Community-oriented health services : practices across disciplines / Elias Mpofu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mpofu, Elias, author.

Contributor:

Mpofu, Elias, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community health services.

Community Health Services.

Medical Subjects:

Community Health Services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Publishing Company, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Grounded in a trans-disciplinary approach, this groundbreaking text provides extensive, evidence-based information on the value of communities as the primary drivers of their own health and wellbeing. It describes foundational community health concepts and procedures and presents proven strategies for engaging communities as resources for their own health improvement-an important determinant of individual wellbeing. It is based on recommendations by WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and on the premise that healthy communities are those with populations th

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Approach and Rationale; Timeliness; Intended Audience; Basic Content and Structure; Inclusiveness; Acknowledgments; Share Community-Oriented Health Services: Practices Across Disciplines; Part I: Foundations of Community-Oriented Health Services; Chapter 1: Community-Oriented Health Services: History, Framework, Nature, and Significance; History of COHS; Frameworks for Participatory COHS; Who ICF Person's Environment as Community; The Nature and Significance of COHS; Summary and Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Health Policy Analysis

Definitions, Process, and History of Health Policy AnalysisHealth Policy Analysis Approaches and Techniques; Contexts and Challenges of Health Policy Analysis; Related Disciplines in the Context of COHS; Research and Other Forms of Scholarship Critical to Health Policy Analysis for COHS; Summary and Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Economics of Community-Oriented Health Services; Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories of the Economics of Community Health; History of Research on and Practices in Community Health Economics

Pertinent Economic Approaches to Community Health ServicesCultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Impact the Economics of Community Health; Related Disciplines Influencing the Economics of COHS; Comparisons of the Economics of Community-Oriented Health Practices in Other Similar Jurisdictions; Research Critical to the Economics of COHS; Summary and Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Ethics and Equity in Community Health; Conceptual Definitions and Theories Concerning Ethics in Community Health; History of Research and Practice Pertinent to Ethics in Community Health

Ethical and Equity Issues in Community Health ServicesProfessional, Legal, and Cultural Issues Affecting Ethics; Related Disciplines Influencing the Ethics of Community Health Service; Research Critical to Ethical Issues in Community Health; Summary and Conclusion; References; Part II: Procedures in Community-Oriented Health Services; Chapter 5: The Role of Community Health Workers in Implementing Community-Oriented Primary and Preventive Services Across the Life Span; Definitions and Theories: The Rationale for Involving Lay Community in Health Care

History and Traditions that Have Shaped Community Health Workers' RolesPertinent Practices: Who are Community Health Workers and What Do They Do?; Health System Issues and the Future of Lay Community Health Work; Research Critical to the Role of Community Health Workers; Summary and Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Oriented Health Services; Definitions and Theories on Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Programs; History of Research on Practices in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Programs

Pertinent Approaches to Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Services

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78684-050-2

0-8261-9818-X

OCLC:

897378689