ECOHEALTH Research in Practice
Innovative Applications of an Ecosystem Approach to Health
Dominique F. Charron, Editor
International Development Research Centre, 2012
Available online as PDF file [305p.] at: http://bit.ly/so4gkn
“….The ultimate objective of ecohealth research and practice is to develop environmentally sustainable, community-based interventions to improve the health of affected communities. Much success has resulted from the incorporation of community transformation and empowerment as key project objectives. In some cases, the participation of government health services has guided the design of interventions suitable for adoption by health programs. However, besides the relatively successful examples of six projects (in Ecuador, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Nepal, and Tanzania) presented in this book, project outcomes often have limited direct influence on transforming health programs and even more limited influence on health policy.
In this book, the inclusion of projects with variable influence on health policy offers the opportunity to examine both the suitability and scope of the proposed interventions and the nature of the external factors that influence their adoption by health services….”
Content:
1 Ecohealth: Origins and Approach
Part I Linking Human Health and Well-Being to Changing Rural Agro-Ecosystems
2 Introduction
3 Growing Healthy Communities: Farmer Participatory Research to Improve Child Nutrition, Food Security, and Soils in
4 Tackling Challenges to Farmers’ Health and Agro-Ecosystem Sustainability in Highland
5 Coping with Environmental and Health Impacts in a Floricultural Region of
6 Dietary Diversity in
Part II Natural Resources, Ecosystems, Pollution, and Health
7 Introduction
8 An Ecosystem Study of Manganese Mining in
9 Ecohealth Research for Mitigating Health Risks of Stone Crushing and Quarrying,
10 A Virtuous Cycle in the Amazon: Reducing Mercury Exposure from Fish Consumption Requires Sustainable Agriculture
11 Impacts on Environmental Health of Small-Scale Gold Mining in
Part III Poverty, Ecosystems, and Vector-Borne Diseases
12 Introduction
13 Malaria Research and Management Need Rethinking:
14 An Ecosystem Approach for the Prevention of Chagas Disease in Rural
15 Preventing Dengue at the Local Level in
16 Eco-Bio-Social Research on Dengue in Asia: General Principles and a Case Study from
Part IV Building Community Health into City Living
17 Introduction
18 Rebuilding Urban Ecosystems for Better Community
19 Understanding Water, Understanding Health: The Case of
20 Water, Wastes, and Children’s Health in Low-Income Neighbourhoods of Yaoundé
Part V Building a New Field
21 Better Together: Field-Building Networks at the Frontiers of Ecohealth Research
22 Ecohealth Research in Practice
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