Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment

Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment addresses the threats facing the rapidly changing world and provides guidance for how to manage risks in relation to population health. Unlike conventional and recognized risks (major, industrial, and natural), emerging risks are characterized by low or non-existent scientific knowledge, high levels of uncertainty as to how to counter them, and varying levels of acceptability by the competent authorities and exposed populations. Emerging risk must be analyzed through multiple approaches identifying the phenomenon linked to the risk emergence as well as at the scientific and policy levels in order to provide more enlightened decision making. Management of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environment provides methods and global case studies of transdisciplinary approaches used for the characterization and analysis or management of emerging risks. This book will be useful for public health researchers, policy makers, and students as well as those working in emergency management, risk management, security, environmental health, nanomaterials, and food science. Presents emerging risks from the technological, environmental, health, and energy sectors, as well as the social impactsContextualizes emerging risk as new threats, existing threats in new locations, and known issues which are newly recognized as risks, due to increased scientific knowledgeIncludes case studies from around the world to reinforce concepts INDICE: Introduction to Emerging Risks Part 1: New Risks 1. Indoor environment 2. New Processes/Technologies 3. Nanoparticles 4. Climate Change Adaptation Part 2: Known Risks in New Locations 5. Disease Vectors 6. Nuclear Waste Part 3: Known Issues Now Recognized as Risks Due to an Increase in Scientific Knowledge and/or A Change in the Perception of the Population 7. Antibioresistance 8. Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and Risk: Precaution or Prevention 9. Social Impacts of Pollutants

• ISBN: 978-0-12-813290-6
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 275
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés