Book chapters

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Mental Health in Pandemics - Chapter 1: Mental health impact of COVID-19 and machine learning applications in combating mental disorders: a review

Elsevier,

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Mental Health in Pandemics
A Computational Approach
2022, Pages 1-51

This chapter provides a systematic review of the current literature investigating COVID-19's impact on mental well-being, as well as studies that explore machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to detect and treat mental illnesses when traditional therapies are unavailable due to lockdown and social distancing norms imposed.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Reference Module in Food Science – Food Security

Elsevier,

Reference Module in Food Science, 2022

Food security is achieved when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 2: Zero hunger

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Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture, Global

Indigenous People and Nature - Chapter 8 - Functions of social work on integration of the indigenous population into society

Elsevier,

Indigenous People and Nature, Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability, 2022, Pages 199-216

The indigenous peoples make a lasting impact on the society and people through their activities such as protection of the ecosystem, agriculture, and the maintenance of ethnic origin; these people are faced with many risks regarding health, sanitation, water, climate change, and pandemic. The chapter aims to determine the integration of the indigenous population into society and the functions of social work in this regard.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Biodiversity and ecosystems; Disaster risk reduction; Indigenous Rights, Global

Indigenous People and Nature - Chapter 7 - Livelihood constraints of indigenous people exposed to climatic hazards

Elsevier,

Indigenous People and Nature, Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability, 2022, Pages 171-197

Understanding livelihood vulnerability to hydrometeorological hazards is a crucial challenge for policymakers to create a clear foundation for vulnerable coastal residents. Using microlevel livelihood vulnerability research employing LVI and Socioeconomic Vulnerability Index, this chapter measures the magnitude of indigenous peoples' vulnerability to the detrimental consequences of hydrometeorological hazards on socioeconomic conditions.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Tags:

Disaster risk reduction; Health and population; Sustainable cities and human settlements; Livelihood, Global

Indigenous People and Nature: Chapter 1 - Indigenous people activities on ecosystems and sustainable development- a paradigm shift

Elsevier,

Indigenous People and Nature, Insights for Social, Ecological, and Technological Sustainability, 2022, Pages 3-27

This chapter provides a comprehensive strategy to assess ecological systems’ involvement in indigenous wellbeing, signifying how natural systems are intertwined with people’s communal, economic, and cultural environments, along with their skills.
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SDG:

Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Sustainable cities and human settlements; Indigenous Rights, Global

Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development Volume 2: Social, Economic, and Health Disparities of Rural Women: Chapter 1 - Rural women’s health disparities

Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development Volume 2: Social, Economic, and Health Disparities of Rural Women, 2022, Pages 1-42

This chapter advances the UN SDG Goal 3: Good Health, Goal 5: Gender Equity, and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by highlighting social determinants like gender inequality, starvation, nonavailability of basic nutrients, etc. are described in detail, on the basis of social exclusion, disparity, aging issues, domestic violence, and health problem like obstetric and reproduction.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities; Goal 5: Gender equality

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion; Livelihood, Global

Kanski's Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology (Fourth edition) - Chapter 15: Hereditary Fundus Dystrophies

Elsevier,

Kanski's Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology (Fourth edition)
2023, Pages 289-303

This content links with Goal 3: Good health and well-being and Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities by providing insight on a group of inherited disorders that have an effect on the RPE-photoreceptor complex and choriocapillaris, causing a range of symptoms and in many cases gradual visual loss.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development, V2 – Chapter 4. Nutrition issues and maternal health

Elsevier,

Healthcare Strategies and Planning for Social Inclusion and Development, Volume 2: Social, Economic, and Health Disparities of Rural Women, 2022, Pages 115-158

This chapter focuses on how good quality foods prevent malnutrition in all its forms.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 10: Reduced inequalities

Tags:

Food security and nutrition and sustainable agriculture; Health and population, Global

Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression Road to Novel Therapeutics - Chapter 13: Ketamine/esketamine for treatment-resistant depression

Elsevier,

Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression
Road to Novel Therapeutics
2022, Pages 205-219

This chapter briefly reviews the history of ketamine, explores proposed mechanisms of action, outlines data pertaining to efficacy and safety, and considers “real-world” usage and the challenges to implementation.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression Road to Novel Therapeutics - Chapter 1: Defining treatment-resistant depression, difficult-to-treat depression, and staging treatment intensity

Elsevier,

Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression
Road to Novel Therapeutics
2022, Pages 1-12

This chapter clearly defines “treatment-resistant depression (TRD)” and “difficult-to-treat depression (DTD)" to help clinicians to understand how to treat patients with depression.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

Tags:

Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

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