The Public Health Library has the following new books available in print:
1. Cultural diversity in health and illness. By Rachel E Spector. Boston: Pearson, 2013.
Table of contents available at: http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b20413864~S1
Call number: RA418.5.T73 S64 2013.
2. The evolving threat of antimicrobial resistance: options for action. By World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2012.
Table of contents available at: http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b20230738~S1
Call number: QR177 .E96 2012.
Also available online at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2012/9789241503181_eng.pdf
3. Health communication message design: theory and practice. By Hyunyi Cho. Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE Publications, 2012.
Table of contents available at: http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b20415719~S1
Call number: RA423.2 .H423 2012.
and here are some new titles available online from the National Academies Press:
4. Research Progress on Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials. By Committee to Develop a Research Strategy for Environmental Studies and Toxicology; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (BCST); National Materials and Manufacturing Board (NMMB); Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS); Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS); National Research Council, 2013.
Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18475
(free registration required to download pdf)
5. Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities: Examples from Native Communities: Workshop Summar. By Karen M. Anderson and Steve Olson, Rapporteurs; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine, 2013.
Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18496
(free registration required to download pdf)
6. Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School. By Harold W. Kohl III and Heather D. Cook, Editors. Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment; Food and Nutrition Board (FNB); Institute of Medicine, 2013.
Available online at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18314
(free registration required to download pdf)
Please note that these books are only a small selection of what is newly available. If you are interested in checking out any book(s), submit a request using our online form and we will mail the book(s) to you.
You may also log into your web portal account to request book(s).
If you do not currently possess a UC Berkeley library card, you will need to apply for one before we can check out a book to you.