Infectious disease
Oxford University Press in February published “The Public Health Response to 2009 H1N1: A Systems Perspective.” Authored by Melissa Higdon, MPH, and APHA member Michael Stoto, PhD, the book addresses the lessons learned in public health preparedness after battling the H1N1 flu pandemic. For more information, visit www.oup.com.
Maternal health
Oxford University Press in January published “Nutrition and Lifestyle for Pregnancy and Breastfeeding.” The book’s authors are Anne Bardsley, PhD; Peter Gluckman, KNZM, FRS, FMedSci, FRSNZ; Mark Hanson; and Chong Yap Seng, MBBS, MRCOG, MMED, MD, FAMS. Its content includes the latest science behind how a pregnant woman’s behaviors may affect the health of her fetus. For more information, visit www.oup.com.
Behavioral health
Columbia University Press in January published “Spiritual Assessment in Social Work and Mental Health Practice.” Authored by David Hodge, PhD, MSW, the book addresses how to ethically weave spirituality in with health and wellness. For more information, visit http://cup.columbia.edu.
Nutrition
University of California Press in January published “The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders.” Authored by Megan Carney, PhD, MA, the book addresses the struggles that women who migrate to the United States from Central America and Mexico face in finding food to eat. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu.
Reproductive health
Princeton University Press in February published “Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education.” Authored by Jonathan Zimmerman, PhD, MA, the book addresses the evolution of sex education in schools across the world and the issues that affect comprehensive sex education. For more information, visit http://press.princeton.edu.
Health advocacy
Johns Hopkins University Press in February published “Politics in the Corridor of Dying: AIDS Activism and Global Health Governance.” Authored by Jennifer Chan, PhD, MA, the book addresses the growth of patient-focused AIDS advocacy, the gains activism has made in access to treatment and funding and how it challenges existing AIDS-related policies and stigma. For more information, visit www.press.jhu.edu.
Disaster preparedness
University Press of America in February published “Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital: A Study of the 500-Year Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.” Authored by Kevin Adler, the book addresses the response of residents following a June 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, their perceptions of their social networks and cooperation before and after the disaster. For more information, visit http://rowman.com.
Global health
Oxford University Press in February published “Beholden: Religion, Global Health and Human Rights.” Authored by Susan Holman, PhD, the book addresses the differences between humanitarian aid efforts influenced by religion and the human rights perspective to improving public health. For more information, visit www.oup.com.
HIV/AIDS
Cornell University Press in February published “Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful.” Authored by Susan Ball, MD, MPH, MS, the book takes a look back at the fear that surrounded an AIDS diagnosis when the disease first began making headlines in the 1980s and the progress that has been made since then in treatment. For more information, visit www.cornellpress.cornell.edu.
Sustainable development
Columbia University Press in March is expected to publish “The Age of Sustainable Development.” Authored by Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, MA, the book addresses what strategies are necessary to meet sustainable development goals based on his work advising the United Nations secretary-general on the Millennium Development Goals and his work as director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. For more information, visit http://cup.columbia.edu.
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