Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (549 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0387892443 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 582 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Child and adolescent health issues, from abuse and neglect to children in difficult circumstances. Our current era of globalization, war, and socioeconomic unrest has revealed public health as a worldwide concern and a major frontier for social justice with maternal and child health at its epicenter. Strategies for planning, developing, and maintaining maternal and child health systems in developing countries. With such a wealth of information on both practical and conceptual levels, "Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies" is as relevant to students and researchers in the field as it is to policy makers and those working for global health and development organizations. Yet, there has been a relative scarcity of training resources specifically dedicated to this crucial area. The book’s contributors are some of the world’s most respected experts, carefully selected to represent different global geographic regions and diverse professional disciplines related to maternal and child health from both academic and field practice perspectives.Among the topics in this authoritative volume: The impact of war, globalization, gender inequity, and harmful traditional practices (e.g., female genital mutilation). Specific health concerns, including tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, and malnutrition. The status of global initiatives, such as Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses and the Millennium Development Goals. The status of evide
Prior to joining UAB, he was a Lecturer in International Health and Director of the Master of Community Health (MCommH) Program at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, England, United Kingdom. Ehiri obtained his PhD and MPH degrees from the University of Glasgow, Scotland and also holds an MSc (Econ) in health policy and planning from the University of Wales
Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies addresses this gap by analyzing the range of socioeconomic and environmental factors, health care disparities, politics, policies, and cultural practices that impact the health and safety of mothers, as well as the well-being and optimum development of their children. Individual sections focus on unequal distribution of the world’s resources, politics and power, specific disease concerns, programs, policies and emerging concerns with a focus on what is currently being done, and what needs to be done to improve the health status of women, children, and adolescents. Child and adolescent health issues, from abuse and neglect to c