Full Description
This book provides an overview of health behaviour intervention priorities in LMICs. It covers the most important health risks or problems in LMICs including childhood and maternal under-nutrition, other diet-related risk factors and physical inactivity, sexual and reproductive health, addictive substances, road traffic injury and violence, common mental health risk, parasitic infections and environmental risks. For all these health risks, health behaviour interventions are comprehensively described, with application to LMICs.
Contents
Preface; Global health risks; Global health behaviour interventions; Childhood & maternal under-nutrition (underweight, iron deficiency, vitamin A deficiency, zinc deficiency, suboptimal breast feeding); Other diet-related risk factors & physical inactivity (high blood pressure, high blood glucose, high cholesterol, overweight & obesity, low fruit & vegetable intake, physical inactivity); Sexual & reproductive health (unsafe sex, lack of contraception); Addictive substances (tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs); Road traffic injury & violence; Common mental health risk (depression, anxiety disorders); Parasitic infections (malaria, helminth infection); Environmental risks (Unsafe water, sanitation & hygiene, urban air pollution, indoor smoke from solid fuels, lead exposure, climate change); Glossary; Index.NER(01): GB IE
