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"This book explores the role that environmental distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes and antibiotics plays in ecosystem and human health. The text features a multi-disciplinary framework that connects microbiology, environmental toxicology, and chemistry to assess human and ecological risk associated with exposure to antibiotics or antibiotic resistance genes as environmental contaminants. It also considers alternate uses and functions for antimicrobial compounds other than those intended for medicinal purposes in humans, animals, and fish. Recognizing the connectivity between overlapping complex systems, the book discusses the subject from the perspective of an ecosystem approach"--

Can we talk about agriculture? -- Confinement, concentration, and integration: what is industrial agriculture? -- It all started in Delmarva -- The "chickenization" of the world -- The coming of the drugs -- When you look at a screen, do you see lattices or holes? -- Antimicrobial resistance: how agriculture ended the antimicrobial era -- Collateral damage: taking and putting -- Have a cup of coffee and pray -- Food safety: redesigning products or consumers? -- Can we feed the world? -- A path forward, not backward

"Today's public health and healthcare leaders face an array of leadership contexts presenting formidable challenges, including the syndemics of COVID-19 and structural racism; an ageing population; unhealthy lifestyles; the rapid spread of infectious pathogens; national disasters, conflicts, and mass population movements; antimicrobial resistance; injuries; and the health impacts of climate change and environmental pollution"--

"Public Health Law and Ethics: A Reader, 3rd Edition probes the legal and ethical issues at the heart of public health through an incisive selection of judicial opinions, scholarly articles, and government reports. Crafted to be accessible to students while thorough enough to be used by practitioners, policy makers, scholars, and teachers alike, the reader can be used as a stand-alone resource, or alongside the internationally acclaimed Public Health Law: Power Duty, Restraint, 3rd Edition. This third edition reader includes discussions of today's most pressing health threats, such as chronic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, biosecurity, opioid overdose, gun violence, and health disparities"--Provided by publisher

"This book provides an understanding of how public organizations adapt to and manage situations characterized by fluidity, ambiguity, complexity and unclear technologies, thus exploring public governance in times of turbulence. An impressive selection of scholars present their research on governance in turbulent times and explore how public organizations adapt flexibly in turbulent situations. The editors introduce a diverse analytical toolkit contributing not only to an understanding of the role of complexity in public governance, but also suggesting how organizational formats may serve as usable design tools available to decision-makers in the pursuit of sustainable and responsible governance. Chapters explore a variety of topics and cases including artificial intelligence, antimicrobial resistance and sexuality education. Providing a broad coverage of empirical cases and a global outlook, this book will be an excellent read for scholars and practitioners in the political science and public administration, as well as policy makers with interests in governance, leadership and citizen engagement."--

An assessment of anti-vaccine: reasons and responses / Satesh Bidaisee, Sadik Uddin, Emmanuel Keku and Joav Merrick -- Public health issues -- Depression in the skies: An occupational health issue among pilots / Satesh Bidaisee, Abishek Bala and Sadik Uddin -- An assessment of mental health among refugee communities / Lefika Bathobakae, Maxwell Poirier, Titilope Saheed, Diem Quyng Nguyen and Satesh Bidaisee -- Environmental atrazine exposure and endocrine health: implications for rural communities in Midwestern United States / Erica Ray and Kerry Mitchell -- Communicable diseases in the Windward Islands in the Caribbean: a review of health status 1990-2016 / Lindonne Glasgow, Shawn Charles, Kenisha James and Christine Richards -- Measles outbreak 2019: Re-emergence in the United States -- James Jesongsub Lee, Prakash Ramdass and Angela Gomez -- Vaccine awareness for cervical cancer / Sadik Uddin, Avi Bahadoor-Yetman and Emmanuel Keku -- Efficacy of combination antimicrobial therapy and impact on emerging antimicrobial resistance: a twenty-five year systematic review / Rhett McKnight, Vanessa Zabala and Satesh Bidaisee -- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of diabetic patients at a clinic in Grenda: implications for HBA1c levels / Alisha R. Francis, Lindonne Glasgow, Lutz N. Amechi and Emmanuel Keku, Carnival bacchanal culture and the silent HIV risk among female Caribbean professionals / Shivaughn Hem-Lee-Forsyth -- Pet ownership and stress among university students / Maya Lantz, Maia P Smith and Satesh Bidaisee -- Quantification of antimicrobial prescribing practices within Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / Kathrine Lee-A-Ping, Jonathan Peters, Kordo Saeed, Matthew Dryden, Angela Gomez, and Prakash Ramdass -- Alcohol consumption and self-reported violence among secondary school aged children (12-16 years) in 14 Caribbean countries: a cross sectional study / Gerard St Cyr.