Nutrition and health in developing countries

Nutrition and Health in Developing Countries, Second Edition was written with the underlying conviction that global health and nutrition problems can only be solved through a firm understanding of the different levels of causality and the interactions between the various determinants. This volume provides policy makers, nutritionists, students, scientists, and professionals with the most recent…

Community nutrition : planning health promotion and disease prevention

Community Nutrition: Planning Health Promotion and Disease Prevention uses real-world examples to reinforce core nutrition concepts and explores the current and emerging issues in nutrition faced by today's diverse communities. It presents the skills, cultural concepts, and background knowledge that are essential for promoting health and preventing disease.

Concepts in dental public health

Written specifically for dental hygienists, this comprehensive textbook covers concepts, issues, techniques, and methods related to dental public health. It focuses on the assessment of factors that affect oral health of populations and the development of policy in response to a population's needs. It also provides information regarding the active promotion of oral health maintenance. This text…

Policy politics in nursing and health care

The powerhouse author team of Diana J. Mason, Judith K. Leavitt, and Mary W. Chaffee has put together a textbook filled with insights from well-known nurses and policy makers. This new edition combines scholarly analysis and first-hand narratives from the field to ensure a well-rounded understanding of important issues. This resource cultivates the development of valuable skills including confl…

Lean Hospitals : improving quality, patient safety, and employee engagement

Healthcare leaders around the world are facing tough challenges, including the need to deliver better value for patients and payers, which means improving quality while reducing cost. It might seem impossible to do both, but organizations around the world are proving it's possible, through Lean. Health systems are able to enhance all dimensions of patient care, including both safety and service…

An institutional economic analysis of public health care organization in low-…

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Public health : what it is and how it works

Using a straightforward systems approach, Public Health: What It Is and How It Works explores the inner workings of the complex, modern U.S. public health system what it is, what it does, how it works, and why it is important. It covers the origins and development of the modern pubic health system; the relationship of public health to the overall health system; how the system is organized at th…

Health program planning and evaluation : a practical, systematic approach for…

In this thorough revision of Health Program Planning and Evaluation, author L. Michele Issel carefully walks the reader through the process for developing, implementing, and evaluating successful community health promotion programs. Featuring reader-friendly, accessible language and practical tools and concepts, this outstanding resource prepares students and professionals to become savvy consu…

Understanding health policy : a clinical approach

This highly readable text gives a broad but detailed picture of how health care is organized and dispensed in the United States." -Annals of Internal Medicine, on the First Edition. The #1 text on health policy, this well-known book provides a short introduction to U.S. health care policy by two leading experts who are themselves practicing physicians. The Fourth Edition features the latest inf…

Organizational behavior in health care

Organizational Behavior in Health Care was written to assist those who are on the frontline of the industry everyday healthcare managers who must motivate and lead very diverse populations in a constantly changing environment. Designed for graduate-level study, this book introduces the reader to the behavioral science literature relevant to the study of individual and group behavior, specifical…