Applied Demography and Public Health in the 21st Century

This book demonstrates different statistical techniques for analyzing health-related data as well as providing new techniques for forecasting and/or projecting the incidence of diseases/disorders. It presents information on a variety of health related issues from the developed and developing world....

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Hoque, M. Nazrul (Editor), Pecotte, Beverly (Editor), McGehee, Mary A. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesApplied Demography Series, 8
Subjects
Social sciences.
Public health.
Statistics.
Population.
Demography.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319436883
ISSN2352-376X ;
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-43688-3
Physical DescriptionXIII, 421 p. 49 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: M. Nazrul Hoque, Beverly Pecotte, and Mary A. McGehee
  • Section I: Mortality and Morbidity Trends in Developed Countries: Chapter 2: Are Americans Getting Sicker? An Analysis of Emerging Morbidity Trends: Richard K. Thomas
  • Chapter 3: Reproductive Health Policy Variability among the States over Time: Implications of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 for Health Researchers: Monica Gaughan and Georgia Michlig
  • Chapter 4: The Impact of Personality Change on Health among a Diverse Sample of Older Americans: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study: Latrica E. Best
  • Chapter 5: Does social engagement predict frailty and mortality in the older population?: Yumiko Kamiya and Rose Anne Kenny
  • Chapter 6: Predictors of Exceptional Longevity: Gender Differences in Effects of Early-Life and Middle Conditions: Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova
  • Chapter 7: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Exploring Racial/Ethnic Differences using New Data from Birth and Death Certificates: Sally C. Curtin and Donna L. Hoyert
  • Chapter 8: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality, 1990 to 2004:Low Birth Weight, Maternal Complications and Other Causes: Ginny Garcia and Hyeyoung Woo
  • Chapter 9: Black-White Mortality Differentials at Old-Age: New Evidence from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study: Duygu Başaran Şahin and Frank W. Heiland
  • Chapter 10: Healthcare Utilization as a source of Health Disparities among U. S. Male Immigrants: Jen'nan Ghazal Read and E. Paige Borelli
  • Chapter 11: Activity Limitation Disparities by Sexual Minority Status, Gender, and Union Status: Russell Spiker, Corinne Reczek, and Hui Liu
  • Chapter 12: The relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and preschool obesity: Susan L. Alvertt and Erin K. Fletcher
  • Chapter 13: Prevalence and Elimination of Childhood Lead Poisoning in Illinois, 1996-2012: Frida D. Fokum, Mohammed Shahidullah, Emile Jorgensen, and Helen Binns
  • Chapter 14: A Demographic Analysis of the Health Care Status of Children from LGBT Household: Zelma Tuthill
  • Section II: Mortality and Morbidity in Developing Countries: Chapter 15: Implications of Age Structural Transition and Longevity Improvement on Healthcare Spending in India: Preeti Dhillon and Laishram Ladusing
  • Chapter 16: Impact of Scale-up of Maternal and Delivery Care on Reductions in Neonatal Mortality in USAID MCH Priority Countries, 2000-2010: Rebecca Winter, Thomsa Pullum, Lia Florey, and Steve Hodgins
  • Chapter 17: HIV/AIDS: A Survey of Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behavior in Post War Liberia: Komanduri S. Murty
  • Chapter 18: Effects of Childhood and Current Socioeconomic Status on Health among Older adults in low and middle-income Countries: An analysis of WHO-SAGE data: Y.Selvamani, P.Arokiasamy and Uttamacharya
  • Chapter 19: Effects of Selected Socio-demographic Variables on Fertility among Diabetic Patients in Bangladesh: Md. Obaidur Rahman, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Clyde McNeil and M. Korban Ali
  • Chapter 20: Behavioral or Biological: Taking a closer Look at the Relationship between HIV and Fertility: Mahmud, Ayesha S. Mahmud
  • Chapter 21: Global patterns of multimorbidity: a comparison of 28 countries using the World Health Surveys: Sara Afshar, Paul J Roderick, Paul Kowal, Borislav D Dimitrov, and Allan G Hill
  • Chapter 22: Does father's education make a difference on child mortality? Result from Benin DHS data using conditional logit discrete-time model: Fortuné Sossa , Mira Johri, and Thomas LeGrand. .

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