Author

Hoffman-Goetz, Laurie

Donelle, Lorie

Ahmed, Ruksana

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.

Publication Date

2014

Physical Description

Paperback, 248 p.,ill.

Subject

Patient Education

Patient-Health Care Practitioner Relations. Doctor-Patient Relations.

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

Why do we need health literacy? Through a health promotion and social justice lens, Laurie Hoffman-Goetz, Lorie Donelle, and Rukhsana Ahmed describe health literacy as an increasingly important determinant of health and highlight the necessity of health literacy skills for ensuring equitable access to health care information and services. This core text offers a critical examination of how culture, ethnicity, social media applications, and the literacy and digital divides affect individuals? ability to secure health information, services, and support. Health Literacy in Canada will inform the way we respond to public health issues in Canada and around the world. This pedagogically rich and highly accessible text is ideal for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in public health, health promotion, health communication, risk communication and perception, and gerontology.

ISBN

9781551305592

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF IA 850 HOF 2014

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Author

Leung, Donald, Y.M.

Sampson, Hugh A.

Geha, Raif S.

Szefler, Stanley J.

Place of Publication

[St. Louis, MO]

Publisher

Mosby, Inc.

Publication Date

2003

Physical Description

Hardcover: 832 pages

Subject

Allergies

Immune System/Immune System Diseases-Symptoms

Drug Allergies

Food Allergies

Asthma

Skin. Skin Diseases

UBC MD Undergrad

Abstract

Contents: Epidemiology of allergic diseases; Natural history of allergic diseases and asthma; Genetics of allergic disease and asthma; Regulation and biology of immunoglobulin E; Inflammatory effector cells/cell migration; Developing immune system and allergy; Approach to the child wtih recurrent infections; Antibody deficiency; T-Cell immunodeficiencies; Pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection; Complement deficiencies; White blood cell defects; Rheumatic diseases of childhood: Therapeutic principles; Autoimmune diseases; Autoimmune lymphoprolifitive syndrome; Epstein-Barr virus infections; Intravenous immune serum globulin therapy; Bone marrow transplantation; Immunizations; Gene therapy and allergy; Stem cell therapeutics: An overview; Laboratory (in vitro) analyses; In vivo testing for immunoglobulin E-mediated sensitivity; Outdoor allergens; Indoor allergens; Environmental control; Immunotherapy for allergic disease; Allergic rhinitis; Otitis media; Sinusitis; Chronic cough; Immunology of the asthmatic response; Guidelines for treatment of asthma; Functional assessment of asthma; Infections and asthma; Special considerations for infants and young children; Inner city asthma; Asthma in older children; Asthma education programs for children; Asthma and the athlete; Refractory childhood asthma: New insight into the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management; Promoting adherence and effective self-management in patients with asthma; New directions in asthma management; Mucosal immunity: An overview; Evaluation of food allergy; Approach to feeding problems in the infant and young child; Prevention and natural history of food allergy; Enterocolitis, proctocolitis, and gastroenteritis, and proctocolitis; Food allergy, respiratory disease, and anaphylaxis; Atopic dermatitis and food hypersensitivity; Management of food allergy; Atopic dermatitis; Urticaria and angiodema; Contact dermatitis; Allergic and immunologic eye disease; Drug allergy; Latex allergy; Insect sting anaphylaxis; General treatment of anaphylasis.

ISBN

0323018025

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF FF 400 LEU 2003

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