Public Health category: 1911 books
Les eaux de Paris étudiées au point de vue de la santé publique
Quelles eaux veut-on faire boire aux Parisiens ?
Language: French
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Extrait : "On n'a pas oublié les débats passionnés, les discussions orageuses, qu'a soulevés, dans le public et dans la presse, la question des Eaux de Paris. Tout récemment encore, M. Robinet, le savant rapporteur du projet de dérivation des sources de la Dhuis, adressait, sous le couvert anodin...
The Health Gap
The Challenge of an Unequal World
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, and...
by Jeffrey Borkan, Richard E. Hawkins, MD
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Developed by the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, Health Systems Science is the first text that focuses on providing a fundamental understanding of how health care is delivered, how health care professionals work together to deliver that care, and...
Nudging Health
Health Law and Behavioral Economics
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Behavioral nudges are everywhere: calorie counts on menus, automated text reminders to encourage medication adherence, a reminder bell when a driver’s seatbelt isn’t fastened. Designed to help people make better health choices, these reminders have become so commonplace that they often go unnoticed....
by Raymond L. Goldsteen, DrPH, Karen Goldsteen
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
"There are many books on the U.S. healthcare system, but few have the longevity of this one. It is easy to read and straightforward in its approach to difficult subjects such as the rise of the Tea Party and how that movement has impacted healthcare. This update is certainly needed as the landscape...
Renegotiating Health Care
Resolving Conflict to Build Collaboration
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
Renegotiating Health Care
Since the first edition of Renegotiating Health Care was published in 1995, new treatments, technologies, business models, reimbursement methods, and regulations have tangibly transformed the substance of health care negotiation.
This thoroughly revised and...
Measuring Health
Lessons for Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1978
Planning and evaluating any health care program is a formidable task: how do you measure the health of a population? This fundamental question has been approached from various perspectives in medical, administrative, and economic studies. This book provides a guide to health measurement literature...
by Maryse Gaimard
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. The basic assumption is that the health of a population is not independent of broader demographic trends, and does follow the health transition model. The coverage is broad, ranging from health transition...
Health Care Politics, Policy and Services
A Social Justice Analysis, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
This new edition of the AJN Award-winning textbook analyzes the most current health care reforms and their effect on our health system from a social justice perspective. It addresses the reforms of the landmark health care reform bill passed in March, 2010, and provides students of health care policy...
Preventive Nutrition
The Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009
Evidence-based nutritional interventions are now a critical component of preventive medicine, employed in a wide variety of medical scenarios. Preventive Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide for Health Professionals, Fourth Edition gives health professionals up-to-date, comprehensive reviews that evaluate...
Health Reform Policy to Practice
Oregon’s Path to a Sustainable Health System: A Study in Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
Health Reform Policy to Practice: Oregon as a Case Study for a Path to a Comprehensive and Sustainable Health Delivery Model offers a real world example of an innovative, successful and comprehensive program conducted by the U.S. State of Oregon.
In 1991, Oregon embarked on a journey to improve...
Advocacy Strategies for Health and Mental Health Professionals
From Patients to Policies
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
"[I]t is becoming much more common for mental health providers to become community mental health advocates, and given the complexities and nuances associated with tasks such as getting involved with legislative issues or fund raising, a work like this serves an important and useful purpose. It...
by American College of Sports Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2009
Encouraging and maintaining a healthy workforce have become key components in the challege to reduce health care expenditures and health-related productivity losses. As companies more fully realize the impact of healthy workers on the financial health of their organization, health promotion professionals...
Understanding Military Workforce Productivity
Effects of Substance Abuse, Health, and Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
From the stresses of repeated deployments to the difficulties of re-entry into civilian life, we are just beginning to understand how protracted conflicts, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, are affecting service members. Issues such as risky health behaviors and chemical dependence raise productivity...