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Tipping points : modelling social problems and health
Auflage
1st ed
Ort / Verlag
Chichester, [England] : Wiley,
Erscheinungsjahr
2015
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
The smoking epidemic -- Generalised compartmental modelling of health epidemics -- Stochastic modelling for compartmental systems applied to social problems -- Women and smoking in the north east of England -- Mathematical modelling in healthcare -- Tipping points in cardiac surgical performance -- Heart online uncertainty and stability estimation -- Stents, blood flow, and pregnancy -- Tipping points in social dynamics -- From five key questions to a system sociology theory -- Complexity in spatial dynamics -- Conformity bias and catastrophic social change -- The resilience of tipping points -- Psychological perspectives on risk and resilience -- Tipping points and uncertainty in health & health care systems.
This book focuses on the modelling of contemporary health and social problems, especially those considered a major burden to communities, governments and taxpayers, such as smoking, alcoholism, drug use, and heart disease. Based on a series of papers presented at a recent conference hosted by the Leverhulme-funded Tipping Points project at the University of Durham, this book illustrates a broad range of modelling approaches. Such a diverse collection demonstrates that an interdisciplinary approach is essential to modelling tipping points in health and social problems, and the assessment of as