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This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure, cause-specific mortality, and maternal health...
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| Published: |
Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Applied demography series ;
v.3 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6140-7 |
| Summary: |
This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues. Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure, cause-specific mortality, and maternal health and morbidity, the book provides several chapters on special analysis and methodological issues. The chapters provide a number of resources and tools that can be used in conducting research aimed at promoting public health. These resources include information on a variety of health research datase |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: |
9789400761407 (electronic bk.) 9400761406 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HB871 |
| CLC: | C921 |
| Contents: |
Impact of Aging on Health and Health-Related Expenditure. The Implications of Aging and Diversification of Population on Overweight and Obesity and the Cost Associated with Overweight and Obesity in Texas, 2000-2040 / The Effect of Obesity on Intergenerational Income Mobility / A Cross-Country Comparison of Sociodemographic Correlates of Depression in the WHO Study of Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE) / Population Aging and Health Expenditure in Kerala: An Empirical Analysis / Cause-Specific Mortality. State Estimates of Cause and Condition-Specific Mortality Rates for Diabetes Mellitus / Individual- and County-Level Factors Associated with Racial Disparities in Cause-Specific Infant Mortality: Florida 1980-2000 / Estimates of Survival and Mortality from Successive Cross-Sectional Surveys / Cancer Screening in the U.S. and Europe: Policies, Practices, and Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality / Maternal Health and Morbidity. Prevalence and Correlates of Obstetric Morbidity in India / Maternal Health Status and Early Childbearing: A Test of the Weathering Hypothesis / Maternal Health and Maternal Mortality in Post War Liberia: A Survey Analysis / Special Analysis. Neighborhood Resources and Adolescent Health and Risk Behaviors / Population Density, Density of Alcohol Retail Outlets, and Point of Consumption's Relation to Violent and Non-violent Crime: A Spatial Analysis / Determinants of Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Diabetic Patients in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh / Active Aging Index and Healthy Life Expectancy in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh / A Systematic Review of Retirement as a Risk Factor for Mortality / Methodological Issues. Back to Basics or into a Brave New World? The Potential and Pitfalls of Biomarkers in Explaining the Pathways Between Social Engagement and Health / Methodological Aspects of Studying Human Aging, Health, and Mortality / Understanding Society - The UK Household Longitudinal Survey: A Resource for Demographers / The Applicability of the Lee-Carter Method to Forecast Health Services Use in Brazil / |