| Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth Contributor(s): Mendenhall, Emily (Editor), Koon, Adam (Editor), Brown, Peter J. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0826351662 ISBN-13: 9780826351661 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - General |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| LCCN: 2012011062 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (1.30 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Andrew woke up with a guinea worm coming out of his foot as a result of drinking unsafe water a year previously. Anjali awoke with a cough because smoke from kilns filled her dilapidated home. Tyler stayed home from school because he had a stomachache from eating bad beef. The stories, most set in poor communities, draw attention to the effects of air, water, food, climate, urbanization, and other human impacts on health. A comprehensive teaching guide provides a context from which readers can explore problems and solutions in environmental health. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mendenhall, Emily: - Emily Mendenhall, a medical anthropologist, is the editor of Global Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth (UNM Press, 2009) and founding director of Global Health Narratives for Change (www.ghn4c.org). Koon, Adam: -Adam Koon works in global health program management and research. Lately he has been working on guinea worm and polio eradication campaigns in South Sudan and India. |