Resources

Pediatric medicine

Viking in June published “Healing Children: A Surgeon’s Stories from the Frontiers of Pediatric Medicine.” Written by President and CEO of Children’s National Health System Kurt Newman, MD, the book details the field of pediatrics. Citing over 30 years of pediatric experience, Newman shares stories of children overcoming illnesses and reiterates the need for a future invested in children’s health care and coverage. For more information, visit http://penguin.com/publishers/vikingbooks.

Co-sleeping

Rowman and Littlefield Publishers in April published “Co-Sleeping: Parents, Children, and Musical Beds.” Written by Iowa State University sociology professor Susan Stewart, MD, PhD, the book addresses co-sleeping, which is not recommended and can be dangerous, and why so many parents still allow it even past infant and toddler years. For more information, visit https://rowman.com.

Resilience

University of Fredericton in May launched an online course, “Enhancing Workplace Resiliency.” The course, created by Joti Samra, RPsych, and Rakesh Jetly, MD, teaches effective coping mechanisms and strategies for healthier living when under high stress. The course has six modules aimed at strengthening mental resilience. For more information, visit http://getstarted.ufred.ca/EWR-CNW.

Hepatitis C

The American Academy of HIV Medicine’s Institute for Hepatitis C and the American College of Physicians in May published the “Guide to Hepatitis C Testing.” The guide details the newest testing recommendations, resources, case studies and codes for testing. For more information, visit https://aahivm.org/2017/05/18/new-guide-to-hepatitis-c-testing-available-from-the-american-academy-of-hiv-medicine-and-the-american-college-of-physicians.

Travel health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April published the “CDC Yellow Book 2018: Health Information for International Travel.” This edition provides the most recent information on health guidelines for international travelers. The book is geared toward both international travelers and health care professionals. For more information, visit https://global.oup.com/academic.

Health equity

The National Academies Press in March published “Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity.” The book details health disparities in the U.S. and the social determinants of health that impact populations. The book discusses causes, barriers and solutions to health disparities and the actions communities can take to improve overall health equity. For more information, visit https://www.nap.edu/catalog.

Cancer

Johns Hopkins University Press in April released “Living with Cancer: A Step-by-Step Guide for Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis.” Written by Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH; David Ryan, MD; and Michelle Seaton, the book guides patients with cancer on research and palliative care programs. The book offers both medical and emotional advice. For more information, visit https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu.

Oral health

The Administration for Community Living in May launched a new website for communities to encourage oral health in older adults. Created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living and Office on Women’s Health, the resource offers access to approximately 200 community-based oral health programs and an Oral Health Guide for local organizations. The creation of the website was spurred by a lack of accessibility to oral health services, particularly for older women. For more information, visit https://www.acl.gov.

Colorectal cancer

The University of Chicago Medicine in May launched a new web portal, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, targeted at vulnerable and uninsured populations in Chicago’s South Side who are at high risk for colorectal cancer. The web portal, Illinois Colon Cares, allows health care providers to make appointments for 50- to-75-year-old Cook County residents. Colorectal cancer is preventable with screening, which fewer than half of Illinois residents have access to. For more information, visit https://www.ilcoloncares.org.

Zika

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in May released its toolkit for investigating possible local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus. The toolkit, which provides resources for researching possible local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika, is geared for both state and local public health officials and can be changed based on the needs of each location. For more information, visit https://www.cdc.gov/zika.

Psychiatry

Wolters Kluwer in May published the 10th edition of “Kaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry.” This edition marks the 50th anniversary of the textbook, which details psychiatry and mental health. The 10th edition, edited by Benjamin Sadock, MD; Virginia Sadock, MD; and Pedro Ruiz, MD, details current issues in different fields of psychiatry. For more information, visit https://shop.lww.com.

Agriculture

W.W. Norton and Company Inc., in May published “Growing a Revolution: Bringing our Soil Back to Life.” Written by University of Washington geologist David Montgomery, PhD, the book discusses different visits to farms all over the world and examines how the farmers grew healthy soil and earned profits from their farms. Montgomery discusses why there is hope in restoring soil to farms in both the developed and developing world. For more information, visit http://books.wwnorton.com/books.

Health care

Morgan James Publishing in May published “Rescuing Healthcare: A Leadership Prescription to Make Healthcare What We Want It to Be.” Written by Antony Bell, CEO of Leader Development Inc., and Denis Cortese, MD, a professor at Arizona State University and former president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic, the book explains why leadership reform is relevant to the American health care delivery system. The book argues that medical practitioners, not politicians, should be given the power to make change in the health care system. For more information, visit https://asunow.asu.edu.

Health care

University Press of Kansas in April published “Health Divided: Public Health and Individual Medicine in the Making of the Modern American State.” Written by Daniel Sledge, PhD, associate professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington, the book explains how the U.S. health care system came to be and how the federal government ended up having such a big role in health care. For more information, visit https://www.uta.edu/news.

Clinical trials

Vanderbilt University Press in April published “Negotiating Pharmaceutical Uncertainty: Women’s Agency in a South African HIV Prevention Trial.” Written by Eirik Saethre, PhD, associate professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Jonathan Stadler, MA, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, the book details an ethnography of South African women participating in a clinical trial that used a gel made to prevent women from getting HIV. The book analyzes the relationship between medical researchers and participants. For more information, visit http://www.vanderbilt.edu/university-press.

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