Health category: 185398 books
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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Rapid changes in healthcare and public health offer tremendous opportunities to focus on process improvement. Public health departments and agencies increasingly work collaboratively with hospitals and other community partners to promote knowledge and improve collective impact through public and private...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Global Handbook on Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion
David V. McQueen, editor
A scan of health challenges around the globe readily brings to mind a range of infectious illnesses, from HIV to influenza. Yet chronic non-contagious conditions--heart disease, asthma, diabetes,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!
"With great timing, the editors of Rights-Based Approaches to Public Health offer a targeted and innovative strategy to combat global health problems. Balanced, comprehensive, and steeped in the historical traditions of human rights, the book persuasively...
by Thea Emmerling, Ilona Kickbusch, Michaela Told
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2016
This book provides a systematic collection of EU actors, EU policy and EU actions in global health. It answers key questions on governance of the EU and its policy processes. The book starts with an introduction to the EU as a global actor and continues to outline the historical development and the...
Value Based Health Care
Linking Finance and Quality
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Value-Based Health Care
Linking Finance and Quality
Yosef D. Dlugacz
Value-Based Health Care?
Value-Based Health Care?concisely explains the mandate to successfully link health care quality and finance and describes the tools to implement strategies for organizational success....
An Undisciplined Economist
Robert G. Evans on Health Economics, Health Care Policy, and Population Health
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
For four decades Robert Evans has been Canada’s foremost health policy analyst and commentator, playing a leadership role in the development of both health economics and population health at home and internationally. An Undisciplined Economist collects sixteen of Evans’s most important contributions,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Choice Outstanding Academic Title! 4 Stars - Doody's!
Praise for the Third Edition:
"This work will be one that students and clinicians keep on their shelves as the gold-standard reference for health behavior change. Summing up: Essential"
--Choice
Substantially...
The Great American Health Hoax
The Surprising Truth About How Modern Medicine Keeps You Sick—How to Choose a Healthier, Happier, and Disease-Free Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Described as "one of the few scientists who has achieved a breakthrough understanding of health and disease," Raymond Francis draws deeply from his years of personal experience and professional training. A chemist and a graduate of MIT, Raymond exposes the truth about why the conventional approaches...
by Ace McCloud
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Are you tired of being weak, fat and having low energy? Do you wonder why you don't feel good despite having the resources of the world at your fingertips?
Whether you want to (1) lose weight, (2) have more energy, or (3) have a strong body and mind, this book will get you there.
Stop...
Public Health Nursing - E-Book
Population-Centered Health Care in the Community
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Now in its 8th edition, the "gold standard" in community health nursing provides comprehensive and up-to-date content to keep you at the forefront of the ever-changing community health climate and prepare you for an effective nursing career. In addition to a solid foundation in concepts...
Health Promotion Programs
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Comprehensive coverage, real-world issues, and a focus on the practical aspects of health promotion
Health Promotion Programs combines theory and practice to deliver a comprehensive introduction to the planning, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion programs. Presenting an overview...
by Virginia Berridge
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists. At the national or the local level there are ministries or departments of public health, whilst international agencies such as the World Health Organisation promote public health policies, and regional organisations...
Global Public Health
a new era
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2009
Global Public Health: a new era is a comprehensive updated account of the international state of public health, including an agenda for improving the practice of the discipline across the world. It addresses three major issues: - the changing global context for public health - the state of public...
Community Mental Health in Canada, Revised and Expanded Edition
Theory, Policy, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
When it was first published in 2006, Community Mental Health in Canada was hailed as a much-needed critical overview of the provision of public mental health services in Canada. Comprehensive in scope, its coverage included:
the prevalence and impact of mental illness in Canada
the complementary...