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Building community capacity : case examples from around the world / Rosemary M. Caron and Joav Merrick, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Health and human development series.
- Health and human development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World health--Case studies.
- World health.
- Community health services--Administration--Cross-cultural studies.
- Community health services.
- Community development--Cross-cultural studies.
- Community development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Biomedical, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- We know that taking steps now to prevent disease before it starts is crucial to keeping people healthier, living longer, and reducing health care costs. Yet, health systems around the globe continue to focus more attention and devote enormous resources on medical services to treat illnesses and injuries after the fact rather than taking steps to prevent them from occurring in the first place. Each of the articles presented in this book are examples of innovative community efforts that take a step back from the common practice of merely treating medical conditions, and instead implement effective prevention strategies that address the underlying conditions that lead to death, illness, injury, and health inequities. This book provides a glimpse into some public health prevention projects being carried out in diverse communities around the globe. Each chapter offers details about a unique problem faced within a community, the prevention strategies and partnerships that were developed, and the results that were achieved.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record; title from PDF title page, viewed (07/02/2020).
- ISBN:
- 1-62417-176-1
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