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Prevention and health promotion for the excluded and the destitute in Europe / edited by Pierre Chauvin and the Europromed Working Group.
Van Pelt Library RA418.3.E85 P74 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biomedical and health research 0929-6743 ; v. 56.
- Biomedical and health research, 0929-6743 ; v. 56
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--Medical care--Europe, Western.
- Poor.
- Poor--Health and hygiene--Europe, Western.
- People with social disabilities--Medical care--Europe, Western.
- People with social disabilities.
- People with social disabilities--Health and hygiene--Europe, Western.
- Medicine, Preventive--Europe, Western.
- Medicine, Preventive.
- Health promotion--Europe, Western.
- Health promotion.
- Equality--Health aspects--Europe, Western.
- Equality.
- Equality--Health aspects.
- People with social disabilities--Health and hygiene.
- People with social disabilities--Medical care.
- Poor--Health and hygiene.
- Poor--Medical care.
- Western Europe.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press/Ohmsa, [2002]
- Contents:
- Part 1. An Overview on Europeans' Health Care Systems
- The Aggravation of Health Inequalities in Europe Demands New Responses 3
- Exclusion from Health in Different European Countries 11
- The European Health Care Systems: a Focus on Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Switzerland 28
- Part 2. Europeans' Experiences
- Illegal Immigrants in Spain 65
- Tuberculosis in an Indian Community in Lisbon 71
- The Bremen Health Programme for Asylum Seekers and Refugees 73
- Evaluation of the Impact of Trauma and Torture on Asylum Seekers: the Geneva Experience 77
- Roma and Social Exclusion in Greece 82
- The Rom Population in Spain 84
- Homeless in the Paris Area: Health and Access to Care 90
- Situation of the Homeless in Spain 95
- The Medical Emergency Care Facility for Single Homeless in Bremen 98
- Substance Abuse in Spain 104
- The Advisory Service on Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Bremen 107
- Part 3. Health Promotion
- Public Health and Health Promotion 113
- Definition of Target Groups for Health Promotion or Preventive Programmes: The Example of Migrants 121
- Prevention and Health Promotion among Populations in Precarious Conditions: A Critical Approach 125
- Integrating Prevention and Health Promotion Practices into Primary Care for Deprived Populations 128
- Framework for Describing the Process of Health Promotion Activities: The "Healthy School" Programme at Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy 142
- SMILE: A Tooth Decay Prevention Project among Children of Asylum Seekers in Geneva 150
- Influence of the Social Characteristics of Patients on the Behaviour of Physicians Regards Prevention within a Hospital Outpatients Consultation 154
- Establishing Health Promotion Programmes among Migrant Rom Populations Living in Precarious Conditions in Europe 158
- A Workshop for HIV+ African Women Living in Paris 161
- Trends in European Health Care Systems: Implications for Destitute Populations 164
- Prevention and Health Promotion for the Excluded and the Destitute in Europe: Recommendations for the Health Professionals and Health Institutions 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1586032755
- 4274905292
- OCLC:
- 51817757
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