Life Expectancy in Africa : Improving Public Health Policy.: Improving Public Health Policy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Frimpong, Augustine Adu; Lukongo, Onyumbe B
• Contents: Cover; Life Expectancy in Africa; Life Expectancy in Africa: Improving Public Health Policy; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1; The Genesis, the Past, and the Current Situation of Life Expectancy in Africa; Chapter 2; Life Expectancy, Health, Geospatial Analytics, and War/Conflict Theories; Health Indicators' Framework (Or Model); Major Theories; Institution, Economic Growth, and Development; The Solow Growth Model; Life Expectancy in Africa: Relevant Literature Review; African Political Cycles and Divisions: Relevant Literature Review of Colonial Presence Independence StrugglesPost-Colonial Africa; Life Expectancy and its Empirical Relationship with Other Variables; Chapter Summary and Gap Identification; Chapter 3; Methodology and Models Specification of Spatiotemporal and Spatial Regression Analyses; Overall Design and Methodology; Background to the Book's Research Area (Africa); Population; Spatial Dependence, LEB, and Conflict/Civil War; Spatial Modeling: Spatial Dependence and Clustering; Spatial Autoregressive Model, Spatial Lag Model, and Spatial Error Model; Variables Used in the Spatiotemporal Analysis; Reliability and Validity Book's Data AnalysisChapter 4; Spatiotemporal Analysis of Life Expectancy and Conflict-cum-War in Africa; Addressing the Book's Research Questions and Hypothesis; Dynamics and Trends Maps of LEB over the Past Five Decades, 1960-2015; Empirical Test of Changes in LEB over the Past Five Decades; Addressing Research Question 1: To What Extent Can Spatiotemporal Analyses Be Used to Comprehend Better Life Expectancy in Africa?; Identification of Spatial Clusters of LEB in Africa, 1960-2015; Spatial Clusters and Identification of Hotspots and Coldspots in LEB in Africa, 1960-2015 Addressing the Book's Research Question 2: What Is the Best Spatial Econometric Model That Is Suitable for Explaining Life Expectancy in Africa?Search for a Best Spatial Model Portraying Spatial Dependence; LEB Equation; Addressing the Book's Research Question 3: To What Extent Can I Apply Geospatial and Econometric Models to Inform Public Health Policy in Africa?; Determining the Extent of Spatial Spillovers; The Three Vignettes in Contemporary Africa: Three Case Studies; Discussion of Hypotheses for the Book's Research; Conclusion; Chapter 5; Epilogue Discussion and Summary of the Data AnalysisOverall Conclusion; Overall Research Findings of the Book: Significance and Limitations; Policy Implications and Recommendations; Conclusion; Appendix I; DESCRIPTIVE SECTION; SPATIAL REGRESSION ESTIMATION SECTION; Appendix II; Averages of Life Expectancy at Birth Data across Decades (1960s-2000s); Averages of Cold War Division of Development Indicators; Contemporary Independent Era (1951-2018); African's Renaissance (1990s-Present); References; Index; About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (279 pages)
• Subjects: 362.10966021; Life expectancy -- Africa; Medical policy -- Africa; Health services accessibility -- Africa; Health services accessibility; Life expectancy; Medical policy; Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793603579
• Related ISBNs: 179360357X; 9781793603562
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