William H Foege
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6066331 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | William H Foege |
| NOMBRES | William H |
| APELLIDO | Foege |
| FIRMA | FOEGE W H |
| AFILIACIONES | Emory University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 5 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1982 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Plagues
Plagues:Perceptions of Risk and Social Responses William H. Foege (bio) polybius taught us, over 2000 years ago, that the world is an organic whole,1 where everything affects everything. Plagues demonstrate that truth—crossing cultures, crossing time, but also joining cultures and time inextricably, influencing the births and deaths of people, careers, and nations. Indeed, in a recently overworked phrase, "plagues bend history." Perhaps rivaling …
Plague Revisited
Plague Revisited William Foege (bio) three decades ago, social research hosted a conference at the New School on plagues. My presentation was limited, centering on perceptions of risk and social responses. How has our response to the novel coronavirus incorporated what has been learned from previous experience? My earlier presentation (see p. 305, this issue) mentions how definitions change. Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary (1986) defined plague…
Positive and Negative Influences of Religion, Culture, and Tradition in Public Health
The Fears of the Rich, The Needs of the Poor
The End of a Global Pox
Reviewed by: The End of a Global Pox: America and the Eradication of Smallpox in the Cold War Era by Bob H. Reinhardt William Foege Bob H. Reinhardt. The End of a Global Pox: America and the Eradication of Smallpox in the Cold War Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. xvi + 268 pp. Ill. $39.95 (978-1-4696-2409-9). For thirty-five years, mentioning a lesson from smallpox eradication has sometimes been followed by, “But smallp…
Managing Newborn Health in the Global Community
The largest health disparities in the world are found in maternal and neonatal mortality figures between the industrialized countries and the poorest sections of the poorest countries. Young lives would be saved if the skills and knowledge that have been accumulated by health workers aroundthe world could be readily applied. The problems reside with lack of management resources rather than lack of scientific knowledge. The Healthy Newborn: A Refe…
Interview
Building support for tobacco control
Public health
Public health: moving from debt to legacy. W H FoegeCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.10.1276 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Ongoing Research to Improve Health Risk/Hazard Appraisal
Ongoing Research to Improve Health Risk/Hazard Appraisal William H. Foege Kenneth J. Rothman CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.72.9.1047 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Managing Newborn Health in the Global Community
The largest health disparities in the world are found in maternal and neonatal mortality figures between the industrialized countries and the poorest sections of the poorest countries. Young lives would be saved if the skills and knowledge that have been accumulated by health workers aroundthe world could be readily applied. The problems reside with lack of management resources rather than lack of scientific knowledge. The Healthy Newborn: A Refe…
Public health
Public health: moving from debt to legacy. W H FoegeCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.10.1276 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Positive and Negative Influences of Religion, Culture, and Tradition in Public Health
Ongoing Research to Improve Health Risk/Hazard Appraisal
Ongoing Research to Improve Health Risk/Hazard Appraisal William H. Foege Kenneth J. Rothman CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.72.9.1047 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Public health
Public health: moving from debt to legacy. W H FoegeCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.77.10.1276 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Building support for tobacco control
Interview
Managing Newborn Health in the Global Community
The largest health disparities in the world are found in maternal and neonatal mortality figures between the industrialized countries and the poorest sections of the poorest countries. Young lives would be saved if the skills and knowledge that have been accumulated by health workers aroundthe world could be readily applied. The problems reside with lack of management resources rather than lack of scientific knowledge. The Healthy Newborn: A Refe…
The End of a Global Pox
Reviewed by: The End of a Global Pox: America and the Eradication of Smallpox in the Cold War Era by Bob H. Reinhardt William Foege Bob H. Reinhardt. The End of a Global Pox: America and the Eradication of Smallpox in the Cold War Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. xvi + 268 pp. Ill. $39.95 (978-1-4696-2409-9). For thirty-five years, mentioning a lesson from smallpox eradication has sometimes been followed by, “But smallp…
The Fears of the Rich, The Needs of the Poor
Positive and Negative Influences of Religion, Culture, and Tradition in Public Health
Plagues
Plagues:Perceptions of Risk and Social Responses William H. Foege (bio) polybius taught us, over 2000 years ago, that the world is an organic whole,1 where everything affects everything. Plagues demonstrate that truth—crossing cultures, crossing time, but also joining cultures and time inextricably, influencing the births and deaths of people, careers, and nations. Indeed, in a recently overworked phrase, "plagues bend history." Perhaps rivaling …
Plague Revisited
Plague Revisited William Foege (bio) three decades ago, social research hosted a conference at the New School on plagues. My presentation was limited, centering on perceptions of risk and social responses. How has our response to the novel coronavirus incorporated what has been learned from previous experience? My earlier presentation (see p. 305, this issue) mentions how definitions change. Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary (1986) defined plague…
Medicine (7 obras) · Environmental health (5 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Public health (3 obras) · Zoonotic diseases and public health (3 obras) · Business (2 obras) · History (2 obras) · Nursing (2 obras) · Political science (2 obras) · Public Health Policies and Education (2 obras)