Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and PoliciesJones & Bartlett Learning, 2018 M08 31 - 958 páginas Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies, Fourth Edition brings together contributions from the world's leading authorities into a single comprehensive text. It thoroughly examines the wide range of global health challenges facing low- and middle-income countries today and the various approaches nations adopt to deal with them. These challenges include measurement of health status, infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, nutrition, reproductive health, global environmental health, and complex emergencies. The book also explores the financing and management of emerging health systems as well as the roles of nation states, international agencies, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations in promoting health. Designed for graduate-level students, this text provides an expansive view of today’s issues and challenges in global health and be an invaluable resource in the years to come. Updated throughout to reflect new and emerging issues, the Fourth Edition o |
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Assessment of Environmental Health Impacts and Risks | |
Health | |
Major Issues in Environmental Health | |
The Future of Environmental Health in an Unequal World | |
Conclusion | |
Acknowledgments | |
Complex Emergencies | |
Direct Public Health Impact of | |
Culture Behavior and Health | |
Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change | |
Common Features of Successful Health Communication | |
Use of a Focused Ethnographic Study | |
Global Health Human Rights and Ethics | |
Human Rights and Ethical | |
Global Health and Human Rights | |
The Challenge in Meeting the Right to Health | |
RightsBased Approach to Global Health | |
Case Studies in Global Health Human Rights and Ethics | |
Conclusions | |
Understanding and Acting on Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity | |
Conceptual Frameworks for Understanding Social | |
Addressing SDH Through Intersectoral Action | |
Implications for Health Systems and Services | |
Social Exclusion Social Agency and Power as a | |
Experiences of Extractive | |
Evaluating Action on the Social Determinants of Health | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
Reproductive Health | |
Demographic Trends and Fertility Determinants | |
Family Planning Programs | |
Impact of Reproductive Patterns on the Health | |
Impact of Reproductive Patterns on the Health of Women | |
Mechanisms to Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality | |
Contributors | |
Conclusion | |
Infectious Diseases | |
Control of Infectious Diseases | |
The Expanded | |
Enteric Infections and Acute Respiratory Infections | |
Bacterial Meningitis | |
Mycobacterial Infections | |
Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS | |
Viral Hepatitis | |
Malaria and Other ArthropodBorne Diseases | |
Zoonoses | |
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers | |
Infectious Causes of Blindness | |
Antimicrobial Resistance | |
Global Health Security Agenda | |
References | |
Nutrition | |
Causes of Malnutrition | |
Policies and Programs to Address Malnutrition in All | |
Discussion Questions | |
Chronic Diseases and Risks | |
Categories of Chronic Disease | |
Global Costs and Consequences of Chronic Diseases | |
Future Drivers for Prevention and Management | |
Summary | |
Unintentional Injuries and Violence | |
Risk Factors for Unintentional Injuries and Violence | |
Interventions to Prevent Unintentional Injuries | |
Global Mental Health | |
Historical Development of Global Mental Health | |
Culture and Mental Disorders | |
The Determinants of Mental Disorders | |
The Burden of Mental Disorders | |
Interventions | |
Looking Ahead | |
Discussion Questions | |
Environmental and Occupational | |
The Burden and Distribution of Disease from | |
Methods for Environmental Health Research | |
Indirect Public Health Impact of Civil Conflict | |
The Effects of Armed Conflict and Political Violence | |
Specific Health Outcomes | |
Prevention and Mitigation of Complex Emergencies | |
Responses to Complex Emergencies | |
Rapid Assessment | |
Health Information Systems | |
Shelter and Environment | |
Food Rations and Distribution | |
Nutritional Rehabilitation | |
Response to Complex Emergencies | |
Reproductive Health | |
Communicable Disease Control | |
Noncommunicable Diseases | |
Conclusion | |
The Design of Health Systems | |
Historical Development of Health Systems | |
Understanding the Health System | |
Governance and Regulation | |
Financing | |
Resource Allocation | |
Performance of Different Types of Systems | |
Conclusion | |
References | |
Public Health Infrastructure | |
Essential Public Health Functions | |
Strengthening Public Health Systems | |
Health Security | |
Conclusion | |
Management and Planning | |
The Context of Management and Planning | |
Organizing | |
Planning | |
Transport Management | |
Key Themes in Management and Planning | |
Conclusion and Challenges for Managers and Planners | |
Discussion Questions | |
Pharmaceuticals | |
Upstream Issues | |
CountryLevel Distribution Systems | |
Affordability | |
Safe and Effective Use of Medicines | |
Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance | |
Pharmaceuticals for Noncommunicable Diseases | |
Conclusion | |
Innovation Technology | |
Technology Platforms Impacting the Global Health | |
Global Health Innovation Processes | |
Evaluations of LargeScale Health | |
Planning the Evaluation | |
Developing an Impact Model | |
Stepwise Approach to Impact Evaluations | |
Types of Inference and Choice of Design | |
Design | |
Defining the Indicators and Obtaining the Data | |
Incorporating Equity in the Evaluation | |
Disseminating Evaluation Findings and Promoting their | |
Acknowledgments | |
Health and The Economy | |
The Household as the Nexus of the HealthWealth | |
International Trade and Health | |
Different Pathways | |
Trade and Its Effects on Health Systems | |
From Conflict Between Trade and Health | |
Discussion Questions | |
References | |
Global Health Governance | |
What Is Global Health Governance? | |
Mapping Existing Institutional Arrangements Governing | |
Conclusion | |
Acronyms | |
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