The Health Consequences of 'Modernisation' - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Health Consequences of 'Modernisation' write by Roy J. Shephard. This book was released on 1996-02-23. The Health Consequences of 'Modernisation' available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What are the health consequences of a transition from an active 'hunter-gatherer' lifestyle to that of sedentary modern living? In this book, the impact of 'modernization' is assessed in various populations in the circumpolar regions. The hazards of living in polar regions, and the adaptations shown culturally, behaviourally and physically by the indigenous peoples are examined and the effect of changes in habitual activity, diet, and general lifestyle due to more urban living patterns on the body composition, pulmonary function and susceptibility to disease discussed. The implications of this switch are important not only for all those concerned about the survival of indigenous communities around the world, but for all of us living in an increasingly sedentary, urban environment. Anthropologists, physiologists and those interested in population fitness will find this a comprehensive and valuable volume.
Public Health and the Modernization of China, 1865-2015
Public Health and the Modernization of China, 1865-2015 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Public Health and the Modernization of China, 1865-2015 write by Liping Bu. This book was released on 2017-07-14. Public Health and the Modernization of China, 1865-2015 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book, based on extensive original research, traces the development of China’s public health system, showing how advances in public health have been an integral part of China’s rise. It outlines the phenomenal improvements in public health, for example the increase in life expectancy from 38 in 1949 to 73 in 2010; relates developments in public health to prevailing political ideologies; and discusses how the drivers of health improvements were, unlike in the West, modern medical professionals and intellectuals who understood that, whatever the prevailing ideology, China needs to be a strong country. The book explores how public health concepts, policies, programmes, institutions and practices changed and developed through social and political upheavals, war, and famine, and argues that this perspective of China’s development is refreshingly different from China’s development viewed purely in political terms.
A History of Population Health
A History of Population Health - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Population Health write by Johan P. Mackenbach. This book was released on 2020. A History of Population Health available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In A History of Population Health Johan P. Mackenbach offers a broad-sweeping study of the spectacular changes in people's health in Europe since the early 18th century. Most of the 40 specific diseases covered in this book show a fascinating pattern of 'rise-and-fall', with large differences in timing between countries. Using a unique collection of historical data and bringing together insights from demography, economics, sociology, political science, medicine, epidemiology and general history, it shows that these changes and variations did not occur spontaneously, but were mostly man-made. Throughout European history, changes in health and longevity were therefore closely related to economic, social, and political conditions, with public health and medical care both making important contributions to population health improvement"--
Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China
Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China write by J. Tong. This book was released on 2015-03-04. Investigative Journalism, Environmental Problems and Modernisation in China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines how the news media in general, and investigative journalism in particular, interprets environmental problems and how those interpretations contribute to the shaping of a discourse of risk that can compete against the omnipresent and hegemonic discourse of modernisation in Chinese society.
Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy
Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy write by Ronald Inglehart. This book was released on 2005-08-08. Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents a revised version of modernisation theory.
