This text introduces undergraduate and graduate students in health or environment-related classes to the mounting crisis of syndemics through the lens of planetary health. The concept of syndemics, developed by the author and now in wide use across multiple health-related disciplines, focuses attention on the adverse synergistic interaction of two or more diseases or other health conditions promoted or facilitated by social and/or environmental conditions. The planetary health framework is an emerging holistic medical rethinking of our understanding of health. It seeks to identify the safe environmental limits within which humanity and other species can flourish on our increasingly imperiled planet. This book offers useful conceptual tools and frameworks for developing a comprehensive understanding of approaches needed to address the health risks of our changing world. The unique coverage of this book is its careful examination of ecosyndemics around the world in light of the growing recognition that on a heavily disrupted planet, a narrow focus on human health is inadequate. Under these circumstances, a comprehensive planetary health framework is needed. This approach seriously considers the interconnected nature of human health, animal and plant health, and the health of the world’s ecosystems.
Highly descriptive, with numerous cases of the planetary health crisis, the textbook is written in a student-friendly and accessible way and is an important resource for coursework across environment and health-related subjects.
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Introduction.- Multiple Signs of the Advancing Environmental/Climate Health Crisis.- The Shift to Planetary Health in the 21st Century.- The Making of Ecosyndemics.- Fighting Back: Uniting the Health and Environment Movements.- Conclusion.
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This text introduces undergraduate and graduate students in health or environment-related classes to the mounting crisis of syndemics through the lens of planetary health. The concept of syndemics, developed by the author and now in wide use across multiple health-related disciplines, focuses attention on the adverse synergistic interaction of two or more diseases or other health conditions promoted or facilitated by social and/or environmental conditions. The planetary health framework is an emerging holistic medical rethinking of our understanding of health. It seeks to identify the safe environmental limits within which humanity and other species can flourish on our increasingly imperiled planet. This book offers useful conceptual tools and frameworks for developing a comprehensive understanding of approaches needed to address the health risks of our changing world. The unique coverage of this book is its careful examination of ecosyndemics around the world in light of the growing recognition that on a heavily disrupted planet, a narrow focus on human health is inadequate. Under these circumstances, a comprehensive planetary health framework is needed. This approach seriously considers the interconnected nature of human health, animal and plant health, and the health of the world’s ecosystems.
Highly descriptive, with numerous cases of the planetary health crisis, the textbook is written in a student-friendly and accessible way and is an important resource for coursework across environment and health-related subjects.
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Introduces students to the concepts of planetary health and syndemics and examines the development of the concepts Shows how the intersection of health and social/environment conditions can address the effects of disease interactions Includes graphs, tables and case studies, along with end-of-chapter questions
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ISBN
9783031836732
Publisert
2025-04-09
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Springer International Publishing AG
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235 mm
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155 mm
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Graduate, P, 06
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Engelsk
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Heftet
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Merrill Singer, PhD, is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut. For his work in medical anthropology, he has received a number of prestigious awards, including the Society of Medical Anthropology Career Award. Originator of several widely cited concepts, including syndemics and critical medical anthropology, he is the author of 235 peer reviewed articles, 85 chapters, and 36 books. He has conducted research in Brazil, China, Haiti, and the U.S.