Challenges in health and development : from global to community perspectives /: from global to community perspectives. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sandy A. Johnson.
• Authors: Johnson, Sandy A
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 215 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 362.1091724; Social sciences; Medical policy -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Human Geography; Economic history; Medical policy; Social conditions; Medical -- Public Health; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Human Geography; Public health & preventive medicine; Cultural studies; Human geography; Global Health; Economic Development; Health Policy; International Cooperation; Public-Private Sector Partnerships; Developing countries -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Case studies; Developing countries; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319532042; 3319532049
• Related ISBNs: 3319532030; 9783319532035
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2017).
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