Dermatology in Public Health Environments

Dermatological diseases are extremely common around the globe, and a systematic understanding of these conditions and their relationships with various epidemiological factors could provide insights to help governments and private institutions address the challenges they need to overcome in order to improve global health.

This extensively revised second edition comprehensively discusses the fundamental areas of dermatological practice in public health. It features more than 900 figures, eight new chapters and two new sections: a) Dermatological Biopsy and Major Histopathological Patterns, exploring surgical methods for collecting cutaneous specimens from outpatients and the analysis of major histopathological patterns; b) Special Chapters, which outlines Hospital Dermatology in Public Health, covering hospital care as a backup in dermatoses of importance in public health; Dermatological Education in Public Health, examining the interface between teaching and students for the development of dermatological practice; and a Brief History of Dermatology.

Further topics include the profile of dermatological care based on epidemiological concepts; the most significant skin diseases (including dermatology in tropical medicine); the relationship between the environment and dermatological diseases; dermatoses in the human life cycles, diseases that are not primarily dermatological, but have a high impact on public health and may have skin and mucosal manifestations; a number of emerging issues in dermatology in public health; clinical approaches (diagnosis and management) to common dermatological symptoms; multidisciplinary approaches in dermatology; surgical and histopathological aspects of the main dermatological diseases; and the hospital as an aid in the management of complex dermatoses and dermatological education in public health.

Written by experts with extensive experience in their respective fields, this book is a valuable reference resource for undergraduate and graduate students, dermatologists and general practitioners, as well as anyone interested in the relationship between dermatology and public health.

EDITOR
Renan Rangel Bonamigo, MD by Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil (UFCSPA, 1991), with Residency in Internal Medicine and Dermatology at the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre; Master and PhD in Medical Sciences by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 1998; 2003). Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 1997). Qualification by the Brazilian Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1998). Former coordinator of the SBD Department of Skin Allergy (2007-2009, 2020-2022). Associate Editor of the Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia between 2009-2016. Member of the SBD Education Department between 2017-2019. He is Professor at UFRGS, teaches in the Pathology Postgraduate Program at UFCSPA, and in the Medical Sciences Postgraduate Program at UFRGS. He is a preceptor of the Dermatology Residency Program at the HCPA and is the Head of the Dermatology Service at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre Hospital, Brazil. He has authored more than 150 publications in the field of Dermatology.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

André Avelino Costa Beber holds an MD from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (UFSM, 1997). He completed his residency in dermatology at the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre and his Master of Medical Sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2008). He was awarded the title of Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 2000). He is currently a Professor and Head of the Dermatology Service at UFSM and an advisor to the Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases at the Brazilian Society of Dermatology.

Clarice Gabardo Ritter holds an MD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (UFRGS, 2002). She completed residencies in internal medicine (2004-2005) and dermatology (2006-2007) at the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre. She also holds a Master of Medical Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2011), and was awarded the title of Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 2008). She is currently a dermatologist at one of Brazil’s largest public hospitals (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Porto Alegre) and Medical Residency Preceptor at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), mainly focusing in clinical dermatology, skin allergies and public health dermatology.

Renata Heck holds an MD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 2009), and completed her residency in dermatology at the Clínicas Hospital of Porto Alegre (HCPA. She holds a Master’s and PhD in Medical Sciences from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 2014; 2020), and was awarded the title of Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 2013). She is currently a preceptor of the Dermatology Residency Program atthe HCPA.