Community Participation in Health Management [Hardcover]

Over the years, man has been thoughtlessly and indiscriminately exploiting the gifts of nature without a thought for the future which has resulted in the form of natural without a thought for the future which as resulted in the form of natural disasters like famine, flood etc. and the industrialization has caused the pollution of air water and soil. In the context of increasing incidence of health hazards caused by ever increasing loads of chemical pollutants let off into the environment, the importance of control measures for environmental protection has rightly assumed great significance. This book explains the necessity to carefully consider the potential detrimental effects on health and the environment of hazardous chemicals. It calls people to take appropriate actions at the local, national or international level for their environmentally sound management. It is hoped that they will leave for their children a better environmental legacy than the one we left for them. About The Author:- Sujata K. Dass was born in a family of bureaucrats and social workers on July 19, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. She joined Queens College of the City University of the New York for B.S. degree. She joined King George Medical College, Lucknow and completed her MBBS in 1988-89 and thereafter, completed her Ph.D in Medicine. She was Clinical Observer/Visiting Fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Research Institute (Memorial Hospital) of Cornell University, New York during 1991-92. Dr. Sujata was a Research Fellow at The New York Presbyterian Hospital-Medical College of Cornell University. She was appointed Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Chair Professor at the young age of 36 years. She is a Visiting Faculty/Fellow at Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi since 1997 and currently working as Research Scientist in the Department of Medicine, V.P. Chest Institute , University of Delhi. She is an eminent scientist and is recipient of DST Young Scientist Award and Award of Highest Honour of the Soka University, Japan. She has published several research papers in international journals of repute and has authored a book on ‘Food and Nutrition: Concepts and Measurements’. Contents:- CONTENTS:- # Preface : Assessment of Community Health : Climate Change and Human Health : Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health : Effects of Chemicals on Human Health : Waste Products on Human Health : Health Management Sustainably : Bibliography : Index The Title 'Community Participation in Health Management written/authored/edited by Sujata K. Dass', published in the year 2003. The ISBN 9788190179966 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 286 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Isha Books. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is HEALTH / HOME SCIENCE / Sociology. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-