While We Were Sleeping - Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-520-25846-4
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 656 g

Public health has made our lives safer—but it often works behind the scenes, without our knowledge, that is, "while we are sleeping." This book powerfully illuminates how public health works with more than sixty success stories drawn from the area of injury and violence prevention. It also profiles dozens of individuals who have made important contributions to safety and health in a range of social arenas. Highlighting examples from the United States as well as from other countries, While We Were Sleeping will inform a wide audience of readers about what public health actually does and at the same time inspire a new generation to make the world a safer place.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hemenway, David

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction

Poem: The Ambulance in the Valley, by Joseph Mahin

1. Car

2. Home

3. Work

4. Play

5. Nature

6. Violence

7. Medical Treatment

8. Models of Injury Prevention

9. Future Successes

10. Summary

Appendix: Scientific Injury Studies

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Hemenway is Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health, Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, and Director of the Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center. His previous books include Private Guns, Public Health.