While the focus of this column is to highlight new publications, the following are books published in 2000 that have only recently come to our attention. Descriptions are based on material provided by publishers.
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This book reflects both the scope and depth of challenges in global health and the dynamic nature of the field. By emphasizing diseases, programs, health systems and health policies, "International Public Health" helps readers understand the wide range of global public health issues and the various approaches nations adopt to deal with them.
"The Handbook of Children and the Media" brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars from around the world to summarize the current scope of research on children and the media, suggest directions for future research, and underscore policy and practical implications. In addition to the "traditional" media of television, film and advertising, "new media" such as the Internet and video games are also included.
This how-to guide contains more than 100 activities and games that parents, teachers and other adults can use to stimulate the imagination and sense of play in children between the ages of 2 and 5. Along with these games, the authors describe the importance of imaginative play during the early years, including its contribution to happiness and self-confidence, and its vital role in the development of cognitive, emotional, social, creative and physical skills.
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International Public Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies
Dr. Michael Merson, Chair
and the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, with Robert E. Black
and Anne J. Mills
(Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2000)
Handbook of Children
and the Media
Dorothy G. Singer, Senior Research
Scientist/Scholar of Psychology
and at the Child Study Center,
and Jerome L. Singer, Professor
of Psychology and at the Child Study Center, and Co-Director of the Family Television Research Center
(Sage Publications, 2000)
Make-Believe:
Games and Activities
for Imaginative Play
Dorothy G. Singer, Senior Research
Scientist/Scholar of Psychology
and at the Child Study Center,
and Jerome L. Singer, Professor
of Psychology and at the Child Study Center, and Co-Director of the Family Television Research Center
(American Psychological Association, 2000)
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