Transforming public health in developing nations / Mohamud Sheikh, Aziza Mahamoud, and Mowafa Househ, editors.
Publisher: Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2015]Description: PDFs (416 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- electronic
- online resource
- 9781466687035
- Public health -- Developing countries
- Medical policy -- Developing countries
- Medical policy -- Developing countries -- Case studies
- Medical policy -- Developing countries -- Decision making
- Public Health
- Developing Countries
- Public Health Practice
- Health Policy
- Cultural issues in healthcare
- Emerging health systems
- Global epidemics in the 21st century
- Health budget costs and calculations
- Health information technology
- Mental health issues
- Reproductive health
- Telemedicine
- 362.109172/4 23
- RA441.5 .T73 2015e
- WA 100
- Also available in print.
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Seeking solutions to the challenges in health services in developing nations: primary health care revisited / Jessica McCormack, Patrick Rawstorne, Mohamud Sheikh -- The role of primary health care in prevention, early detection, and control of cancer / Salwa Bahkali [and 4 others] -- approaches to evidence-based management and decision-making in healthcare organizations: lessons for developing nations / Nouf Al Saleem, Mohamud Sheikh -- Nomadic clinics as innovative concept that transforms health care services in mobile population: case example from north eastern Kenya / Siyat Moge Gure -- Harnessing non-communicable diseases: lessons for health professionals in the Middle Eastern Gulf / Nada M. Albawardi -- Barriers to accessing healthcare services in developing nations: reflective lessons for the gulf cooperation council countries / Hussah Alghodaier [and 6 others] -- Improving the effects of global health initiatives through FOMENT: an enhancement to the diffusion process / Muhiuddin Haider, Theofani Makrinos, Madhurima Sarkar -- Water and sanitation: a case study for policy implication to reaching global development goals in developing nations / Abdi D. Osman [and 4 others] -- Community development and faith-based organizations: lessons for global health / Stephanie Wrightman -- Antimicrobial consumption and multidrug resistant organisms in intensive care units: lessons from Saudi Arabia / Fouad Farouk Jabri -- Detection of pre-analytical laboratory testing errors: leads and lessons for patient safety / Wafa Al-Zahrani, Mohamud Sheikh -- Reproductive and mental health during natural disaster: implications and issues for women in developing nations--a case example / Jasim Anwar -- The role and use of telemedicine by physicians in developing countries: a case report from Saudi Arabia / Dana Alajmi [and 7 others] -- Information systems in healthcare with a special focus on developing countries / Ahed Abugabah, Osama Afarraj, Louis Sansogni -- Interactive visualizations as "decision support tools" in developing nations: the case of vector-borne diseases / Oluwakemi Ola, Olga Buchel, Kamran Sedig.
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"This book showcases the latest developments, trends, and challenges within the field of international public health by featuring empirical studies, case studies, reviews, and discussion notes"--Provided by publisher.
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