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Maritime Psychology : Research in Organizational & Health Behavior at Sea
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ISBN: 9783319454306 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This first-of-its-kind volume assembles current research on psychosocial issues and behavioral and safety concerns inherent in life and careers at sea. Focusing mainly on the commercial maritime transport sector, it sets out the basic concepts of maritime psychology in the contexts of health and occupational psychology and illustrates more expansive applications across nautical domains. A systems perspective and detailed case studies spotlight unique challenges to mariners’ work performance, personal and environmental health and safety; it also provides support for psychometric assessment of seafarers, and describes emerging uses for the healing properties of the sea and sailing. The book is a springboard for continued research and practice development, further interaction between psychology and the maritime world, and the continued broadening and deepening of the field. Among the topics covered: · Positive psychology and wellbeing at sea. · Transferring learning across safety critical industries. · Occupational stress in seafarers. · The psychology of ship architecture and design. · Motion sickness susceptibility and management at sea. · Risk communication during a maritime disaster. Written with clarity and nuance reflecting the vastness of marine experience, Maritime Psychology will be of interest to lecturers, researchers, and students of occupational and health psychology and maritime science, and to social and health scientists and practitioners in these and related fields. .


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Disability & international development : towards inclusive global health
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ISBN: 1489984771 0387938435 9786612290671 1282290673 0387938400 Year: 2009 Publisher: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer,

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Disability and International Development Towards Inclusive Global Health Edited by Malcolm MacLachlan & Leslie Swartz One of the greatest challenges facing modern global health is how to include the most marginalized and impoverished people in international efforts to promote social and economic development. In Disability and International Development disability rights are situated within the broader context of global health and the need for much greater inter-sector collaboration. Reports from a broad cross-section of low- and middle-income countries—locales as diverse as Zimbabwe, Bolivia, Kyrgyzstan, and Papua New Guinea—move beyond surface discussions of "what is working" and "what shows promise" to discuss political and governance contexts, the roles of people with disabilities in research by outsiders, concurrent struggles (e.g., women’s or children’s rights), and instructive inroads made by community activists and national Disabled People’s Organizations. The results are provocative, and offer new lenses for viewing both the issues and the populations they affect. Each of the book’s chapters spotlights a topic as representative of the enormity and immediacy of challenges to inclusive global health, including: The impact of international human rights law on domestic law and local traditions. The effect of failed states on the lives of people with disabilities. Empowerment and advocacy: disability organizations and movements. HIV/AIDS interventions with disabled persons. Assistive technologies in low-income countries. Strategies for improving the lives of children with disabilities. Cross-disciplinary as well as cross-cultural, Disability and International Development will attract a wide audience of professionals in rehabilitation, social welfare and human rights; governmental and non-governmental organizations and disabled people’s organizations; researchers and practitioners. It will also be relevant to those working in health and welfare administration, health policy, international aid and development, and human rights. In addition, graduate students in disability studies, public and global health and international development should find this an important guide to the future of these fields.

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Medicine. --- People with disabilities. --- Social Science. --- World health. --- People with disabilities --- World health --- Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms --- Population Characteristics --- Quality of Health Care --- Sociology --- Research --- International Cooperation --- Persons --- Evaluation Studies as Topic --- Methods --- Investigative Techniques --- Internationality --- Named Groups --- Science --- Health Care --- Social Sciences --- Health Services Administration --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Program Evaluation --- Socioeconomic Factors --- Research Design --- Developing Countries --- Disabled Persons --- Public Health --- Social Welfare & Social Work --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Public Health - General --- Disabilities --- Global health --- International health --- Cripples --- Disabled --- Disabled people --- Disabled persons --- Handicapped --- Handicapped people --- Individuals with disabilities --- People with physical disabilities --- Persons with disabilities --- Physically challenged people --- Physically disabled people --- Physically handicapped --- Public health. --- Health promotion. --- Health administration. --- Rehabilitation. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Public Health. --- Health Administration. --- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. --- Public health --- Medical geography --- Sociology of disability --- International cooperation --- Practice of medicine. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Medical practice --- Practice of medicine --- Physician practice acquisitions --- Health Workforce --- Health promotion programs --- Health promotion services --- Promotion of health --- Wellness programs --- Preventive health services --- Health education --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Entwicklungsländer --- Public health administration. --- Health administration --- Health care administration --- Health sciences administration --- Medical care --- Health services administration --- Administration

Enabling technologies : body image and body function
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ISBN: 9780702036477 0702036471 0443072477 9780443072475 9780443072475 Year: 2004 Publisher: New York Churchill Livingstone

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Psychology of aid
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ISBN: 0415142075 1138865737 1280140720 0203978943 1134767102 9780203978948 9786610140725 6610140723 9780415142076 9781134767052 9781134767090 9781134767106 9781138865730 Year: 1998 Publisher: London Routledge

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Psychology of Aid provides an original, psychological approach to development studies, focusing as it does on the social aspects of aid and the motivational foundations. Designed as a practical tool for looking at development projects in a new and structured way, the authors bring many of the social aspects of development and aid together in one book; from the needs of the Northern donor to the public tensions between Third World host and foreign development agencies.

Psychoprosthetics
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ISBN: 128113418X 9786611134181 1846289807 1846289793 1849966915 Year: 2008 Publisher: London : Springer-Verlag London Limited,

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Psychoprosthetics is the study of the psychological aspects of prosthetic use and of rehabilitative processes in those conditions that require the use of prosthetic devices. For people with limb loss, the fitting of a prosthesis can give rise to a variety of issues from functional rehabilitation to quality of life, well-being, participation in society and cosmetic satisfaction. As prosthetic technology continues to become more sophisticated and advanced, there is an onus on those who work with prosthetic users, to be aware of the impact of prosthetics on the ways in which people understand and construct their realities and their attempts to cope with and relate to them. However, despite the broad and increasing interest in psychosocial aspects of prosthetic use and rehabilitation, to date there has not been a complete volume on the topic – this book now addresses that need. Psychoprosthetics brings together the most recent and exciting research and knowledge in this new field into one easily accessible volume. It contributes to a better understanding of the complex human dynamics involved in prosthetic use and provides an analysis of the practice, research and theory in the field of psychoprosthetics. Written by some of the leading experts to the field, this informative and cutting-edge text will be of relevance to students, practitioners and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including prosthetics and orthotics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, rehabilitation medicine, engineering, nursing and psychology.

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