Global Health Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies

by Merson, Michael H.; Black, Robert E.; Mills, Anne J.

• ISBN13: 9780763785598
• ISBN10: 0763785598
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-09-02
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Designed for use in graduate level MPH programs, Global Health: Diseases, Programs, Systems, and Policies, Third Edition examines the wide range of public health issues facing the many world populations today and the various approaches nations adopt to deal with them.Formerly titled International Public Health, this comprehensive text gives particular attention to the public health problems facing low- and middle-income countries today, and identifies their three greatest challenges: reproductive health, infectious disease, and nutrition. Now recognized as the most authoritative text on global health, this thorough revision explores emerging health systems, their regulation, financing, and management, with an emphasis on the role of agencies in promoting health. Your students will come away with a clear understanding of the importance of health on the economic development of a nation, and the reciprocal impact of development on health status. Features:Chapter contributions from leading experts in global public healthCase studies throughoutDiscussion questions in each chapter

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chapter1 Measures of Health and Disease in Populations - Adnan A. Hyder, Prasanthi Puvanachandra, and Richard H. Morrow
Chapter2 Culture, Behavior, and Health - Susan C. Scrimshaw
Chapter3 The Social Determinants of Health - Michael P. Kelly and Emma Doohan
Chapter4 Reproductive Health - M. Omar Rahman and Jane Menken
Chapter5 Infectious Diseases - Arthur L. Reingold and Aubree Gordon
Chapter6 Nutrition - Keith P. West
Chapter7 Chronic Diseases and Risks - Derek Yach,George A. Mensah, Corrina Hawkes, JoAnne E. Epping-Jordan, and Krisela Steyn
Chapter8 Unintentional Injuries and Violence - Robyn Norton, Adnan A. Hyder, and Alexander Butchart
Chapter9 Global Mental Health - Vikram Patel, Alan J. Flisher, and Alex Cohen
Chapter10 Environmental Health - Tord Kjellstrom, Anthony McMichael, Kirk R. Smith, and Sudhvir Singh
Chapter11 Complex Emergencies - Michael J. Toole, Ronald J. Walman, and Anthony Zwi
Chapter12 The Design of Health Systems - Anne J. Mills and M. Kent Ranson
Chapter13 Management and Planning for Public Health - Andrew Green, Charles Collins, and Tolib Mirzoev
Chapter14 Pharmaceuticals - Kara Hanson, Benjamin Palafox, Stuart Anderson, Javier Guzman, Mary Moran, Rima Shretta, and Tana Wuliji
Chapter15 Health and the Economy - Jennifer Prah Ruger, Dean T. Jamison, David E. Bloom, and David Canning
Chapter16 Evaluation Science - Cesar Victora, Damian Walker, Benjamin Johns, and Jennifer Bryce
Chapter17 Global Cooperation in International Public Health - Gill Walt, Kent Buse and Andrew Harmer
Chapter18 Globalization and Health - Kelley Lee, Derek Yach, and Adam Kamradt-Scott