Overview
- Covers adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
- Aids in the identification of evidence informed adolescent health care practices
- Focuses on nutritional and reproductive health in the MENA region
Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Health Geography (GPHG)
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About this book
This 2-volumeset focuses on adolescent health in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), and presents the latest research on the health risk behaviours and social behaviours that adolescents from the MENA region engage in. While there has been a surge in peer-reviewed research publications on population health in the MENA region in the last couple of decades, very few books offer a resource to address the diverse negative influences that disproportionately affect adolescents and children in the MENA region, including increased tobacco consumption culture, low emphasis on physical activity, increased sedentary behaviours, weak health policies, and societal issues related to displacement and political conflicts. These books offer a synthesis of current knowledge on adolescent health issues in the MENA region, and aim to provide evidence-informed adolescent health care practices that address current issues related to mental, physical, reproductive and nutritional health.
Volume 2 focuses on nutritional and reproductive health in the MENA region, predictive modelling of obesity, determinants of sexual and oral health, HIV, and diabetes. The study will aid health care professionals, policy makers, government organizations and health program planners to assess current policies and practices related to adolescent health in the MENA region, and to identify the best courses of action moving forward.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Introduction
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Determinants of Adolescent Health in the MENA
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Epidemiology of Adolescent Health in the MENA
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Rania Dghaim is an Associate Professor at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates.
Dr. Fatme Al Anouti is an Associate Professor at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adolescent Health in the Middle East and North Africa
Book Subtitle: An Epidemiological Perspective
Editors: Caroline Barakat, Rania Dghaim, Fatme Al Anouti
Series Title: Global Perspectives on Health Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92107-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92106-4Published: 19 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92109-5Published: 20 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92107-1Published: 18 May 2022
Series ISSN: 2522-8005
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 199
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geography, general, Human Geography, Health Care Management