PUBLIC HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION: PRINCIPLES, PERCEPTIONS AND PROGRAMS

PUBLIC HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION: PRINCIPLES, PERCEPTIONS AND PROGRAMS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: PREVENTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS: A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO GUN-RELATED HOMICIDE AND MURDER-SUICIDE IN SCHOOLS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS AND SCHOOL–ASSOCIATED HOMICIDES

LAWS, INITIATIVES, AND STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

LEAKAGE

SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR, MURDER–SUICIDE, AND SCHOOL SHOOTERS

GUN–RELATED VIOLENCE AND YOUTH

A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO GUN–RELATED VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: ENLARGING THE SOCIAL DEFINITION OF HARM TO INCLUDE GENETICS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION – HARM FROM THE OUTSIDE-IN

PRIMARY PREVENTION OF HARM

SECONDARY PREVENTION OF HARM

TERTIARY PREVENTION OF HARM

CONCLUSION – HARM IN THE GENETIC DOMAIN CAN BE BOTH PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL

REFERENCES

Chapter 3: ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS, OBESITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH: PERSPECTIVES ON HARM REDUCTION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

3. ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 4: TOBACCO PUBLIC HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION: PRINCIPLES, PERCEPTIONS AND PROGRAMS

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. STRATEGIES ON TOBACCO CONTROL

3. CHALLENGES ON TOBACCO CONTROL

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 5: SMOKING-RELATED DISENGAGEMENT BELIEFS AMONG SMOKING ASTHMA PATIENTS

ABSTRACT

METHODS

MATERIALS

DATA ANALYSIS

RESULTS

DISCUSSION

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Chapter 6: PUBLIC HEALTH AND WASTE MANAGEMENT: PROMOTING HARM REDUCTION THROUGH CONCERTED EFFORTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 7: HARM REDUCTION FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS THROUGH POINT OF CARE CD4/VIRAL LOAD TESTING IN KENYA

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

POINT-OF-CARE-CD4 TEST

POINT OF CARE VIRAL LOAD

CONCLUSION

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Chapter 8: MEDICATION ASSISTED THERAPY INTEGRATING MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGIES

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGIES

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN MEDICATION ASSISTED THERAPY

FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX