https://novapublishers.com Publisher of Books and Journals in Medicine and Health, Science and Technology and Social Sciences Thu, 09 Jun 2022 16:41:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://novapublishers.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-nova-favicon-32x32.jpg https://novapublishers.com 32 32 https://novapublishers.com/shop/environmental-justice-and-the-intersection-of-poverty-racism-and-child-health-disparities/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:12:50 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=111010 Series: Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies BISAC: MED078000; MED116000 DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/BUSX8597 Break the Cycle of Children’s Environmental Health Disparities (Break the Cycle) is an annual collaborative interdisciplinary research and training program involving university students in academic tracks focusing on the impact of adverse social, economic, environmental, and political factors on children’s health, development, education, and prospects for their future. The target populations are communities where there is a substantial measure of poverty associated with social, ethnic, racial, and political marginalization, environmental exposures and environmental injustice with high risks to children’s health and well-being. Participating students are required to develop projects that focus on preventing or reducing adverse environmental factors or their impact on children’s health and promote positive practices to improve the future outcome for children who live in these communities. Student projects cover a wide range of adverse factors and their associated health implications across the lifespan, and propose solutions at an individual, family, community, and societal level, with the potential for a positive intergenerational impact. At the end of the project period, participating students are required to present the results of their work at a national conference and then write a manuscript for publication. The papers in this publication represent the work of students who participated in the 15th Annual Break the Cycle program 2019-2020. The phrase Break the Cycle in this context uses the ecological construct of the cycle of environmental health disparities and offers a framework for tackling health disparities and promoting health equity among children who are vulnerable as a consequence of adverse social, economic, environmental and political factors. **Order both the printed version and the e-book together and SAVE!**]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/child-environmental-health-disparities-looking-at-the-present-and-facing-the-future/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 16:20:44 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=71764 Series: Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies BISAC: MED078000]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/break-the-cycle-of-environmental-health-disparities-maternal-and-child-health-aspects/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:06:42 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=53738 Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: MED069000]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/environmental-health-disparities-in-children-asthma-obesity-and-food/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 18:03:02 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=53733 Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: MED069000]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/environmental-health-home-school-and-community/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:54:31 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=53723 Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: SCI026000]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/child-health-and-human-development-social-economic-and-environmental-factors/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 17:50:58 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=53718 Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: MED069000 The literature on children who grow up in circumstances of social and economic disadvantage is very much a part of the place and time. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) wrote much about children who suffered under the burden of being poor in 19th Century London. In that age of industrialization, technical advances brought much progress to society, but also resulted in seismic population shifts. Large numbers of people moved from rural agricultural settings and lifestyles to the cities, where the new engines of industry promised more opportunities, yet many people lived in abject poverty, and of course, children suffered the most. We have made progress in many ways, but there are still many children living under vulnerable conditions particularly in poor countries, but also in rich countries, that affect their development, health and future. In this book, we have gathered some research studies that explore social, economic and environmental factors impacting on child health and human development, and provoke thinking on how we might improve the conditions for the children so that they fulfill their potential and become contributing members of society. (Imprint: Nova)]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/public-health-environment-and-child-health-in-a-changing-world/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:23:19 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=32298 Series: Public Health: Practices, Methods and Policies BISAC: HEA028000]]> https://novapublishers.com/shop/environment-and-hope-improving-health-reducing-aids-and-promoting-food-security-in-the-world/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 14:19:47 +0000 https://novapublishers.com/?post_type=product&p=39929 Series: Pediatrics, Child and Adolescent Health BISAC: MED078000 This book represents a body of work performed by students from a diverse set of disciplines and a variety of universities in the United States and Santiago, Chile. Each project was developed by the students to “break the cycle of social, economic and environmental health disparities.” This book contains the completed projects from the eighth annual ‘Break the Cycle’ program. “Break the Cycle” projects are designed to raise awareness among students about environmental health disparities and its impact on the world around them. Although students may feel daunted by the magnitude of the challenge, they need to know that even the relatively small project they develop can make a big difference and becomes part of an inexorable process towards making the world a better place for all of its citizens. The dictum that “It is not incumbent upon you to finish the task, yet, you are not free to desist from it” empowers the students to take on a challenge for a lifetime and beyond. We believe that the lessons the students learned from their own projects, from working with the other students and from appreciating the difference that each little effort can make, goes significantly towards cultivating our future leaders; these are the people who will carry on the work and make the world a better place for future generations. (Imprint: Nova)]]>