Health Promotion -- Assessing Needs -- Measurement and Sampling -- Mission Statement, Goals, and Objectives -- Theories and Models Commonly Used for Health Promotion Interventions -- Interventions -- Marketing: Developing Programs That Respond to the Priority Population's Wants and Needs -- Community Organizing and Community Building -- Preparing from Implementation -- Carrying Out Implementation and Management -- Evaluation: An Overview -- Evaluation Approaches and Design -- Data Analysis and Reporting.…”
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Borneo Change and Development by Cleary, Mark 1954-, Eaton, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary Patterns and Processes. 5. Population, Settlement, and Farming Systems. 6. The Urban Dimension. 7. …”
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Applied Medical Statistics by Jingmei Jiang

Table of Contents: “…What is biostatistics - Descriptive statistics - Fundamentals of probability - Discrete random variable - Continuous random variable - Sampling distribution and parameter estimation - Hypothesis testing for one parameter - Hypothesis testing for two population parameters - One-way analysis of variance - Analysis of variance in different experimental - X2 test - Nonparametric tests based on rank - Simple linear regression - Simple linear correlation - Multiple linear regression - Logistic regression - Survival analysis - Evaluation of diagnostic tests - Observational study design - Experimental study design…”
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FOOD POLITICS WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW by Paarlberg, Robert

Table of Contents: “…; 2 Food Production and Population Growth; Who was Thomas Malthus, and why did he see hunger as inevitable?…”
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URBAN SOCIOLOGY Images and Structure by Flanagan, William G. 1942- (William George)

Table of Contents: “…An invitation to urban studies --The emergence of the urgan form --The Industrial Revolution --The urban tradition in sociology -- Urban community studies -- Ethnicity and minority/majority relations in urban studies -- Population trends and minorities -- African American urbanization -- Contemporary immigration and the making of minorities -- Asian Americans and the problem of scapegoating -- The challenges of urban growth -- Comparative urban studies -- Urban growth and transitions in the United States -- The Great Depression and urban conditions -- Ecology and capitalism: globalization and locality -- Poverty, power, and crime --Urban policy -- Housing programs in the United States --A unified perspective for urban sociology…”
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GLOBAL HEALTH Diseases, Programs, Systems and Policies

Table of Contents: “…Measures of health and disease in populations -- Culture, behavior, and health -- Global health, human rights and ethics -- Understanding and acting on social determinants of health and health equity -- Reproductive health -- Infectious diseases -- Nutrition -- Chronic diseases and risks -- Unintentional injuries and violence -- Global mental health -- Environmental and occupational health -- Complex emergencies -- The design of health systems -- Public health infrastructure -- Management and planning for public health -- Pharmaceuticals -- Innovation, technology and design -- Evaluations of large-scale health programs -- Health and 'the economy' -- International trade and health -- Global health governance and diplomacy.…”
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Medical Statistics A TEXTBOOK FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES by Walters, Stephen J., Campbell, Michael J., Machin, David

Table of Contents: “…Uses and abuses of medical statistics -- Displaying and summarising data -- Summary measures for binary data -- Probability and distributions -- Populations, samples, standard errors and confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing, p-values and statistical inference -- Comparing two or more groups with continuously measured data -- Comparing groups of binary and categorical data -- Correlation and linear regression -- Logistic regression -- Survival analysis -- Reliability and method comparison studies -- Evaluation of diagnostic tests -- Observational studies -- The randomised controlled trial -- Sample size issues -- Other statistical methods -- Meta-analysis -- Common mistakes and pitfalls.…”
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