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Dermatology in Public Health Environments

A Comprehensive Textbook

  • Highlights the importance of understanding the impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life of dermatological diseases
  • There is a lack of reference works on the interface between dermatology and public health – this book fill that gap
  • Authors from around the world contribute to this high-quality book
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (74 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
  2. Dermatology in Public Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Concepts of Relevants Diseases in Public Health

      • João Luiz Bastos, Rodrigo Pereira Duquia, Jeovany Martínez-Mesa
      Pages 3-8
    3. International Public Health Strategies in Dermatology

      • Antonio Carlos Gerbase, Gabriel Roman, Charifa Zemouri
      Pages 9-28
    4. The User of the Public Dermatology Service

      • Heitor de Sá Gonçalves, Maria Araci de Andrade Pontes, Gerson Oliveira Penna
      Pages 29-37
    5. Impact of Preventive Campaigns in Dermatology: A Brazilian Experience

      • Maria Leide Wand-Del-Rey de Oliveira
      Pages 39-58
  3. Dermatologic Diseases in Public Health: Cutaneous Infectious

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. Hanseniasis

      • Letícia Maria Eidt
      Pages 61-85
    3. Tuberculosis

      • Josemir Belo dos Santos, Cláudia Elise Ferraz, Matilde Campos Carrera Thouvenin, Vanessa Lucília Silveira de Medeiros
      Pages 87-117
    4. Other Mycobacterioses

      • Josemir Belo dos Santos, Márcia Helena de Oliveira, Perla Gomes da Silva, Vanessa Lucília Silveira de Medeiros
      Pages 119-138
    5. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

      • Walter Belda Jr.
      Pages 139-156
    6. Bacterial Infections

      • Giancarlo Bessa
      Pages 157-172
    7. Viral Infections

      • Andre Avelino Costa Beber, Ana Maria Benvegnú, Lia Natália Diehl Dallazem, Luiza Nunes Lages
      Pages 173-227
    8. Fungal Infections

      • Raíssa Londero Chemello, Rafaella Daboit Castagna, Taciana Cappelletti, Juliana Mazzoleni Stramari
      Pages 229-270
    9. Parasitic and Protozoal Infections

      • Carolina Talhari, Sílvia Nakajima, Bernardo Gontijo
      Pages 271-294
  4. Dermatologic Diseases in Public Health: Neoplasias

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
    2. Precursor Lesions of Skin Cancer

      • Majoriê Mergen Segatto, Eloísa Unfer Schmitt Botton
      Pages 297-318
    3. Basal Cell Carcinoma

      • Roberto Gomes Tarlé, Wagner Bertolini, Luciano José Biasi, José Roberto Toshio Shibue
      Pages 319-327
    4. Squamous Cell Carcinoma

      • Roberto Gomes Tarlé, Wagner Bertolini, Luciano José Biasi, José Roberto Toshio Shibue
      Pages 329-340
    5. Melanoma

      • Thais Corsetti Grazziotin, Louise Lovatto, Felice Riccardi, Antônio Dal Pizzol, Alexei Peter dos Santos
      Pages 341-366

About this book

This book provides a reference guide in the field of dermatology, presenting and discussing its interface with public health.

Dermatological diseases are extremely common in populations around the globe, and the systematization of knowledge about these dermatoses and their relationships with different epidemiological factors may help us to understand the challenges that governments and private institutions face and must try to overcome in order to improve global health. Undergraduate and graduate students, dermatologists and general practitioners who study and / or work in the area will find scientific support in this book, which is intended as a reference work for dermatological practice and public health.

The book has ten sections addressing carefully selected topics, including: 1. concepts in  dermatoepidemiology and the international strategies in programs of Public Health; 2-6. the most significant skin diseases (including dermatology in tropical medicine)

; 7. diseases that are not primarily dermatological, but have a high impact on public health and may have skin and mucosal manifestations; 8. a number of emerging issues in dermatology in public health; 9. clinical approaches (diagnosis and management) to common dermatological symptoms and 10. multidisciplinary approaches in dermatology.

The editors have brought together authors with extensive experience in their respective fields in order to provide a reference book for those involved in or with an interest in the relationship between dermatology and public health.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dermatology Service of Clinical, Hospital of Porto Alegre, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Renan Rangel Bonamigo

  • Health Secretary of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Sergio Ivan Torres Dornelles

About the editors

Renan Rangel Bonamigo: MD by Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil (UFCSPA, 1991), with Residency in Internal Medicine and Dermatology at the Clinical Hospital of Porto Alegre; Master and PhD in Medical Sciences by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, 1998; 2003). Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Dermatology (SBD, 1997) Qualification by the Brazilian Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1998). Former coordinator of the SBD Department of Skin Allergy (2007-2008). Associate Professor and Head of the Dermatology Service of UFCSPA. Advisor of the Graduate Program in Pathology of UFCSPA and Medical Residency Supervisor of Sanitary Dermatology Clinic of the Health Secretary of the Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Scientific Associate Editor of the Brazilian Annals of Dermatology. 

Sergio Ivan Torres Dornelles: MD by the UFRGS (1979). Residency in Dermatology at Sanitary Dermatology Ambulatory (SDA) - Department of Health of Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil (1979-1981). Board-certified dermatologist (1982) and member of Brazilian Society of Dermatology. Member of the Sanitary Dermatology Outpatient Clinic of SDA (since 2998) where he has also been involved as Supervisor of Dermatology Residency training program. Master in Medicine by UFRGS (2001). Former president of the Brazilian Society of Dermatology – Division of Rio Grande do Sul State (2005-2006).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dermatology in Public Health Environments

  • Book Subtitle: A Comprehensive Textbook

  • Editors: Renan Rangel Bonamigo, Sergio Ivan Torres Dornelles

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33919-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81631-9Published: 08 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33919-1Published: 26 January 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 1594

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 879 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Dermatology, Public Health, Epidemiology

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