Dermatology in Public Health Environments: A Comprehensive Textbook

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.

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).