Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Overview of the Exclusion of Social Protection in Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Health in the Americas, 1998 Edition
Author: Pan American Health OrganizationPublisher:
ISBN: 9789275115695
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Shrinkwrapped. - 2 vols. not sold separately by TSO. Published every 4 years. - Previous eds. were entitled "Health conditions in the Americas"
Citizens of Fear
Author: Katherine GoldmanPublisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813530352
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Citizens in Latin American cities live in constant fear, amidst some of the most dangerous conditions on earth. In that vast region, 140 thousand people die violently each year, and one out of three citizens have been directly or indirectly victimized by violence. Citizens of Fear, in part, assembles survey results of social scientists who document the pervasiveness of violence. But the numbers tell only part of the story.
The Perinatal Medicine of the New Millenium
Author: José María CarreraPublisher:
ISBN: 9788832319231
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 1380
Book Description
Essentials of Global Community Health
Author: Jaime GofinPublisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 1449659454
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Essentials of Global Community Health offers current and future clinicians, public health professionals, and administrators a comprehensive resource on providing community-oriented health care. This essential reference delves into the individual, family, social, and global determinants that shape a community’s health. Combining theory with practical application, Essentials of Global Community Health provides step-by-step guidance on interventions that promote health and prevent disease at the community level. With 16 structured case studies that span the globe—from Cambodia and Chad, to Moldova, Israel, Spain, and others—Essentials of Global Community Health explains and illustrates how principles of Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) and Community-Oriented Public Health (COPH) work in diverse settings worldwide. Jaime and Rosa Gofin bring 40 years of academic and field experience to bear in this text by offering a complete framework for putting community health into practice. Essentials of Global Community Health features • A step-by-step framework for integrating individual care and public health • A comprehensive resource on COPC and COPH • Illustrative examples and summary tables, plus study and review questions to reinforce concepts • A complete package of instructor and interactive student resources available online. Looking for more real-life evidence? Check out Cases 3, 7, 13, 17, & 20 in Essential Case Studies in Public Health, Putting Public Health into Practice.
Investment in Health
Author: Publisher: Pan American Health Org
ISBN: 9275115826
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This publication considers the final reports of three research projects that explored how investing in health can benefit economic growth, household productivity, and poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean. It contains case studies of health systems and policies in a number of countries including Brazil, Jamaica, Mexico and Peru; as well as a review of experiences from other regions in the world regarding health inequalities and poverty alleviation.
Scientific Publications
Author: Public Health at the Crossroads
Author: Robert BeagleholePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521540476
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Reviewing epidemiological and demographic trends internationally, this book provides an overview of major health trends, summarises the current state of the world's health, and reviews recent estimates of the global burden of disease.
Reassembling Social Security
Author: Carmelo Mesa-LagoPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 019155281X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. From the reforms that took place in Chile in 1981, most pension and health care systems in the region have seen reform, and been fully or partially privatized. Many other countries considering reform of their own systems have been influenced by the policies implemented in Latin America. Yet despite the importance and influence of these reforms, until now there has not been an integrated and comprehensive analysis of the changes and their effects. This book is the result of four years of painstaking work, data collection, field research and international collaboration, and so fills the vacuum in the literature with a systematic comparison of pension and healthcare reforms in the 20 Latin American countries. It identifies reform models, and elaborates taxonomies to facilitate their understanding and comparison. Some key features of the reforms to emerge are: labour force and population coverage, equity and solidarity, sufficiency and quality of benefits, state regulation, competition and degree of privatization, efficiency and administrative costs, social participation in management, financing sources and long-term sustainability. Effects of the reforms on social security principles are measured based on recent standardized statistics and other information. Goals or assumptions of the reforms are contrasted with actual outcomes, and the pros and cons of private versus private provision assessed. Detailed policy recommendations are offered to correct current problems and improve pension and healthcare systems. This is the first book to comprehensively study these influential reforms in Latin America's pension and health care systems, and as such will be of importance to academics and researchers interested in social security and welfare policy, pensions, health care, and public policy; Social security, pension, and health care policy-makers; And social security, pension, and health care consultants and practitioners. Published in association with PAHO
The New Public Health
Author: Theodore H. TulchinskyPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0123708907
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
Linking classical public health and intervention with evolving healthcare strategies and policies for the 21st century, The New Public Health provides a broad perspective on current issues & the kinds of solutions & expectations needed in the future.