Emerging issues in public health

This book discusses the prevalence of childhood trauma, how it affects children and adolescents, the long-term damage it can cause, and the urgent need for solutions to the problem.

"Explores how cell phone users are being manipulated into touching their phones up to five thousand times a day and the effects this activity is having on brain function, emotional well-being, and relationships"--OCLC.

Discusses the public health crisis of lead contamination, including how dangerous it is, how serious the problem is, and what is being done about it.

An exploration of opioid abuse, covering its roots, the human toll of opioid addiction, how it is policed, treatments, and more.

"Explores how cell phone users are being manipulated into touching their phones up to five thousand times a day and the effects this activity is having on brain function, emotional well-being, and relationships"--OCLC.

"Only since the 1990s have researchers and health officials known about the alarmingly high prevalence of childhood trauma, and the harm it can cause. Trauma during childhood has been associated with numerous mental disorders and physical illnesses among children, adolescents, and adults, and a growing number of experts are calling it a public health crisis. The prevalence of childhood trauma is covered, as is how it affects children and adolescents, the long-term damage it can cause, and the urgent need for solutions to the problem"--Provided by publisher.

"More than one hundred people die from gunshot injuries every day, and the rate of gunshot deaths and injuries keeps climbing every year. Gun Violence looks at the contributing factors behind this public health crisis and uses anecdotes and first-person accounts to explore the short--and long-term effects it is having on survivors, the wounded, and society as a whole"--Amazon.