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Health, Science, and Place
A New Model
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
The main focus of this monograph is synthesizing the importance of geographic approaches to public health and patient care. The chapters are organized into four themed sections: the role of geography in health care reform; the geographies of human health; geospatial data and technologies; and...
Community/Public Health Nursing - E-Book
Promoting the Health of Populations
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Covering the nurse's role in promoting community health, Community/Public Health Nursing, 5th Edition is known for its "upstream" preventive focus and social justice approach, photo novellas with clinical stories, and a concise, readable style. It shows how you, as a nurse, can take an active...
by Jiwei Qian
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
By reviewing regulatory initiatives in health financing, service provision, pharmaceutical sector and public health, this book attempts to connect recent research with policy developments in the Chinese health-care system. While there are a small number of studies on the regulations in the Chinese...
Advocacy Strategies for Health and Mental Health Professionals
From Patients to Policies
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
"[I]t is becoming much more common for mental health providers to become community mental health advocates, and given the complexities and nuances associated with tasks such as getting involved with legislative issues or fund raising, a work like this serves an important and useful purpose. It...
Contemporary Occupational Health Nursing
A Guide for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This textbook – now thoroughly revised and updated – provides a practical guide for those in training, or practising within, occupational health nursing. Concerned with the health of people at work and the effects of work on health and health on work, this distinctive branch of public health nursing...
Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care
A Decision Space Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
While health system decentralization is often associated with federations, there has been limited study on the connection between federalism and the organization of publicly financed or mandated health services. Federalism and Decentralization in Health Care examines eight federations that differ...
Human Rights in Global Health
Rights-Based Governance for a Globalizing World
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Institutions matter for the advancement of human rights in global health. Given the dramatic development of human rights under international law and the parallel proliferation of global institutions for public health, there arises an imperative to understand the implementation of human rights through...
Understanding Military Workforce Productivity
Effects of Substance Abuse, Health, and Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
From the stresses of repeated deployments to the difficulties of re-entry into civilian life, we are just beginning to understand how protracted conflicts, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, are affecting service members. Issues such as risky health behaviors and chemical dependence raise productivity...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Population health is complex and multileveled, encompassing dynamic interactions between cells, societies, and everything in between. Our typical approach to studying population health, however, remains oriented around a reductionist approach to conceptualizing, empirically analyzing, and intervening...
International Perspectives on Social Work in Health Care
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
In the new health care environment, social workers are being called upon to act as case managers, coordinators, evaluators, therapists, and researchers. International Perspectives on Social Work in Health Care brings together academics and practitioners to discuss what managed care, cost containment,...
Acute Mental Health Nursing
From Acute Concerns to the Capable Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2004
'This is an exciting and timely contribution to the resources available for policy makers, and practitioners wishing to improve standards and health and social outcomes in inpatient care within the context of community oriented comprehensive care for people with mental illness' - Professor Rachel...
Regulating Health Foods
Policy Challenges and Consumer Conundrums
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
With ageing populations, rising incomes and a growing recognition of the link between diet and health, consumers are interested in new food products, supplements and ingredients with purported health benefits. The food industry has responded with new food innovations, formulations and enhancements that...
by Catherine L. Ross, Marla Orenstein, Nisha Botchwey
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
A new public policy initiative is proposed, or a large-scale construction project. What is its potential impact on the health of the population? Are there adverse effects to address, health benefits to be promoted, some combination of both? A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a cross-disciplinary...
Public Health and Aging
Maximizing Function and Well-Being, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2009
Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!
"The new edition has the balance of breadth and depth and should appeal to practitioners, academics and students alike. The second edition of Public Health and Aging is a must-read book in the developing field of public health and aging."
--American...