Research anthology on public health services, policies, and education / Information Resources Management Association.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Information Resources Management Association, author.

Contributor:

Information Resources Management Association, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health.

Medical policy.

Public health--Moral and ethical aspects.

Health education.

Physical Description:

48 PDFs (2 volumes (xviii, xxiii pages))

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : Information Science Reference, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This reference book presents a view of public health through an analysis of healthcare services and delivery; policies in terms of policymaking, ethics, and governance; as well as the way society is educated on public health affairs, covering a wide range of issues such as healthcare policy, health literacy, healthcare reform, accessibility, public welfare, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Volume I. Section 1. Health communication, literacy, and education. Chapter 1. Healthy thanks to communication: a model of communication competences to optimize health literacy assertiveness, clear language, and positivity ; Chapter 2. A review of theoretical, conceptual, and methodological issues in public health communication ; Chapter 3. Health education as a tool for social justice and health equity ; Chapter 4. Digital media in rare diseases or "knowledge is power": the role of eurordis in creating awareness and diagnosing rare diseases ; Chapter 5. Designing sustainable social media health communication campaigns for promoting rare diseases ; Chapter 6. Improving health and efficiency with strategic social media use in health organizations: a critical review of the status quo ; Chapter 7. Case study on patient groups on facebook in Turkey: through the lens of critical health literacy ; Chapter 8. Role of the media on migrants' vulnerability to health hazards ; Chapter 9. How do adolescents obtain health information: a phenomenographic study of adolescent health literacy in health education ; Chapter 10. Health literacy in school ; Chapter 11. Addressing the public health epidemic of childhood obesity using public schools as health education learning laboratories ; Chapter 12. Intentional use of digital technology in graduate epidemiology education ; Chapter 13. Health literacy in non-communicable diseases: contexts and cases

Section 2. Healthcare systems, services, and delivery. Chapter 14. Challenges facing healthcare delivery systems in low-, middle-, and high-income countries ; Chapter 15. Managing public healthcare services in an international economy ; Chapter 16. Public reporting on health and social care services ; Chapter 17. IoT and big data in public health: a case study in Colombia

Volume II. Chapter 18. Big data to improve public health in low- and middle-income countries: big public health data in LMICs ; Chapter 19. GIS based health information management through LETL, multi criteria query, analysis, visualization ; Chapter 20. A multicriteria spatiotemporal system for influenza epidemic surveillance ; Chapter 21. Healthcare in the United States: achieving fiscal health in the marketplace or delivering a sustainable public good? ; Chapter 22. Research findings from the American Muslim women's health project (MWHP) ; Chapter 23. The place-based challenge ; Chapter 24. Pharmacy technology to better public health: an exploration of new models of supply and use of technology a regional United Kingdom quantitative study ; Chapter 25. Politics matters: the attempts and failure of health finance reform in Hong Kong ; Chapter 26. Linking primary healthcare policies with health system for improved health outcomes in Nigeria: issues, controversies, problems, and solutions

Section 3. Policies, management, and interventions. Chapter 27. From resource to outcome: addressing the barriers of healthcare policy implementation ; Chapter 28. Integrating ecosystem management and environmental media for public policy on public health and safety ; Chapter 29. Genetics and public health ; Chapter 30. Impacts on public health ; Chapter 31. Health challenges for rural families: issues, policies, and solutions ; Chapter 32. Applying knowledge management in public health intervention: a street food safety perspective ; Chapter 33. Risk management and risk communication in the case of vector-borne disease: case of Macedonia risk management in VBDs ; Chapter 34. Management of health and safety risks at large events: process, procedures, and factors ; Chapter 35. Stakeholder involvement in outbreak management: to fear or not to fear? ; Chapter 36. Global health governance, human rights, and the control of infectious diseases: a case of the ebola epidemic in West Africa ; Chapter 37. Implications for poor public healthcare system of South Korea revealed in MERS outbreak ; Chapter 38. No one left behind?: migrant and refugee health in the COVID-19 crisis in Greece ; Chapter 39. The assessment of actions of the environment and the impact of preventive medicine for public health in Poland ; Chapter 40. Implementation of total quality management principles in public health institutes in the Republic of Croatia.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799889618

OCLC:

1259283588