Challenges in Health and Development From Global to Community Perspectives /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Johnson, Sandy A. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Public health.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Human Geography.; Public Health.

At the turn of the 21st century, human health and economic growth are inextricably linked components of international development. Challenges in Health and Development is a primer on the changing configurations of population health and economic growth in development policy. It examines strategies of...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter One
• 1.1.Industrial expansion, globalization and population health – The cases of England and Panama
• 1.2 Comparative measurement of health and development
• 1.3 A century’s worth of global change in development and health
• 1.4 What accounts for the difference in regional change?
• 1.4.1 Standard of living
• 1.4.2 Public investment, health infrastructure, and public health campaigns
• 1.4.3 Medical innovations
• 1.4.4 Technological Innovation
• 1.4.5 Behavior change
• 1.4.6 Access to care
• 1.4.7 Political will
• 1.5 A model for exploring health and development
• 1.6 Conclusion
• Chapter Two
• 2.1 Health and development as concepts in the international system
• 2.1.1 International health before WWII
• 2.1.2 The United Nations and the modern story of health and development
• 2.2 The World Health Organization
• 2.2.1 WHO early years: Health as a biomedical condition
• 2.2.2Malaria and smallpox campaigns
• 2.2.3 WHO: Health as a human right
• 2.2.3.1 Primary Health Care
• 2.2.4 Social determinants of health and the WHO in the 21st century
• 2.3 The World Bank
• 2.3.1 The World Bank: Evolution of Development
• 2.3.1.1 Structural Adjustment Program
• 2.3.1.2 World Bank as a health authority - World Development Report 1993
• 2.3.1.3 Towards change
• 2.4 The beginning of convergence - State and human security
• 2.5 True convergence and the way forward in the 21st Century
• 2.6 Conclusion
• Chapter Three
• 3.1 Trade-offs between internal and external factors, social and economic out-comes
• 3.2 Health inputs
• 3.3 Chile – Economic growth without equity
• 3.4 Sri Lanka – Equity without growth
• 3.5 Conclusion
• Chapter Four
• 4.1 The importance of community
• 4.1.1 Community-based health care
• 4.1.2 Pholela Health Center - An early innovator
• 4.1.3 Gonoshasthaya Kendra – A continuing success
• 4.1.4 Implications for local health and national development
• 4.2 Microcredit and microfinance
• 4.2.1 Grameen Bank – early innovator and continuing success
• 4.2.2 Implications for development and well-being
• 4.3 Conclusion
• Chapter Five
• 5.1 Development, failed states and states in conflict
• 5.1.1 Issues of health
• 5.1.2 Refugees and IDPs
• 5.1.3 Long term impacts
• 5.2 The challenge of rebuilding
• 5.2.1 Building dependency
• 5.3 The pros and cons of scaled approaches
• 5.4 Haiti – Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante
• 5.5 Rwanda rising from the ashes
• 5.6 Conclusion
• Chapter Six
• 6.1 Global Public-Private Partnerships
• 6.1.1 GPPPs, global research and clinical trials
• 6.2 Methods of the GPPPs
• 6.3 Examples of Recent GPPPs
• 6.4 Pros and cons of GPPPs
• 6.5 Conclusion
• Chapter Seven
• 7.1 Conclusion
• Chapter Eight – Answer key for discussion questions
• Chapter One Questions
• Chapter Two Questions
• Chapter Three Questions
• Chapter Four Questions
• Chapter Five Questions
• Chapter Six Questions
• Index.