Public health : improving health via inter-professional collaborations / Rosemary M. Caron and Joav Merrick, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merrick, Joav, editor.

Caron, Rosemary M., editor.

Series:

Health and human development series.

Health and Human Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--Social aspects.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is often stated that ""it takes a village"" to improve the health of a population. This proverb implies that it takes the work of many individuals, not necessarily from the same occupation or educational or social background, to achieve this goal. To improve the health of a population, a system comprised of educators, community leaders, public health and health care practitioners, researchers, faith-based leaders, municipal workers, and many others working, in diverse urban and/or rural communities, across the globe towards a common goal via evidence-based practice, policy development, educ

Contents:

""PUBLIC HEALTH: IMPROVING HEALTH VIA INTER-PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIONS""; ""PUBLIC HEALTH: IMPROVING HEALTH VIA INTER-PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIONS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Public health: Improving health via inter-professional collaborations""; ""References""; ""Section one: Inter-professional education""; ""Chapter 2: Innovations in continuing professional education to foster effective inter-professional collaboration""; ""Introduction""; ""Collaborative partnerships in practice""

""Continuing professional education (CPE) for inter-professional collaboration""""Problem based learning model for CPE""; ""Continuing professional education (CPE) instructional design""; ""Our study""; ""Intervention""; ""Research questions""; ""Dependent variables""; ""Measures""; ""Data collection""; ""The Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS)""; ""The Concerns-Based Adoption Model - Levels of Use (CBAM-LoU v1.1)""; ""Results""; ""Scoring""; ""IEPS""; ""CBAM-LoU""; ""Analysis""; ""IEPS""; ""CBAM-LoU""; ""Discussion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""

""Chapter 3: An interdisciplinary and inter-professional dual degree program for public health training in a new rural medical school""""Introduction""; ""Current state of health care in the region""; ""Goals and objectives""; ""Our project""; ""East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania""; ""Funding""; ""Program description""; ""How program addresses health needs""; ""Strengthening existing community partnerships""; ""Findings""; ""Recruitment""; ""Discussion""; ""Evaluation plans""; ""Dissemination plans""; ""Future plans""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""

""Chapter 4: Building inter-professional cultural competence""""Introduction""; ""Intersecting inter-professional education and vulnerability""; ""Interaction: Formulating the course design""; ""Data: Course design and implementation""; ""Expertise and attention: Build competence to implement successful IPE""; ""IDEA: Student formation of inter-professional cultural competence""; ""Discussion""; ""References""; ""Section two: Inter-professional case examples""; ""Chapter 5: A financial education program and health of single, low-income women and their children""; ""Introduction""

""Our study""""Data analysis""; ""Findings""; ""Financial outcomes""; ""Health indicators""; ""Discussion""; ""Limitations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Education program for single women of low-income and their children""; ""1Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions,""; ""2Creighton University College of Business, Financial Hope Collaborative,""; ""3Creighton University School of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska, US""; ""Introduction""; ""Program history""; ""Program methodology""; ""Inter-professional collaboration""

""Cardiovascular risk assessment""

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:

1-63321-594-6

OCLC:

893677880