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Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health

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by Sandro Galea. --New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media , c2007.
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Galea, Sandro
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by Sandro Galea
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media
Date of Publication
c2007
Physical Description
xi, 502 p.
ISBN
9780387708126
Subjects (MeSH)
Health Promotion
Population Health
Preventive Medicine
Public Health
Social Determinants of Health
Social Medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
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e-Book
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Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness

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edited by Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic. --New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media , c2009.
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Loue, Sana
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Sajatovic, Martha
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edited by Sana Loue, Martha Sajatovic
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media
Date of Publication
c2009
ISBN
9780387756592
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Health - ethnology
Minority Health
Minority Groups - psychology
Psychosocial Support Systems
Social Medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
Other Subjects
United States
Contents
1. Health and Wellness -- 2. City Living and Mental Health in History -- 3. Mental Health, Mental Health Courts, and Minorities -- 4. Migration and Mental Health -- 5. Media, Minorities, and the Stigma of Mental Illness -- 6. Minority Mental Health and Wellness: A Perspective from Health Care Systems -- 7. Social Support, Mental Health, Minorities, and Acculturative Stress -- 8. Religion and Mental Health Among Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S -- 9. Cultural Considerations Regarding Perspectives on Mental Illness and Healing -- 10. Gender and Minority Mental Health: The Case of Body Image -- 11. Family Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness -- 12. Family-Focused Psychoeducational Programs for Minorities with Serious Mental Illness -- 13. Socioeconomic Status: Risks and Resilience -- 14. Psychiatric Genetics: An Update -- 15. Substance Abuse in Minority Populations -- 16. Neurocognitive Testing of Minorities in Mental Health Settings -- 17. Stress and Resilience -- 18. Methodological Challenges in Research on the Determinants of Minority Mental Health and Wellness.
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Quo Vadis Medical Healing : Past Concepts and New Approaches

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edited by Susanna Elm, Stefan N. Willich. --Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands , c2009.
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Elm, Susanna
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Willich, Stefan N
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edited by Susanna Elm, Stefan N. Willich
Place of Publication
Dordrecht
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication
c2009
Series Vol.
44
Series Title
International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine
ISBN
9781402089428
Subjects (MeSH)
Philosophy, Medical
Ethics, Medical
History of Medicine
Religion and Medicine
Social Medicine
Subjects (LCSH)
Medical ethics
Social sciences
History of medicine
Religion
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e-Book
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Policy Innovation for Health

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edited by Ilona Kickbusch. --New York, NY: Springer-Verlag , c2009.
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Kickbusch, Ilona
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edited by Ilona Kickbusch
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Date of Publication
c2009
ISBN
9780387798769
Subjects (MeSH)
Health Policy
Social Medicine
Organizational Innovation
Public Health Administration
Subjects (LCSH)
Public health
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Disability & International Development : Towards Inclusive Global Health

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edited by Malcolm Maclachlan, Leslie Swartz. --New York, NY: Springer-Verlag , c2009.
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Maclachlan, Malcolm
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Swartz, Leslie
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edited by Malcolm Maclachlan, Leslie Swartz
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Date of Publication
c2009
ISBN
9780387938400
Subjects (MeSH)
Developing Countries
Disabled Persons
Economic Development
Global Health
Socioeconomic Factors
Subjects (LCSH)
Public health
Social sciences
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Public Health Perspectives on Disability : Epidemiology to Ethics and Beyond

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edited by Donald J. Lollar, Elena M. Andresen. --New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media , c2011.
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Lollar, Donald J
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Andresen, Elena M
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edited by Donald J. Lollar, Elena M. Andresen
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media
Date of Publication
c2011
ISBN
9781441973412
Subjects (MeSH)
Disabled Persons
Public Health
Social Medicine
Subjects (LCSH)
Public health
Medical ethics
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Devices for mobility and manipulation for people with reduced abilities

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by Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho, Dinesh Kumar, Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan. --Boca Raton, FL: Taylor and Francis , c2014.
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Exploring the details of mobility and manipulative technologies, this volume provides insight into current research trends and discusses technologies that are under development. Each chapter covers one specific technology, starting with a general introduction, followed by technical details and an assessment from the user viewpoint including the user benefits, user suitability, cost, reliability, and required infrastructure. Each chapter also provides illustrations or photographs of the devices…
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Bastos-Filho, Teodiano Freire
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Kumar, Dinesh
Poosapadi Arjunan, Sridhar
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by Teodiano Freire Bastos-Filho, Dinesh Kumar, Sridhar Poosapadi Arjunan
Place of Publication
Boca Raton, FL
Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Date of Publication
c2014
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 206 p.)
Series Title
Rehabilitation science in practice series
ISBN
9781466586475 (electronic bk.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Artificial Limbs
Walkers
Wheelchairs
Subjects (LCSH)
Self-help devices for people with disabilities
Electric wheelchairs - Automatic control
People with disabilities - Orientation and mobility
Rehabilitation technology
Self-Help Devices
Disabled Persons
Abstract
Exploring the details of mobility and manipulative technologies, this volume provides insight into current research trends and discusses technologies that are under development. Each chapter covers one specific technology, starting with a general introduction, followed by technical details and an assessment from the user viewpoint including the user benefits, user suitability, cost, reliability, and required infrastructure. Each chapter also provides illustrations or photographs of the devices, making it accessible to lay and clinical audiences. The book also identifies shortcomings, current research related to the technology, and possible development opportunities"--Provided by publisher.
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Place and Health as Complex Systems : A Case Study and Empirical Test

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Brian Castellani, Rajeev Rajaram, J. Galen Buckwalter, Michael Ball, Frederic Hafferty. --Cham: Springer , c2015.
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The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studying community health. The complexities of place (COP) approach is emerging as one such promising method. Place and Health as Complex Systems demonstrates how COP works, making an empirical case for its…
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Castellani, Brian
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Rajaram, Rajeev
Buckwalter, J. Galen
Ball, Michael
Hafferty, Frederic
Responsibility
Brian Castellani, Rajeev Rajaram, J. Galen Buckwalter, Michael Ball, Frederic Hafferty
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2015
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 82 p. : 8 illus.)
Series Title
SpringerBriefs in public health
ISBN
9783319097343
9783319097336 (print ed.)
ISSN
2192-3698
Subjects (MeSH)
Environment
Epidemiology
Geography, Medical
Public Health
Social Medicine
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Systems Analysis
Abstract
The history of public health has focused on direct relationships between problems and solutions: vaccinations against diseases, ad campaigns targeting risky behaviors. But the accelerating pace and mounting intricacies of our lives are challenging the field to find new scientific methods for studying community health. The complexities of place (COP) approach is emerging as one such promising method. Place and Health as Complex Systems demonstrates how COP works, making an empirical case for its use in designing and implementing interventions. This brief resource reviews the defining characteristics of places as dynamic and evolving social systems, rigorously testing them as well as the COP approach itself. The study, of twenty communities within one county in the Midwest, combines case-based methods and complexity science to determine whether COP improves upon traditional statistical methods of public health research. Its conclusions reveal strengths and limitations of the approach, immediate possibilities for its use, and challenges regarding future research. Included in the coverage: Characteristics of places and the complexities of place approach. The Definitional Test of Complex Systems. Case-based modeling using the SACS toolkit. Methods, maps, and measures used in the study. Places as nodes within larger networks. Places as power-based conflicted negotiations. Place and Health as Complex Systems brings COP into greater prominence in public health research, and is also valuable to researchers in related fields such as demography, health geography, community health, urban planning, and epidemiology.
Contents
1. The Complexities of Place Approach -- 2. Definitional Test of Complex Systems -- 3. Case-Based Modeling and the SACS Toolkit -- 4. Methods -- 5. Places Are Complex -- 6. Places Are Emergent and Self-Organizing -- 7. Places Are Nodes within Larger Networks -- 8. Places Are Dynamic and Evolving -- 9. Places Are Nonlinear -- 10. Places Are Subjective and Historical -- 11. Places Are Open-Ended with Fuzzy Boundaries -- 12. Places Are Power-Based Conflicted Negotiations -- 13. Places Are Agent-Based -- 14. Conclusion.
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Social and Community Psychiatry : Towards a Critical, Patient-Oriented Approach

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Stelios Stylianidis, editor. --Cham: Springer , c2016.
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This book presents the basic theoretical and historical concepts and it describes current perspectives and data, focusing on good practices in community psychiatry in Greece and in other parts of Europe. Concepts such as the biopsychosocial model, psychiatric reform, psychosocial rehabilitation and the recovery model, as well as new case management models are approached from a critical, anthropocentric perspective. The current socioeconomic crisis in Europe brings with it new realities in menta…
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Stylianidis, Stelios
Responsibility
Stelios Stylianidis, editor
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2016
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 518 p. : 12 illus., 9 illus. in color)
ISBN
9783319286167
9783319286143 (print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Community Mental Health Services
Community Psychiatry - methods
Social Medicine
Other Subjects
Greece
Notes
Translation of: Synchrona phemata koinonikes kai koinotikes psychiatrikes : gia mia kritike anthropokentrike psychiatrike / Stelios Stylianides. [Athena] : Topos Books/Motibo Publishing SA, 2014.
Abstract
This book presents the basic theoretical and historical concepts and it describes current perspectives and data, focusing on good practices in community psychiatry in Greece and in other parts of Europe. Concepts such as the biopsychosocial model, psychiatric reform, psychosocial rehabilitation and the recovery model, as well as new case management models are approached from a critical, anthropocentric perspective. The current socioeconomic crisis in Europe brings with it new realities in mental health systems. New forms of social suffering are forcing the psychiatric community to re-examine what is considered normal. In order to respond to the complexity of the newly emerging needs, social and community psychiatry has been compelled to broaden the objectives of intervention and research alike, developing new and dynamic relations with complementary scientific fields such as social anthropology, psychoanalysis and microeconomics. The present work is the result of collaboration between professionals from across these different fields.
Contents
Part I. Social Psychiatry -- 1. A Brief Historical Overview of Madness in Social Psychiatry -- 2. Philosophical and Sociological Foundations of Social Psychiatry -- 3. Psychiatric Epidemiology and Its Applications in Social Psychiatry -- 4. Global Mental Health -- 5. Psychiatric Reform in Greece -- 6. The Contribution of Psychoanalytical Thinking and Practice to Social Community Psychiatry -- Part II. Applications of Social Psychiatry -- 7. Promoting Mental Health: From Theory To Best Practice -- 8. Social Suffering and Mental Health in Metropolitan Athens: A Qualitative Approach -- 9. The Recovery Model and Modern Psychiatric Care: Conceptual Perspective, Critical Approach and Practical Application -- 10. Mobile Mental Health Units on the Islands: The Experience of Cyclades -- 11. Community Child Psychiatry: The Example of Mobile Mental Health Units in the NE and Western Cyclades -- 12. A Modern-Day Community Daycare Centre in Operation -- 13. Assertive Community Treatment: Home Intervention for People with Severe and Enduring Mental Health Problems: Designing the Greek Model -- 14. Brief Psychotherapy in a Community Framework -- 15. Community Mental Healthcare for Migrants -- 16. Modern Technologies and Applications and Community Psychiatry -- 17. Assessment and Management of Domestic Violence Cases Within a Community Mental Health Services Framework -- 18. Sexuality of Patients with Serious Psychiatric Disorders in Psychosocial Rehabilitation Units -- Part III. Evaluation -- 19. Evaluation of Social Psychiatry Services -- 20. Implications of the Socioeconomic Crisis for Staff in Community PSR Units: The Case of an NGO -- 21. Staff Evaluation and Presentation of Organisational Culture in Mental Health Structures -- Part IV. Empowering and Rights in Mental Health -- 22. User and Family Participation in Mental Health Services -- 23. Involuntary Hospitalisation: Legislative Framework, Epidemiology and Outcome -- 24. The Impact of the Economic Crisis in Greece: Epidemiological Perspective and Community Implications -- 25. Afterword: The Economic Crisis and Mental Health.
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Therapy of Social Medicine

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Byong-Hyon Han. (1st ed.) --Singapore: Springer , c2016.
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This book introduces novel and groundbreaking theories on social medicine, social medicine therapy and pharmacogelotology. Aimed at improving the global health care system in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, the research included in this book represents a paradigm shift from traditional drugs to social medicine. Tracing the history of social medicine, from Natural Healing Power (NHP), Oriental Medicine's vitalism, to Homeostasis (Natural Healing Strength) and Reciprocity (Social Heal…
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Han, Pyong-hyon
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Byong-Hyon Han
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Singapore
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2016
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 253 p. : 5 illus. in color)
ISBN
9789812877482
9789812877475 (print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Complementary Therapies
Laughter therapy
Social Medicine
Abstract
This book introduces novel and groundbreaking theories on social medicine, social medicine therapy and pharmacogelotology. Aimed at improving the global health care system in terms of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, the research included in this book represents a paradigm shift from traditional drugs to social medicine. Tracing the history of social medicine, from Natural Healing Power (NHP), Oriental Medicine's vitalism, to Homeostasis (Natural Healing Strength) and Reciprocity (Social Healing Strength), the book first focuses on laying the theoretical foundations. It then highlights how social medicine can be specialized into various social medicine therapies (i.e., aromatherapy, stone therapy, diet therapy, exercise therapy, light therapy, etc.), just like stem cells. This is followed by arguments that 21st century pharmacy should be a harmonious system where the replacement of traditional drug products (i.e., herbal, chemical, and biological products) with new social medicine takes precedence. To that end, the author focuses on the '4+2 system' with 4 representing diet, body, stress, and facial-image control, and 2 representing the complementary and alternative medical methods of evacuation(-) and filling(+). In the context of pharmacogelotology, the book then goes on to present findings on theories of laughter and laughter therapy practices, which are systematically examined and described in detail. Finally, it calls for the development of social medicine structures by governments that aim to help local authorities use their resources effectively, and for local governments to establish the long-term planning on social medicine therapy for healthy ageing.
Contents
Preface -- Chapter 1: Why Social Medicine? -- 1.1: The Rise of Social Medicine -- 1.2: Human-being: Homo medicus -- 1.3: History of Drug -- Chapter 2: What is a Social Medicine? -- 2.1: Concept of Social Medicine -- 2.2: Development of Social Medicine -- 2.3: Differentiation of Social Medicine -- Chapter 3: Therapy of Social Medicine -- 3.1: Concept & Scope for Therapy of Social Medicine -- 3.2: Classification for Therapy of Social Medicine -- Chapter 4: Pharmaco-gelotology -- 4.1: Introduction -- 4.2: Laughter Theory -- 4.3: Laughter Therapy -- Chapter 5: Conclusion.
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Mental Health and Illness in the City

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edited by Niels Okkels, Christina Blanner Kristiansen, Povl Munk-Jorgensen. --Singapore: Springer , c2017.
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This book highlights a broad range of issues on mental health and illness in large cities. It presents the epidemiology of mental disorders in cities, cultural issues of urban mental health care, and community care in large cities and urban slums. It also includes chapters on homelessness, crime and racism - problems that are increasingly prevalent in many cities world wide. Finally, it looks at the increasing challenges of mental disorders in rapidly growing cities. The book is aimed at an int…
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Okkels, Niels
Kristiansen, Christina Blanner
Munk-Jorgensen, Povl
Responsibility
edited by Niels Okkels, Christina Blanner Kristiansen, Povl Munk-Jorgensen
Place of Publication
Singapore
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2017
Physical Description
1 online resource
Series Title
Springer reference
Mental health and illness worldwide
ISBN
9789811007521
ISSN
2511-8323
Subjects (MeSH)
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Health Services
Socioeconomic Factors
Urban Health
Specialty
Mental Health
Mental Health Services
Public Health
Social Medicine
Notes
"Living reference work."
Abstract
This book highlights a broad range of issues on mental health and illness in large cities. It presents the epidemiology of mental disorders in cities, cultural issues of urban mental health care, and community care in large cities and urban slums. It also includes chapters on homelessness, crime and racism - problems that are increasingly prevalent in many cities world wide. Finally, it looks at the increasing challenges of mental disorders in rapidly growing cities. The book is aimed at an international audience and includes contributions from clinicians and researchers worldwide.
Contents
Crime, Illegal Drugs, and Mental Health -- Development of Mental Health Services in a Major City in Latin America: Santiago -- Discrimination in Urban Settings -- Green Environment and Mental Health in the City -- History of Urban Mental Illness -- Homelessness and Challenges of Community Care -- Homicide and Suicide in Megacities -- Implementing Community Care in Large Cities and Informal Settlements: An African Perspective -- Institutions: Prisons and Asylums and the Deinstitutionalization -- Loneliness and Single-Person Households: Issues of Kodoku-Shi and Hikikomori in Japan -- Mental Health and Urban Life: Experiences from Colombia -- Mental Health Care in 11 Major Cities Over Two Decades -- Migration and Urban Mental Health in China -- Prospects and Challenges of Mental Health Services in a Major City in Latin America: Rio de Janeiro -- Religious Perspectives in Urban and Rural Mental Health in the Muslim World -- Review of Urban Mental Health -- Revisiting the Virtuous City: Learning from the Past to Improve Modern Urban Mental Health -- Urban Design and Mental Health -- Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions.
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Health Care Transition : Building a Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Illness and Disability

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edited by Albert C. Hergenroeder, Constance M. Wiemann. --Cham: Springer , c2018.
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This comprehensive book thoroughly addresses all aspects of health care transition of adolescents and young adults with chronic illness or disability; and includes the framework, tools and case-based examples needed to develop and evaluate a Health Care Transition (HCT) planning program that can be implemented regardless of a patient's disease or disability.áHealth Care Transition: Building a Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Illness and Disability is a uniquely inclusive re…
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Hergenroeder, Albert C.
Wiemann, Constance M.
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edited by Albert C. Hergenroeder, Constance M. Wiemann
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 394 p.) : 36 illus., 21 illus. in color
ISBN
9783319728681
9783319728674 (print ed.)
9783319728698 (print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Adolescent
Chronic Disease
Disabled Persons
Patient Transfer
Young Adult
Specialty
Adolescent Health
Health Services Administration
Abstract
This comprehensive book thoroughly addresses all aspects of health care transition of adolescents and young adults with chronic illness or disability; and includes the framework, tools and case-based examples needed to develop and evaluate a Health Care Transition (HCT) planning program that can be implemented regardless of a patient's disease or disability.áHealth Care Transition: Building a Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Illness and Disability is a uniquely inclusive resource, incorporating youth/young adult, caregiver, and pediatric and adult provider voices and perspectives. Part I of the book opens by defining Health Care Transition, describing the urgent need for comprehensive transition planning, barriers to HCT and then offering a framework for developing and evaluating health care transition programs. Part II focuses on the anatomic and neuro-chemical changes that occur in the brain during adolescence and young adulthood, and how they affect function and behavior. Part III covers the perspectives of important participants in the HCT transition process—youth and young adults, caregivers, and both pediatric and adult providers. Each chapter in Part IV addresses a unique aspect of developing HCT programs. Part V explores various examples of successful transition from the perspective of five key participants in the transition process - patients, caregivers, pediatric providers, adult providers and third party payers. Related financial matters are covered in part VI, while Part VII explores special issues such as HCT and the medical home, international perspectives, and potential legal issues. Models of HCT programs are presented in Part VIII, utilizing an example case study. Representing perspectives from over 75 authors and more than 100 medical centers in North America and Europe,áHealth Care Transition: Building a Program for Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Illness and Disability is an ideal resource for any clinician, policy maker, caregiver, or hospitalist working with youth in transition.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: Historical Perspectives, Current Priorities, and Health Care Transition Evidence and Measurement. -Chapter 2: The anatomical, hormonal and neuro-chemical changes that occur during brain development in adolescents and young adults -- Chapter 3: The relationships of adolescent behaviours to adolescent brain changes; and their relevance to the transition of adolescents and young adults with chronic illness and disability -- Chapter 4. Healthcare Transition from the AYASHCN's perspective -- Chapter 5: Health Care Transition from the Family Perspective -- Chapter 6. Healthcare Transition from the Pediatric Provider's Perspective -- Chapter 7: Healthcare Transition from the Adult Provider's Perspective Barriers to accepting AYASHCN in the practice -- Chapter 8: Healthcare Insurance Changes -- Chapter 9. Establishing the Administrative Structure and Support for a Healthcare Transition Program -- Chapter 10: Mobilizing Pediatric Providers -- Chapter 11: Developing a Transition Policy, Procedures or Guidelines -- Chapter 12: Establishing a Method to Monitor Transition Planning and Track Patient Outcomes Following Transfer -- Chapter 13: Incorporating Healthcare Transition Readiness Assessment -- Chapter 14. Employing Healthcare Transition Planning Tools -- Chapter 15. Understanding the Pediatric and Adult Healthcare System: Adapting to Change -- Chapter 16. Developing the Process for Transferring Care from Pediatric to Adult Providers -- Chapter 17. Preparing the Adult Practice to Accept AYA -- Chapter 18: Establishing a System for Ensuring Transfer Completion -- Chapter 19. Defining Successful Transition: Young Adult Perspective -- Chapter 20. Defining Successful Transition: Parent Perspective -- Chapter 21. Defining Successful Transition: Pediatric Provider Perspective -- Chapter 22. Defining Successful Transition: Adult Provider Perspective -- Chapter 23. Defining Successful Transition: Payer perspective -- Chapter 24 Financial Cost of Healthcare Transition -- Chapter 25. Payment for Health Care Transition Services -- Chapter 26: Healthcare Transition and the Medical Home -- Chapter 27. The Hospitalist's Perspective on Healthcare Transition -- Chapter 28. The International Perspective on Health care Transition -- Chapter 29: Expanding the Role of the Pharmacist -- Chapter 30:á Legal Issues: Guardianship and supportive decision making -- Chapter 31. Transitioning Adolescents and Young Adults with Medical Complexity -- Chapter 32. Transitioning Youth with Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities -- Chapter 33: Palliative Care in Adolescents and Young Adults with Special Healthcare Needs -- Chapter 34: Healthcare Transitions and Dental Care -- Chapter 35. A Successful Healthcare Transition Program in a Hospital Setting -- Chapter 36: Different Healthcare Transition Models -- Chapter 37: Conclusions.
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Disability, Health and Human Development

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Sophie Mitra. --New York: Palgrave Macmillan , c2018.
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This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with multidimensional poverty, mortality, economic insecurity and deprivations in education, morbidity and e…
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Mitra, Sophie
Responsibility
Sophie Mitra
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication
c2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxi, 177 p.) : 20 illus., 17 illus. in color
Series Title
Palgrave studies in disability and international development
ISBN
9781137536389
9781137536372 (Print ed.)
9781349710706 (Print ed.)
9781349710690 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Disabled Persons
Human Development
Quality of Life
Social Planning
Other Subjects
Africa
Specialty
Public Health
Abstract
This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with multidimensional poverty, mortality, economic insecurity and deprivations in education, morbidity and employment. It shows that disability needs to be considered from multiple angles including aging, gender, health and poverty. Ultimately, this study makes a call for inclusion and prevention interventions as solutions to the deprivations associated with impairments and health conditions.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The Human Development Model of Disability, Health and Wellbeing -- 3. Measurement, Data and Country Context -- 4. Prevalence of Functional Difficulties -- 5. Functional Difficulties and Inequalities through a Static Lens -- 6. Dynamics of Functional Difficulties and Wellbeing -- 7. Main Results and Implications.
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Cultural and religious sensitivity : a pocket guide for health care professionals

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Geri-Ann Galanti. (3rd ed.) --Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission Resources , c2018.
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Galanti, Geri-Ann
Responsibility
Geri-Ann Galanti
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Oak Brook, IL
Publisher
Joint Commission Resources
Date of Publication
c2018
Physical Description
1 online resource
ISBN
9781635850468
Subjects (MeSH)
Cultural Competency
Cultural Diversity
Cultural Characteristics
Patients - psychology
Ethnic Groups - psychology
Minority Groups
United States
Specialty
Social Medicine
Sociology, Medical
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LGBTQ cultures : what health care professionals need to know about sexual and gender diversity

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Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn. (3rd ed.) --Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer , c2018.
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Eliason, Michele J.
Responsibility
Michele J. Eliason, Peggy L. Chinn
Edition
3rd ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, PA
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Date of Publication
c2018
Physical Description
1 online resource, 260 p.
ISBN
9781496394606
Subjects (MeSH)
Attitude of Health Personnel
Culturally Competent Care
Gender Identity
Health Services Accessibility
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Specialty
Sexual Health
Social Medicine
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The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease : New Philosophical and Scientific Developments

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Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett. --Cham: Palgrave Macmillan , c2019.
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‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 ye…
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Bolton, Derek
Other Authors
Gillett, Grant
Responsibility
Derek Bolton, Grant Gillett
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication
c2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 149 p.)
ISBN
9783030118990
9783030118983 (Print ed.)
9783030119003 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Holistic Health
Philosophy, Medical
Social Medicine
Specialty
Public Health
Social Sciences
Abstract
‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne University, France This open access book is a systematic update of the philosophical and scientific foundations of the biopsychosocial model of health, disease and healthcare. First proposed by George Engel 40 years ago, the Biopsychosocial Model is much cited in healthcare settings worldwide, but has been increasingly criticised for being vague, lacking in content, and in need of reworking in the light of recent developments. The book confronts the rapid changes to psychological science, neuroscience, healthcare, and philosophy that have occurred since the model was first proposed and addresses key issues such as the model’s scientific basis, clinical utility, and philosophical coherence. The authors conceptualise biology and the psychosocial as in the same ontological space, interlinked by systems of communication-based regulatory control which constitute a new kind of causation. These are distinguished from physical and chemical laws, most clearly because they can break down, thus providing the basis for difference between health and disease. This work offers an urgent update to the model’s scientific and philosophical foundations, providing a new and coherent account of causal interactions between the biological, the psychological and social. Derek Bolton is Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, UK. He was awarded a double first in Moral Sciences and a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. His subsequent professional career was in clinical psychology and he has published extensively in philosophy of psychiatry as well as basic and clinical health science. Grant Gillett is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His professional career was in Neurosurgery, punctuated by a D. Phil. at Oxford University in philosophy of mind and meta-ethics. He has published extensively in neuroethics, philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of medicine (particularly psychiatry), and the philosophy of medical and social sciences.
Contents
1. The Biopsychosocial Model 40 Years On -- 1.1 Doing Well—But with Underlying Problems -- 1.2 Locating the Content of the Biopsychosocial Model -- 1.3 The General Model: Biopsychosocial Ontology and Interactions -- 2. Biology Involves Regulatory Control of Physical–Chemical Energetic Processes -- 2.1 The New Biology/Biomedicine -- 2.2 The Limitations of Physicalism -- 2.3 Current Biomedicine Is Conducive to the Biopsychosocial Model -- 3. Psychology Regulates Activity in the Social World -- 3.1 The Psychological as Embodied Agency -- 3.2 Biopsychosocial Conditions of Agency -- 3.3 The Socio-Political: Who Gets to Control What? -- 3.4 General Theory of Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4. Biopsychosocial Conditions of Health and Disease -- 4.1 Conditions of Biopsychosocial Life -- 4.2 Biopsychosocial Conceptualisation of Health Conditions -- 4.3 Locating Causes in Biopsychosocial Systems -- 4.4 Compare and Contrast Physical and Mental Health Conditions -- 4.5 Locating the Biopsychosocial Model.
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The Stigma of Addiction : An Essential Guide

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edited by Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes. Written by experts in the field of addiction, the text takes a reader-friendly approach to the essentials of addiction stigma across settings and demographics. The authors reveal the challenges patients face in the spaces that should be the safest, including the home, the workplace, the justice system, and even the clinical community. The text aims to deliver tools to professi…
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Avery, Jonathan D.
Avery, Joseph J.
Responsibility
edited by Jonathan D. Avery, Joseph J. Avery
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 220 p. 8 illus., 6 illus. in color)
ISBN
9783030025809
9783030025793 (Print ed.)
9783030025816 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Behavior, Addictive
Social Marginalization
Social Stigma
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Vulnerable Populations
Specialty
Addiction Medicine
Social Medicine
Abstract
This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes. Written by experts in the field of addiction, the text takes a reader-friendly approach to the essentials of addiction stigma across settings and demographics. The authors reveal the challenges patients face in the spaces that should be the safest, including the home, the workplace, the justice system, and even the clinical community. The text aims to deliver tools to professionals who work with individuals with substance use disorders and lay persons seeking to combat stigma and promote recovery. The Stigma of Addiction is an excellent resource for psychiatrists, addiction medicine specialists, students across specialties, researchers, public health officials, and individuals with substance use disorders and their families.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Self-Stigma and Addiction -- 3. “Bad Parents,” “Codependents,” and Other Stigmatizing Myths About Substance Use Disorder in the Family -- 4. The Stigma of Addiction in Romantic Relationships -- 5. The Language of Stigma and Addiction -- 6. The Stigma of Addiction in the Medical Community -- 7. Stigma and Addiction Treatment -- 8. Race, Stigma, and Addiction -- 9. Addiction Stigma in the US Legal System -- 10. The Stigma of Addiction in the Workplace -- 11. Stigma of Addiction in the Media.
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Critical Dietetics and Critical Nutrition Studies

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John Coveney, Sue Booth, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This second volume in the Food Policy series focuses on critical nutrition and dietetics studies, offering an innovative and interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of the food supply and the actors in it through a new critical lens. The volume provides an overview of the growth of critical nutrition and dietetics since its inception in 2009, as well as commentary on its continuing relevance and its applicability in the fields of dietetic education, research, and practice. Chapters ad…
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Coveney, John
Booth, Sue
Responsibility
John Coveney, Sue Booth, editors
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 175 p.) : 2 illus.
Series
Food Policy
Series Title
Food policy
ISBN
9783030031138
9783030031121 (Print ed.)
9783030031145 (Print ed.)
ISSN
2365-4295
Subjects (MeSH)
Dietetics - ethics
Food Supply
Nutrition Policy
Social Justice
Specialty
Nutritional Sciences
Social Medicine
Abstract
This second volume in the Food Policy series focuses on critical nutrition and dietetics studies, offering an innovative and interdisciplinary exploration of the complexities of the food supply and the actors in it through a new critical lens. The volume provides an overview of the growth of critical nutrition and dietetics since its inception in 2009, as well as commentary on its continuing relevance and its applicability in the fields of dietetic education, research, and practice. Chapters address key topics such as how to bring critical dietetics into conventional practice, applying critical diets in clinical practice, policy applications, and new perspectives on training and educating a critical nutrition and dietetic workforce. Contributing authors from around the globe also discuss the role of critical nutrition dietetics in industry, private practice, and consultancy, as well the role of critical dietetics in addressing the food, hunger, and health issues associated with the world economic crisis. The authors designed the volume to be a reference work for students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Critical Nutrition, Critical Food Studies, and Critical Dietetics. Each chapter offers concise aims and learning outcomes, as well as assignments for students and a concise chapter summary. These features enhance the value of the volume as a learning tool.
Contents
1. The History of Critical Dietetics: The Story of Finding Each Other -- 2. Critical Dietetics: Axiological Foundations -- 3. Swimming Upstream: Bringing Critical Dietetics into Conventional Practice -- 4. Awakening the Possibilities: An Exploration of Critical Nutrition and Dietetic Training and Education -- 5. Critical Perspectives in Clinical Nutrition Practice -- 6. Reshaping the Food System Using Food Democracy: Reorienting Consumer and Dietetic Practice -- 7. Critical Dietetics and Sustainable Food Systems -- 8. ‘Eating Right’: Critical Dietetics, Dietitians and Ethics -- 9. Food, Dietetics, and Imperialism -- 10. Social Justice, Health Equity, and Advocacy: What Are Our Roles?
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Cancer and Society : A Multidisciplinary Assessment and Strategies for Action

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Eric H. Bernicker, editor. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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While a number of books have looked at the intersection between human health in general and other topics, such as climate change or diet, this book focuses specifically on cancer as it impacts and is impacted by social justice issues. The massive explosion of research knowledge of cancer immunology and genomics is holding out great promise of therapeutic advances, yet other human actions—climate change, pollution, business decisions, advertising – are fostering health inequalities as well as in…
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Bernicker, Eric H.
Responsibility
Eric H. Bernicker, editor
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiv, 178 p.) : 15 illus., 14 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030058555
9783030058548 (Print ed.)
9783030058562 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Bioethical Issues
Global Burden of Disease
Health Planning
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Social Justice
Specialty
Medical Oncology
Social Medicine
Abstract
While a number of books have looked at the intersection between human health in general and other topics, such as climate change or diet, this book focuses specifically on cancer as it impacts and is impacted by social justice issues. The massive explosion of research knowledge of cancer immunology and genomics is holding out great promise of therapeutic advances, yet other human actions—climate change, pollution, business decisions, advertising – are fostering health inequalities as well as increasing risks. Those involved in cancer care and research are in a unique position to let their experiences and knowledge inform the public, yet very often have not taken strong public roles when it comes to discussing issues surrounding tobacco, climate change and health risks, financial toxicity of treatments, and diet choices. Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors and for medical oncologists, cancer researchers, occupational health workers, and related medical students, residents, and fellows, this book encourages oncologists to address public health care and the societal issues associated with cancer risk. This volume discusses the overarching theme of environmental justice and oncology, focuses on business and cancer (such as clinical trials, drug development and profits, and global disparities), as well as animals and cancer.
Contents
Tobacco and Social Justice -- Climate Change and Cancer -- Pollution, Cancer Risk, and Vulnerable Populations -- Causes, Consequences, and Control of High Cancer Drug Prices -- Clinical Trials: Not for the Poor and the Old -- Global Disparities: Can the World Afford Cancer? -- Cancer Quackery and Fake News: Targeting the Most Vulnerable -- The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Imaging -- The Hippies Were Right: Diet and Cancer Risk -- Protons and Prejudice: Finding Sense and Sensibility in the Development of a Costly Medical Therapy -- The Ethics of Animal Use in Cancer Research -- The Ecology of Cancer.
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Rural Health Disparities : Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches

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Monica M. Taylor. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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This innovative resource offers a unique, multidisciplinary approach for the utilization of planning theory to eliminate health disparities in rural communities. The book provides tools in the public health, policy, and planning disciplines to help resolve significant differences in life expectancy and quality of life in these communities, concluding with a progressive vision for alleviating geographical health disparities on a local, national, and global scale. Chapters highlight models and ap…
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Taylor, Monica M.
Responsibility
Monica M. Taylor
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 60 p.) : 3 illus. in color
Series
SpringerBriefs in Public Health
Series Title
SpringerBriefs in public health
ISBN
9783030114671
9783030114664 (Print ed.)
9783030114688 (Print ed.)
ISSN
2192-3698
Subjects (MeSH)
Health Planning
Health Policy
Health Status Disparities
Public Health Administration
Rural Health
Social Determinants of Health
Specialty
Health Planning
Policy
Population Health
Social Medicine
Abstract
This innovative resource offers a unique, multidisciplinary approach for the utilization of planning theory to eliminate health disparities in rural communities. The book provides tools in the public health, policy, and planning disciplines to help resolve significant differences in life expectancy and quality of life in these communities, concluding with a progressive vision for alleviating geographical health disparities on a local, national, and global scale. Chapters highlight models and approaches best suited to addressing this public health concern, suggesting action strategies focused around each of the three focus areas: 1. Public health: Elucidation of the contextual factors impacting the health of rural communities by: reporting statistical updates on a range of chronic and infectious diseases that disproportionately affect rural populations both globally and in the U.S.; providing discourse on the importance of addressing critical social determinants (global and national) that impede optimal health outcomes among rural populations; and, acknowledging the compositional factors of individuals who reside in rural spaces. 2. Public policy: Application of specific policy models to garner both public and political will towards sustainable policy change to improve healthy living in rural spaces. 3. Rural planning: Identification of national and international planning models that can be used to design strategic plans targeted to improve quality of life, create sustainable development, and establish economic well-being and growth in rural communities. Rural Health Disparities: Public Health, Policy, and Planning Approaches will find an engaged audience among non-profit organizations, planners, public health practitioners, policy analysts, and public interest groups, as well as rural health advocates and students enrolled in planning, public policy, and/or public health courses.
Contents
1. National and Global Rural Health Crisis: Spatial Injustice -- 2. Environmental Injustices in Rural America -- 3. Public Health Solutions to Rural Health Disparities -- 4. Rural Health Disparities: The Policy Perspective -- 5. Rural Health Disparities: The Planning Perspective -- 6. Conclusion: A Progressive Vision.
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