Author: Selwyne De Witt CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Sickness Experience in Selected Areas of the United States
Author: Selwyne De Witt CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Surgical Experience in Selected Areas of the United States
Author: Selwyn De Witt CollinsPublisher:
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Category : Surgery
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Communities in Action
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309452961
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
U.S. Health in International Perspective
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309264146
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved dramatically over the past century, Americans live shorter lives and experience more injuries and illnesses than people in other high-income countries. The U.S. health disadvantage cannot be attributed solely to the adverse health status of racial or ethnic minorities or poor people: even highly advantaged Americans are in worse health than their counterparts in other, "peer" countries. In light of the new and growing evidence about the U.S. health disadvantage, the National Institutes of Health asked the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a panel of experts to study the issue. The Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries examined whether the U.S. health disadvantage exists across the life span, considered potential explanations, and assessed the larger implications of the findings. U.S. Health in International Perspective presents detailed evidence on the issue, explores the possible explanations for the shorter and less healthy lives of Americans than those of people in comparable countries, and recommends actions by both government and nongovernment agencies and organizations to address the U.S. health disadvantage.
Morbidity Experience of Saskatchewan General Hospitals, 1951
Author: Marcus Solomon GoldsteinPublisher:
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Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Selected References on Health Insurance and Related Subjects
Author: United States. Public Health ServicePublisher:
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Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Selwyn D. Collins' Contributions to Health Statistics
Author: United States. Public Health ServicePublisher:
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Category : Medical statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Population Characteristics and Participation in the Poliomyelitis Vaccination Program
Author: Monroe G. SirkenPublisher:
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Category : Poliomyelitis
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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Public Health Monograph
Author: Publications Issued by the Public Health Service
Author: United States. Public Health ServicePublisher:
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Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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