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The Role of Environmental Hazards in Premature Birth - Workshop Summary (Paperback, New): Roundtable on Environmental Health... The Role of Environmental Hazards in Premature Birth - Workshop Summary (Paperback, New)
Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Edited by Donald R. Mattison, …
R1,277 Discovery Miles 12 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Each year in the United States approximately 440,000 babies are born premature. These infants are at greater risk of death, and are more likely to suffer lifelong medical complications than full-term infants. Clinicians and researchers have made vast improvements in treating preterm birth; however, little success has been attained in understanding and preventing preterm birth. Understanding the complexity of interactions underlying preterm birth will be needed if further gains in outcomes are expected. The Institute of Medicinea (TM)s Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine sponsored a workshop to understand the biological mechanism of normal labor and delivery, and how environmental influences, as broadly defined, can interact with the processes of normal pregnancy to result in preterm birth. This report is a summary of the main themes presented by the speakers and participants.

Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America - Workshop Summary (Paperback, New): Institute of Medicine,... Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment in Rural America - Workshop Summary (Paperback, New)
Institute of Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine; Edited by Dalia Gilbert, Christine Coussens, …
R1,093 Discovery Miles 10 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout much of its history, the United States was predominantly a rural society. The need to provide sustenance resulted in many people settling in areas where food could be raised for their families. Over the past century, however, a quiet shift from a rural to an urban society occurred, such that by 1920, for the first time, more members of our society lived in urban regions than in rural ones. This was made possible by changing agricultural practices. No longer must individuals raise their own food, and the number of person-hours and acreage required to produce food has steadily been decreasing because of technological advances, according to Roundtable member James Merchant of the University of Iowa. The Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Science, Research, and Medicine held a regional workshop at the University of Iowa on November 29 and 30, 2004, to look at rural environmental health issues. Iowa, with its expanse of rural land area, growing agribusiness, aging population, and increasing immigrant population, provided an opportunity to explore environmental health in a region of the country that is not as densely populated. As many workshop participants agreed, the shifting agricultural practices as the country progresses from family operations to large-scale corporate farms will have impacts on environmental health. This report describes and summarizes the participants' presentations to the Roundtable members and the discussions that the members had with the presenters and participants at the workshop. Table of Contents FrontMatter Summary Introduction 1 Environmental Health in Rural America 2 The Social Environment in Rural America 3 The Role of the Natural Environment in Rural America 4 The Built Environment and Health in Rural Areas References A Workshop Agenda B Speakers and Panelists C Meeting Participants

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