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International public health : diseases, programs, systems, and policies / edited by Michael H. Merson, Robert E. Black, Anne J. Mills.
Holman Biotech Commons RA441 .I578 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World health.
- Public health--International cooperation.
- Public health.
- Global Health.
- Public Health.
- International Cooperation.
- Medical Subjects:
- Global Health.
- Public Health.
- International Cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 775 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gaithersburg, MD : Aspen Publishers, 2001.
- Summary:
- Now there is a textbook that reflects both the scope and depth of challenges in global health and the dynamic nature of the field. By emphasizing diseases, programs, health systems, and health policies, "International Public Health" helps students understand the wide range of global public health issues and the various approaches nations adopt to deal with them. An outstanding teaching tool, the list of contributors includes some of the most distinguished names in a broad range of disciplines. Authors write on their areas of expertise, resulting in a text that upholds a high standard of scholarship and accessibility. Contains case studies and discussion questions, plus tables and graphs to illustrate important concepts.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Disease Burden Measurement and Trends / Adnan Ali Hyder, Richard H. Morrow 1
- Reasons and Approaches for Measuring Health and Disease 2
- Methods and Indicators of Disease Burden 10
- Comparisons and Trends in Disease Burden 35
- Chapter 2 Culture, Behavior, and Health / Susan C. Scrimshaw 53
- Basic Concepts from Medical Anthropology 53
- Cultural Views of Health, Illness, and Healers 56
- Theories of Health Behavior and Behavior Change 64
- Methodologies for Understanding Culture and Behavior 69
- Chapter 3 Reproductive Health / Jane Menken, M. Omar Rahman 79
- Demographic Trends and Fertility Determinants 80
- Family Planning Programs 93
- Impact of Reproductive Patterns on the Health of Children 111
- Impact of Reproductive Patterns on the Health of Women 116
- Chapter 4 Infectious Diseases / Arthur L. Reingold, Christina R. Phares 139
- Control of Infectious Diseases 140
- Childhood Vaccine Preventable Diseases: The Expanded Program of Immunizations 141
- Enteric Infections and Acute Respiratory Infections 151
- Bacterial Meningitis 159
- Mycobacterial Infections 164
- Sexually Transmitted Infections and AIDS 169
- Viral Hepatitis 176
- Malaria and Other Arthropod-borne Diseases 181
- Helminthiases 187
- Zoonoses 191
- Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers 194
- Infectious Causes of Blindness 198
- Chapter 5 Nutrition / Keith P. West, Jr., Benjamin Caballero, Robert E. Black 207
- The Nutritional Spectrum 208
- Undernutrition 209
- Protein-Energy Malnutrition 224
- Micronutrient Deficiencies 230
- Diet and Undernutrition 258
- Undernutrition among Older Persons 266
- The Nutrition Transition 266
- Chapter 6 Chronic Diseases and Injury / David V. McQueen, Matthew T. McKenna, David A. Sleet 293
- Recent Views on the Burden of Chronic Diseases and Injury 293
- Definitions of Terms 295
- Major Social, Economic, and Demographic Trends 296
- Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases and Injury 298
- Epidemiology of Principal Behavorial Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases 318
- Special Problems and Issues for Chronic Diseases and Injury in the Global Context 322
- Chapter 7 Mental Health / Mitchell G. Weiss, Alex Cohen, Leon Eisenberg 331
- Burden of Mental Disorders 331
- Major Mental Disorders and Associated Problems 335
- Classification and Assessment of Mental Disorders 347
- Historical, Environmental, and Social Contexts 356
- Mental Health Policies and Programs for Low- and Middle-Income Countries 366
- Chapter 8 Environmental Health / Anthony J. McMichael, Tord Kjellstrom, Kirk R. Smith 379
- Definition and Scope of Environment 379
- Scale and Distribution of Environmental Risks to Health 380
- Environment: Encompassing Both "Hazard" and "Habitat" 381
- Environmental Health Research, Risk Assessment, and Monitoring 383
- Household Exposures 404
- The Occupational Environment 407
- Community-Level Exposures 413
- Regional Exposures: Transboundary Problems 422
- Global Environmental Change and Population Health 425
- Pathways to the Future in an Unequal World 430
- Chapter 9 Complex Humanitarian Emergencies / Michael J. Toole, Ronald J. Waldman, Anthony B. Zwi 439
- Direct Public Health Impact of War 442
- Indirect Public Health Impact of Civil Conflict 447
- Specific Health Outcomes 457
- Prevention and Mitigation of CHEs 472
- Responses to CHE 475
- Role of International, National, and Nongovernmental Organizations 499
- Rehabilitation, Repatriation, and Recovery 501
- Development of Human Resources 505
- Current Issues 506
- Chapter 10 The Design of Health Systems / Anne J. Mills, M. Kent Ranson 515
- Conceptual Maps of the Health System 516
- Historical Development of Health Systems 520
- The Role of the State 523
- Regulation 526
- Financing 530
- Resource Allocation 539
- Provision of Services 545
- Performance of Different Types of Systems 547
- Health System Reform 549
- Chapter 11 Health Systems Management / William A. Reinke 559
- Management Framework 559
- Organization Structure and Relations 563
- Human Resources Management 572
- Physical Resources Management 581
- Financial Management 585
- Performance Budgeting 594
- General Management Methods 598
- Chapter 12 Health and the Economy / Jennifer Prah Ruger, Dean T. Jamison, David E. Bloom 617
- Health and Economic Development 618
- Health Systems and Economic Outcomes 635
- Chapter 13 Global Cooperation in International Public Health / Gill Walt 667
- The Policy Framework 667
- Who Are the Actors in International Health? 669
- Why Do States Cooperate? 674
- How Do States Cooperate? 678
- The Changing Role of International Cooperation: Vertical Representation to Horizontal Participation 680
- Vertical Representation to Horizontal Participation: The Implications for Health Policy 690
- Chapter 14 Global Influences and Global Responses: International Health at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century / Ilona Kickbusch, Kent Buse 701
- The Driving Forces of Change 702
- Putting Health on the Global Agenda 703
- The Globalization of Disease 706
- International Cooperation for Health 711
- The New Realities: Governance beyond Governments 714
- The New Actors in the Global Health Arena 717
- The Move toward Democratic and Legitimate Global Health Governance 721
- The Global Health Value Base 723
- A Reorientation of Public Health Practice 728.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0834212285
- OCLC:
- 44619442
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