Critical Issues in Global Health

by Koop, C. Everett, M.D.; Pearson, Clarence E.; Schwartz, M. Roy; Koop, C. Everett, M.D.; Pearson, Clarence E.

• ISBN13: 9780787948245
• ISBN10: 0787948241
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Critical Issues in Global Health is an outstanding compAndium of knowledge and thought--from a distinguished panel of internationally renowned medical and public health experts--that offers insight into the most important health issues facing our world2s populations. The volume2s individual contributors represent a wide range of prestigious health organizations and institutions including the World Health Organization, National Academy of Sciences, Kellogg and Rockefeller Foundations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and the American Public Health Association. Edited by C. Everett Koop, Clarence E. Pearson, and M. Roy Schwarz, these never-before-published essays explore the future of international health and explain what will be required in order to provide adequate health and medical care worldwide, especially for underdeveloped countries.

Table of Contents

About the C. Everett Koop Institute	xiv
About the National Center for Health Education	xvi
Foreword	xix
Jimmy Carter
Introduction	xxiii
C. Everett Koop
Part One Countries, Continents, and the World	1	(108)
The Future of the World's Health	3	(9)
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Africa	12	(9)
Adetokunbo O. Lucas
Latin America and the Caribbean	21	(8)
George A. O. Alleyne
Eastern Mediterranean Region	29	(8)
Hussein A. Gezairy
Europe	37	(10)
Jo E. Asvall
Richard Alderslade
Western Pacific	47	(9)
Shigeru Omi
People's Republic of China	56	(6)
Zhang Wenkang
M. Roy Schwarz
India	62	(9)
V. Ramalingaswami
Russian Federation	71	(9)
Jack W. Lesar
Yuri M. Komarov
Rafael G. Oganov
Robert W. Porter
United States	80	(11)
J. Michael McGinnis
Mexico	91	(10)
Juan Ramon De La Fuente
Fernando Alvarez Del Rio
Roberto Tapia-Conyer
A. Rodrigo Ares De Parga
Canada	101	(8)
Irving Rootman
Trevor Hancock
Part Two The Organizational Landscape in Global Health	109	(264)
Infectious Diseases	111	(6)
William H. Foege
Chronic Disease	117	(10)
James S. Marks
David V. McQueen
Mental Health	127	(8)
Eugene B. Brody
Tropical Diseases	135	(9)
Joseph A. Cook
The Outlook for Eradicating AIDS	144	(10)
Seth F. Berkley
Future Worldwide Health Effects of Current Smoking Patterns	154	(8)
Richard Peto
Alan D. Lopez
Tobacco Control	162	(8)
Derek Yach
Environmental and Occupational Health	170	(10)
Bernard D. Goldstein
Environmental Health	180	(8)
Anthony J. McMichael
Alistair Woodward
Family and Reproductive Health	188	(8)
Allan Rosenfield
Elizabeth Tyler Crone
Maternal and Child Health	196	(7)
Pierre Buekens
J.T. Boerma
Midwifery	203	(9)
Judith P. Rooks
Ruth Watson Lubic
Building the Capacity of Schools to Improve Health	212	(9)
Lloyd J. Kolbe
Jack T. Jones
Isolde Birdthistle
Cheryl Vince Whitman
Women's Health	221	(8)
Adrienne Germain
Undernutrition	229	(9)
Barbara A. Underwood
The Nutritional Crisis to Come	238	(13)
W.P.T. James
Population and Health	251	(9)
Joseph Chamie
Interpersonal Violence	260	(12)
Lee Ann Hoff
Terrorism	272	(8)
Jessica Eve Stern
Urban Health	280	(7)
Jeremiah A. Barondess
Biomedical Research in the Next Century	287	(10)
Bruce Alberts
The Role and Potential of Health Services Research	297	(8)
Gordon H. DeFriese
Reinventing Medicine and Public Health	305	(9)
Kenneth I. Shine
Integrative Medicine	314	(7)
Andrew T. Weil
Health Promotion, Health Education, and Disease Prevention	321	(10)
Lawrence W. Green
C. James Frankish
The Role of Communication and Advertising	331	(6)
Thomas P. Lom
Effective Communication as the Path to Ideal Health	337	(9)
Scott C. Ratzan
Changes Associated with Aging	346	(10)
Knight Steel
The Relationship Between Oceans and Human Health	356	(8)
James D. Watkins
Anwar Huq
Careers in Public Health and Medical Care	364	(9)
Alexander H. Williams III
Part Three Organizations, Management, Leadership, and Partnerships	373	(82)
Shaping the Future of Health Through Global Partnerships	375	(9)
William C. Richardson
John P. Allegrante
The Role of Governments	384	(15)
Richard G.A. Feachem
The Role of Business	399	(7)
William C. Steere Jr.
The Role of the Nonprofit Sector	406	(8)
Kumi Naidoo
Business in Partnership with the Nonprofit Sector	414	(9)
Ralph S. Larsen
The Nonprofit Sector in Partnership with Government	423	(7)
Nils Daulaire
Philanthropy and Global Health Equity	430	(10)
Lincoln C. Chen
Timothy G. Evans
Margaret E. Wirth
The Role of Public Health Associations	440	(6)
Mohammad N. Akhter
The Mandate: Transformational Leadership	446	(9)
Gary L. Filerman
Clarence E. Pearson
Name Index	455	(4)
Subject Index	459