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2020., ReferencePoint Press Call No: 616.85 STE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Emerging issues in public healthSummary Note: There is mounting scientific evidence that the round-the-clock bombardment of cell phone alerts and messages is affecting the physical and mental health of cell phone users. This title explores how cell phone users are being manipulated into touching their phones up to five thousand times a day and the effects this activity is having on brain function, emotional well-being, and relationships.
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2020., ReferencePoint Press Call No: 618.92 PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Emerging issues in public healthSummary Note: Only since the 1990s have researchers and health officials known about the alarmingly high prevalence of childhood trauma, and the harm it can cause. Trauma during childhood has been associated with numerous mental disorders and physical illnesses among children, adolescents, and adults, and a growing number of experts are calling it a public health crisis. The prevalence of childhood trauma is covered, as is how it affects children and adolescents, the long-term damage it can cause, and the urgent need for solutions to the problem.
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c2020., ReferencePoint Press Call No: 615.9 PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Emerging issues in public healthSummary Note: "Lead contamination got a massive amount of publicity after the 2014-2015 water crisis in Flint, Michigan because the lead-tainted water was poisoning children. Since then, there is much more awareness of what a dangerous metal lead is, and many experts consider lead contamination a public health crisis. Sources of lead contamination are covered, as is how dangerous it is to human health, how serious the problem is, and what is being done about it"--Provided by the publisher.
