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Ecosystems and Human Health

A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice

  • The first book to draw on post-structuralist political ecology to give the reader an understanding of how people-environment relations, and health outcomes are shaped by the interplay of power, culture, globalization, and socio-political forces

  • Applies the participatory action research process to the field of ecohealth

  • Examines the challenges faced by students and researchers in designing and executing an ecohealth project and provides some practical tools

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Ecohealth: The Ecosystem Approach to Human Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. Methodological Approaches and Processes for Conducting Ecohealth Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
  4. Case Studies: Application of the Ecohealth Approach

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
    2. Ecosystem Approaches to Indigenous Health

      • Crescenti Y. Dakubo
      Pages 141-158
    3. Policy Frameworks on Health and Environment Linkages

      • Crescenti Y. Dakubo
      Pages 159-174
  5. A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 223-233

About this book

Ecosystems and Human Health introduces Ecohealth as an emerging field of study, traces its evolution, and explains its applications in cross-disciplinary and holistic programs. Its integrative approach not only focuses on managing the environment to improve health, but also analyzes underlying social and economic determinants of health to develop innovative, people-centered interventions.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Thunder Bay, Canada

    Crescentia Y. Dakubo

About the author

Dr. Crescentia Dakubo is a specialist in ecosystems approaches to human health. She is an Assistant Professor at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, West Campus, Thunder Bay,  and an Adjunct Professor of the Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecosystems and Human Health

  • Book Subtitle: A Critical Approach to Ecohealth Research and Practice

  • Authors: Crescentia Y. Dakubo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0206-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0205-4Published: 01 December 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8163-9Published: 07 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0206-1Published: 16 November 2010

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 233

  • Topics: Public Health, Medicine/Public Health, general, Ecology, Environmental Health

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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