This book details an ecosystem approach to health in developing regions of the world. It demonstrates how ecohealth research has led to sustained improvements and presents evidence of real changes in conditions of people, their health and their ecosystems.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 616.98
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781552505298 9781461405160
- LCCN
- RA565
- LCCN Item number
- E26 2012eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- DLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxii, 282 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00228247 (OCoLC)776812900 (CaOOCEL)442211
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- DLC
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 16
- 1 Ecohealth: Origins and Approach 24
- Part I: Linking Human Health and Well-Being to Changing Rural Agro-Ecosystems 54
- 2 Introduction 56
- 3 Growing Healthy Communities: Farmer Participatory Research to Improve Child Nutrition, Food Security, and Soils in Ekwendeni, Malawi 60
- 4 Tackling Challenges to Farmers’ Health and Agro-Ecosystem Sustainability in Highland Ecuador 70
- 5 Coping with Environmental and Health Impacts in a Floricultural Region of Ecuador 82
- 6 Dietary Diversity in Lebanon and Yemen: A Tale of Two Countries 92
- Part II: Natural Resources, Ecosystems, Pollution, and Health 104
- 7 Introduction 106
- 8 An Ecosystem Study of Manganese Mining in Molango, Mexico 110
- 9 Ecohealth Research for Mitigating Health Risks of Stone Crushing and Quarrying, India 122
- 10 A Virtuous Cycle in the Amazon: Reducing Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption Requires Sustainable Agriculture 132
- 11 Impacts on Environmental Health of Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ecuador 142
- Part III: Poverty, Ecosystems, and Vector-Borne Diseases 154
- 12 Introduction 156
- 13 Malaria Research and Management Need Rethinking: Uganda and Tanzania Case Studies 162
- 14 An Ecosystem Approach for the Prevention of Chagas Disease in Rural Guatemala 176
- 15 Preventing Dengue at the Local Level in Havana City 186
- 16 Eco-Bio-Social Research on Dengue in Asia: General Principles and a Case Study from Indonesia 196
- Part IV: Building Community Health into City Living 208
- 17 Introduction 210
- 18 Rebuilding Urban Ecosystems for Better Community Health in Kathmandu 214
- 19 Understanding Water, Understanding Health: The Case of Bebnine, Lebanon 226
- 20 Water, Wastes, and Children’s Health in Low-Income Neighbourhoods of Yaoundé 238
- Part V: Building a New Field 252
- 21 Better Together: Field-Building Networks at the Frontiers of Ecohealth Research 254
- 22 Ecohealth Research in Practice 278
- Index 296
- A 296
- B 296
- C 297
- D 298
- E 298
- F 299
- G 299
- H 300
- I 300
- J 301
- K 301
- L 301
- M 301
- N 302
- O 302
- P 302
- Q 303
- R 303
- S 303
- T 304
- U 304
- V 304
- W 304
- Y 305
- Z 305