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Explores many different facets of sleepiness from the new Human Impact Assessment (HuIA) point of view
Describes concepts and methods in detail and discusses the latest empirical findings
Will assist both researchers and decision-makers in investigating and addressing sleep-related risks
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (31 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Regulation of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
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Sleep, Arousal and Performance
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Sleepiness and HuIA
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Sleepiness and 24-h Society: Social Life
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Sleepiness and 24-h Society: Workplace
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About this book
The World Health Organization supports tools and initiatives in Health Impact Assessment to dynamically improve health and well-being across different sectors. Human Impact Assessment (HuIA) is a relatively new concept. It describes an integrated process that encompasses both Health Impact Assessment and Social Impact Assessment and is used to anticipate the effects of programs, projects and decisions on human health and welfare. Sleep occupies approximately one-third of our lives, but its human impact remains largely unrecognized. The prevalence of excessive sleepiness is recognized to be increasing in industrialized societies. Without doubt, sleepiness and fatigue have high costs in terms of both lives lost and socioeconomic impact. For example, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that up to 4% of all fatal crashes are caused by drowsy drivers and that as many as 100,000 deaths per year in the United States may be due to fatigue-related medical errors.
Sleepiness and Human Impact Assessment provides a uniquely comprehensive exploration of many different facets of sleepiness in our 24-hour society from the new HuIA point of view. Among the covered issues are the physiology and pathophysiology of sleep, its relationship to daytime alertness, fatigue and drugs, the relevance of sleep-related fatigue in various occupational settings and public safety. This book will be of assistance to physicians, occupational health professionals, ergonomists, researchers and decision-makers as they strive to understand the full significance of sleepiness and to create a culture of accountability in everyday life without sleep-related risks.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“This is a comprehensive analysis of sleepiness in a 24-hour society from the perspective of a new WHO concept of Human Impact Assessment. … The audience includes physicians, occupational health professionals, researchers, and policy makers. … This is a timely contribution to the field of sleep medicine. It examines sleepiness from the perspective of Human Impact Assessment and will help guide therapeutic decisions for practitioners and formulation of social and public health policies by decision makers.” (M. Isabel L. Crisostomo, Doody’s Book Reviews, September, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Neuroscience,Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology,Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), Centre of Sleep Medicine, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
Sergio Garbarino
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Department of Neurosciences, Centre of Sleep Medicine, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
Lino Nobili
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Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Giovanni Costa
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sleepiness and Human Impact Assessment
Editors: Sergio Garbarino, Lino Nobili, Giovanni Costa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5388-5
Publisher: Springer Milano
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Italia 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5387-8Published: 24 April 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-88-470-5868-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-88-470-5388-5Published: 08 April 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 329
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Public Health, Neurosciences, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention