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Critical issues in global health / C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, M. Roy Schwarz [editors] ; foreword by Jimmy Carter.
Holman Biotech Commons RA441 .C75 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Jossey-Bass health care series
- The Jossey-Bass health care series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World health.
- World health--Case studies.
- Medical geography.
- Global Health.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Health Education.
- Medical Subjects:
- Global Health.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Health Education.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 472 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2001]
- Summary:
- "Critical Issues in Global Health" is an outstanding compAndium of knowledge and thought--from a distinguished panel of internationally renowned medical and public health experts--that offers insight into the most important health issues facing our world's populations. The volume's individual contributors represent a wide range of prestigious health organizations and institutions including the World Health Organization, National Academy of Sciences, Kellogg and Rockefeller Foundations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the American Public Health Association. Edited by C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, and M. Roy Schwarz, these never-before-published essays explore the future of international health and explain what will be required in order to provide adequate health and medical care worldwide, especially for underdeveloped countries.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Countries, Continents, and the World 1
- 1 The Future of the World's Health / Gro Harlem Brundtland 3
- 2 Africa / Adetokunbo O. Lucas 12
- 3 Latin America and the Caribbean / George A. O. Alleyne 21
- 4 Eastern Mediterranean Region / Hussein A. Gezairy 29
- 5 Europe / Jo E. Asvall, Richard Alderslade 37
- 6 Western Pacific / Shigeru Omi 47
- 7 People's Republic of China / Zhang Wenkang, M. Roy Schwarz 56
- 8 India / V. Ramalingaswami 62
- 9 Russian Federation / Jack W. LeSar, Yuri M. Komarov, Rafael G. Oganov, Robert W. Porter 71
- 10 United States / J. Michael McGinnis 80
- 11 Mexico / Juan Ramon de la Fuente, Fernando Alvarez del Rio, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, A. Rodrigo Ares de Parga 91
- 12 Canada / Irving Rootman, Trevor Hancock 101
- Part 2 The Organizational Landscape in Global Health 109
- 13 Infectious Diseases / William H. Foege 111
- 14 Chronic Disease / James S. Marks, David V. McQueen 117
- 15 Mental Health / Eugene B. Brody 127
- 16 Tropical Diseases / Joseph A. Cook 135
- 17 The Outlook for Eradicating AIDS / Seth F. Berkley 144
- 18 Future Worldwide Health Effects of Current Smoking Patterns / Richard Peto, Alan D. Lopez 154
- 19 Tobacco Control / Derek Yach 162
- 20 Environmental and Occupational Health / Bernard D. Goldstein 170
- 21 Environmental Health / Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward 180
- 22 Family and Reproductive Health / Allan Rosenfield, Elizabeth Tyler Crone 188
- 23 Maternal and Child Health / Pierre Buekens, J. T. Boerma 196
- 24 Midwifery / Judith P. Rooks, Ruth Watson Lubic 203
- 25 Building the Capacity of Schools to Improve Health / Lloyd J. Kolbe, Jack T. Jones, Isolde Birdthistle, Cheryl Vince Whitman 212
- 26 Women's Health / Adrienne Germain 221
- 27 Undernutrition / Barbara A. Underwood 229
- 28 The Nutritional Crisis to Come / W.P.T. James 238
- 29 Population and Health / Joseph Chamie 251
- 30 Interpersonal Violence / Lee Ann Hoff 260
- 31 Terrorism / Jessica Eve Stern 272
- 32 Urban Health / Jeremiah A. Barondess 280
- 33 Biomedical Research in the Next Century / Bruce Alberts 287
- 34 The Role and Potential of Health Services Research / Gordon H. DeFriese 297
- 35 Reinventing Medicine and Public Health / Kenneth I. Shine 305
- 36 Integrative Medicine / Andrew T. Weil 314
- 37 Health Promotion, Health Education, and Disease Prevention / Lawrence W. Green, C. James Frankish 321
- 38 The Role of Communication and Advertising / Thomas P. Lom 331
- 39 Effective Communication as the Path to Ideal Health / Scott C. Ratzan 337
- 40 Changes Associated with Aging / Knight Steel 346
- 41 The Relationship Between Oceans and Human Health / James D. Watkins, Anwar Huq 356
- 42 Careers in Public Health and Medical Care / Alexander H. Williams III 364
- Part 3 Organizations, Management, Leadership, and Partnerships 373
- 43 Shaping the Future of Health Through Global Partnerships / William C. Richardson, John P. Allegrante 375
- 44 The Role of Governments / Richard G. A. Feachem 384
- 45 The Role of Business / William C. Steere Jr. 399
- 46 The Role of the Nonprofit Sector / Kumi Naidoo 406
- 47 Business in Partnership with the Nonprofit Sector / Ralph S. Larsen 414
- 48 The Nonprofit Sector in Partnership with Government / Nils Daulaire 423
- 49 Philanthropy and Global Health Equity / Lincoln C. Chen, Timothy G. Evans, Margaret E. Wirth 430
- 50 The Role of Public Health Associations / Mohammad N. Akhter 440
- 51 The Mandate: Transformational Leadership / Gary L. Filerman, Clarence E. Pearson 446.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0787948241
- 0787963771
- OCLC:
- 44509220
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