Communities in Action

Communities in Action
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 583
Release: 2017-04-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309452961

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.

Survey Methods in Community Medicine

Survey Methods in Community Medicine
Author: Joseph Herbert Abramson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 419
Release: 1999
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780443061639

Presenting the newest edition of this popular text, providing a guide to the basics of planning a medical survey. Doctors, students, and anyone interested in conducting medical surveys will benefit from this practical, systematic, and accessible guide to the design, conduct, and analysis of studies. Also, all new practical advice on investigating a community, as well as coverage of the basics of the subject, i.e. formulating the objectives, methods of collecting data, and more!

Community Health Education and Promotion

Community Health Education and Promotion
Author: Mary Ellen Wurzbach
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2002
Genre: Community health services
ISBN: 9780834220973

Written for students and health professionals, this guide to health care education program development applies the Nursing Process (or problem-solving approach) to the project. It outlines each step in the process, including planning, design, implementation, promotion, and evaluation. Chapters cover personnel management, community assessment and mobilization, cultural competency, material effectiveness, publicity, and diversity. The education of populations with shared risks, exposures, and behaviors is emphasized. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.

Textbook of Community Medicine

Textbook of Community Medicine
Author: Rajvir Bhalwar
Publisher: Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-05-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 938869628X

The third edition aims to fulfil the long-standing need of the medical students for a concise textbook of community medicine, which makes it an easy and interesting reading, in lucid and simple English. Contributed by 14 eminent teachers, It comprehensively covers all the required topics, explaining the concepts at length and stimulates analytical thinking. The book seeks to encourage students to approach the subject with scientific logic and apply the learned concepts appropriately in the future during his/her professional career.

Basics of Community Medicine

Basics of Community Medicine
Author: Anil Dixit, Yatharth Dixit, Anil Mishra
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 584
Release: 2020-10-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1646789172

Basics of Community Medicine is primarily meant for the undergraduate medical students. This field of Medicine is of immense importance to tackle the communicable and non-communicable diseases specifically in the developing countries. Hence, conceptual clarity of this subject is of prime importance for the students. At present, there is no such book available that simplifies the subject matter for the benefit of students to ease their conceptual understanding. This book is a sincere attempt to fill that void. The present book also covers the fundamentals of epidemiology, statistical methods and details related to the Indian National Programmes and Policies on health matters. The first volume of the book deals with general concepts of health and diseases, effects of environment on health, general concepts of epidemiology and disease-specific epidemiology of communicable and non-communicable diseases. The second volume mainly covers other aspects related to health, such as nutrition and health, healthcare of the vulnerable group, healthcare delivery system of India and basic statistical methods used in the field of medicine. The book would also be helpful to the dental, nursing and paramedical students to properly understand the subject of Community Medicine and its application.

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties
Author: J. A. B. Collier
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 863
Release: 2013-01-31
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199591180

Preceded by: Oxford handbook of clinical specialties. 8th ed. / Judith Collier ... [et al.]. 2009.