Global health : diseases, programs, systems, and policies / edited by Michael H. Merson, Robert E. Black, Anne J. Mills.

Date:
[2012]
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Description

The Third Edition (formerly titled International Public Health) brings together contributions from the world's leading authorities into a single comprehensive text. It thoroughly examines the wide range of global health challenges facing low and middle income countries today and the various approaches nations adopt to deal with them. These challenges include measurement of health status, infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, nutrition, reproductive health, global environmental health and complex emergencies. This thorough revision also explores emerging health systems, their financing, and management, and the roles of nation states, international agencies, the private sector and nongovernmental organizations in promoting health. Your students will come away with a clear understanding of how globalization is impacting on global health, and of the relationship between health and economic development.

Publication/Creation

Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2012]

Physical description

xxx, 936 pages : black and white illusatrations, maps ; 29 cm

Edition

Third edition.

Notes

Revised edition of: International public health. 2nd ed. c2006.

Contents

Measures of health and disease in populations -- Culture, behavior, and health -- The social determinants of health -- Reproductive health -- Infectious diseases -- Nutrition -- Chronic diseases and risks -- Unintentional injuries and violence -- Global mental health -- Environmental health -- Complex emergencies -- The design of health systems -- Management and planning for public health -- Pharmaceuticals -- Health and the economy -- Evaluations of large-scale health programs -- Cooperation in global health -- Globalization and health.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA530.1 2012G56
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ISBN

  • 9780763785598
  • 0763785598