Challenges in Health and Development : From Global to Community Perspectives

This textbook examines strategies of investing in human health and investing in economic growth as distinct approaches to development. It explores the symbiotic relationship of these tactics, and considers the applications and outcomes from a global, national and community level perspective. Each ch...

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Main Author Johnson, Sandy A. (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition2nd ed. 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Public health.
Urban geography.
Human geography.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319532042
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-53204-2
Physical DescriptionXIX, 215 p. 13 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter One
  • 1.1.Industrial expansion, globalization and population health - The cases of England and Panama
  • 1.2 Comparative measurement of health and development
  • 1.3 A century's worth of global change in development and health
  • 1.4 What accounts for the difference in regional change?
  • 1.4.1 Standard of living
  • 1.4.2 Public investment, health infrastructure, and public health campaigns
  • 1.4.3 Medical innovations
  • 1.4.4 Technological Innovation
  • 1.4.5 Behavior change
  • 1.4.6 Access to care
  • 1.4.7 Political will
  • 1.5 A model for exploring health and development
  • 1.6 Conclusion
  • Chapter Two
  • 2.1 Health and development as concepts in the international system
  • 2.1.1 International health before WWII
  • 2.1.2 The United Nations and the modern story of health and development
  • 2.2 The World Health Organization
  • 2.2.1 WHO early years: Health as a biomedical condition
  • 2.2.2Malaria and smallpox campaigns
  • 2.2.3 WHO: Health as a human right
  • 2.2.3.1 Primary Health Care
  • 2.2.4 Social determinants of health and the WHO in the 21st century
  • 2.3 The World Bank
  • 2.3.1 The World Bank: Evolution of Development
  • 2.3.1.1 Structural Adjustment Program
  • 2.3.1.2 World Bank as a health authority - World Development Report 1993
  • 2.3.1.3 Towards change
  • 2.4 The beginning of convergence - State and human security
  • 2.5 True convergence and the way forward in the 21st Century
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • Chapter Three
  • 3.1 Trade-offs between internal and external factors, social and economic out-comes
  • 3.2 Health inputs
  • 3.3 Chile - Economic growth without equity
  • 3.4 Sri Lanka - Equity without growth
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • Chapter Four
  • 4.1 The importance of community
  • 4.1.1 Community-based health care
  • 4.1.2 Pholela Health Center - An early innovator
  • 4.1.3 Gonoshasthaya Kendra - A continuing success
  • 4.1.4 Implications for local health and national development
  • 4.2 Microcredit and microfinance
  • 4.2.1 Grameen Bank - early innovator and continuing success
  • 4.2.2 Implications for development and well-being
  • 4.3 Conclusion
  • Chapter Five
  • 5.1 Development, failed states and states in conflict
  • 5.1.1 Issues of health
  • 5.1.2 Refugees and IDPs
  • 5.1.3 Long term impacts
  • 5.2 The challenge of rebuilding
  • 5.2.1 Building dependency
  • 5.3 The pros and cons of scaled approaches
  • 5.4 Haiti - Partners in Health/Zanmi Lasante
  • 5.5 Rwanda rising from the ashes
  • 5.6 Conclusion
  • Chapter Six
  • 6.1 Global Public-Private Partnerships
  • 6.1.1 GPPPs, global research and clinical trials
  • 6.2 Methods of the GPPPs
  • 6.3 Examples of Recent GPPPs
  • 6.4 Pros and cons of GPPPs
  • 6.5 Conclusion
  • Chapter Seven
  • 7.1 Conclusion
  • Chapter Eight - Answer key for discussion questions
  • Chapter One Questions
  • Chapter Two Questions
  • Chapter Three Questions
  • Chapter Four Questions
  • Chapter Five Questions
  • Chapter Six Questions
  • Index.

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