Public Health and Beyond in Latin America and the Caribbean

Public Health and Beyond in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Sherri L. Porcelain
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000451232

Public Health and Beyond in Latin America and the Caribbean: Reflections from the Field explores the diverse and complex public health landscape, from global to regional to local, by considering historical and socio-cultural factors to contextualize the ongoing public health crisis. Drawing on four decades of field experience, research, and teaching, Sherri L. Porcelain uses case studies to offer a realistic view of the public heath struggle in Latin America and the Caribbean. Using specific countries as regional examples, the book shows how population health has been inextricably linked to political, economic, social, cultural, ethical, ecological, environmental, and technological factors. Chapters in this book will examine the history of public health issues associated with international development, globalization and the international political economy, disasters, diplomacy, and security studies coupled with the changing role of key actors driving the global and regional agendas. The final chapter examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means for the future of public health. This book is recommended for undergraduate students interested in the history of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as others concerned with global and regional population health challenges.

Medicine and Public Health in Latin America

Medicine and Public Health in Latin America
Author: Marcos Cueto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 110702367X

This book provides a clear, broad, and provocative synthesis of the history of Latin American medicine.

Social Panorama of Latin America 2020

Social Panorama of Latin America 2020
Author: United Nations Publications
Publisher: UN
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-07-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789211220698

This publication examines the social impact of an unprecedented crisis. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to all areas of human life, altering the way we interact, crippling economies and bringing about profound changes in societies. The pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated the major structural gaps in the region, and it is clear that the costs of inequality have become unsustainable and that it is necessary to rebuild with equality and sustainability, aiming for the creation of a true welfare state, long overdue in the region.

Public Health in the Americas

Public Health in the Americas
Author: Pan American Health Organization
Publisher: Pan American Health Org
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2002
Genre: America
ISBN: 9275115893

This book describes the principal conceptual, methodological, and empirical developments stemming from PAHO and WHO's institutional efforts in public health, which have entailed the broad and committed participation of the Member States. It provides and overview of the status of Essential Public Health Functions (EPHF) in 41 countries and territories of the Americas, based on self-evaluation exercises performed by health authorities to measure their performance.

Innovative Mental Health Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean

Innovative Mental Health Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Jose Miguel Caldas de Almeida
Publisher: Pan Amer Health Org
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9789275129067

"Each experience described here has its own history, as can be seen in each one of the chapters. Yet, all of them are part of a single reform process with shared historical roots and influences ... As proved by the experiences included in this book, a great deal can be learned from mental health reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. On the one hand, each initiative developed truly original and innovative solutions for some of the problems usually encountered in the reform processes. Obviously, many of the innovative solutions can be applied in those countries that are at a similar stage of development as the Latin American and Caribbean countries where the reported experiences took place. However, many of these innovations also can be useful to any country interested in reforming its mental health services, regardless of the country's degree of development. I also believe that the reform of mental health services in Latin America and the Caribbean--given specific aspects such as the dynamic following the Caracas Declaration and the impact of international cooperation--help us to better understand the real importance of some factors, such as social and political aspects and international cooperation, in implementing mental health service reforms."--p. iv.

How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making

How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2021-10-28
Genre:
ISBN: 9264685936

Many Latin American countries have experienced improvements in income over recent decades, with several of them now classified as high-income or upper middle-income in terms of conventional metrics. But has this change been mirrored in improvements across the different areas of people’s lives? How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making addresses this question by presenting comparative evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with a focus on 11 LAC countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay).

Gender, Health, and Society in Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean

Gender, Health, and Society in Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Ronnie Shepard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2019-07-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1498572855

Gender, Health, and Society in Contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean takes a multilayered approach to the contemporary peoples of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinx peoples in the greater diaspora. Central to this edited collection, and critical to its creative significance and contribution, is the conceptual unification of gendered health, the embodiment of identity, societal structures, and social inequality, and the ways in which gender, health, and society intersect daily. By emphasizing the complex ways in which gender and health intersect in Latin America, the contributors to this collection offer a more detailed look at how gender embodies health inequities in these populations and how societal woes impact and constrain gendered bodies in public spheres.

Health Issues in the Caribbean

Health Issues in the Caribbean
Author: Owen Morgan
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2005
Genre: Medical Policy
ISBN: 9766372136

"Improvements in public health have transformed the conditions of life in the English-speaking Caribbean to the extent that infectious diseases, maternal and infant mortality, and childhood diseases have all decreased significantly. This volume draws on the experience of not only health practitioners but also key individuals from several disciplines, such as educators, political leaders and bankers, in an attempt to find solutions to many of the complex health issues facing the region. Health issues in the Caribbean analyses and offers direction for public health practice in the twenty-first century. It examines a wide range of health problems facing the region and provides new ideas on health-care delivery and possible directions for the future."--BOOK JACKET.

The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

The Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: Harry Sanabria
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2015-09-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317350235

The first single-authored comprehensive introduction to major contemporary research trends, issues, and debates on the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean. The text provides wide and historically informed coverage of key facets of Latin American and Caribbean societies and their cultural and historical development as well as the roles of power and inequality. Cymeme Howe, Visiting Assistant Professor of Cornell University writes, “The text moves well and builds over time, paying close attention to balancing both the Caribbean and Latin America as geographic regions, Spanish and non-Spanish speaking countries, and historical and contemporary issues in the field. I found the geographic breadth to be especially impressive.” Jeffrey W. Mantz of California State University, Stanislaus, notes that the contents “reflect the insights of an anthropologist who knows Latin America intimately and extensively.”

Remittances and Development

Remittances and Development
Author: Pablo Fajnzylber
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2008-02-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821368710

Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is at the top of the ranking of remittance receiving regions in the world. While there has been a recent surge in analytical work on the topic, this book is motivated by the large heterogeneity in migration and remittance patterns across countries and regions, and by the fact that existing evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean is restricted to only a few countries, such as Mexico and El Salvador. Because the nature of the phenomenon varies across countries, its development impact and policy implications are also likely to differ in ways that are still largely unknown. This book helps fill the gap by exploring, in the specific context of Latin America and Caribbean countries, some of the main questions faced by policymakers when trying to respond to increasing remittances flows. The book relies on cross-country panel data and household surveys for 11 Latin American countries to explore the development impact of remittance flows along several dimensions: growth, poverty, inequality, schooling, health, labor supply, financial development, and real exchange rates.