Health behaviour interventions in developing countries
By: Karl Peltzer, Supa Pengpid
Contributors: Pengpid, Supa
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hauppauge, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781612099347
Subjects: Health Promotion; Health behavior; Health Behavior; Developing Countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Global health risks; title: Global health behaviour interventions; title: Childhood and maternal under-nutrition (underweight, iron deficiency, vitamin a deficiency, zinc deficiency, suboptimal breast feeding); title: Other diet-related risk factors and physical inactivity (high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high cholesterol, overweight and obesity, low fruit and vegetable intake, physical inactivity); title: Sexual and reproductive health (unsafe sex, lack of contraception); title: Addictive substances (tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs); title: Road traffic injury and violence; title: Common mental health risk (depression, anxiety disorders); title: Parasitic infections (malaria, helminth infection); title: Environmental risks (unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene, urban air pollution, indoor smoke from solid fuels, lead exposure, climate change).