Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research perspectives on public health initiatives and promotion efforts. Highlighting critical analyses and emerging innovations on an international scale, this book is a pivotal reference source for professionals, researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in the improvement of public health infrastructures.

Table of Contents

• About
• Preface
• Volume I
• Section 1: Fundamental Concepts and Theories
• Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Health Literacy
• Chapter 2: The Information Paradox
• Chapter 3: Health in MENA
• Chapter 4: Innovation in the Health System
• Chapter 5: Infectious Diseases and Climate Vulnerability in Morocco
• Chapter 6: Nurses, Healthcare, and Environmental Pollution and Solutions
• Chapter 7: Health Policy Implementation and Its Barriers
• Chapter 8: Antimicrobial Consumption and Multidrug Resistant Organisms in Intensive Care Units
• Chapter 9: Genomics Applications in Public Health
• Chapter 10: Modeling Energy Portfolio Scoring
• Chapter 11: A Framework to Analyze Variation of the Satisfaction of Patients for Outpatient Needs
• Chapter 12: Promoting Health Literacy in Global Health Care
• Chapter 13: Accountability and Public Reporting
• Section 2: Tools and Technologies
• Chapter 14: The Role of Management Accounting Systems in Public Hospitals and the Construction of Budgets
• Chapter 15: Laboratory Information Management Systems
• Chapter 16: Developing SMS Health Messages for Pregnant Indigenous Australians Using Persuasive Technology
• Chapter 17: Health Information Technology and Quality Management
• Chapter 18: Twitter and Its Role in Health Information Dissemination
• Chapter 19: Health Information Technology and Change
• Chapter 20: On Piloting Web-Based Rabies Surveillance System for Humans and Animals
• Chapter 21: Social Media and Alcohol Use
• Chapter 22: The Philippine Health Care Delivery System and Health Expenditure
• Chapter 23: Socio-Technical Systems on the Move
• Volume II
• Section 2: Tools and Technologies (continued)
• Chapter 24: Online Spatial HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Monitoring System for Nigeria
• Chapter 25: Early Warning System and Adaptation Advice to Reduce Human Health Consequences of Extreme Weather Conditions and Air Pollution
• Chapter 26: Identification of Associations between Clinical Signs and Hosts to Monitor the Web for Detection of Animal Disease Outbreaks
• Section 3: Utilization and Applications
• Chapter 27: An Investigation of the Application of New Media and Its Impact on Taiwan Health Communication
• Chapter 28: Extending Care Outside of the Hospital Walls
• Chapter 29: The Analysis of Health Care Expenses of Turkey between 1990-2012
• Chapter 30: The Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Various Dietary Practices and Intervention Possibilities to Reduce This Impact
• Chapter 31: An Evaluation of Partnership for Productive Development in Brazil's Healthcare
• Chapter 32: Successful Integration of Knowledge for Innovation
• Chapter 33: Environmental Cost Studies and Their Application in Environmental Protection Planning for Electricity Production
• Chapter 34: Doing Together
• Chapter 35: Culture of Learning Cities
• Chapter 36: Hunting HIV-Positive Women in Greece as Parasites
• Chapter 37: Health Impact of Water-Related Diseases in Developing Countries on Account of Climate Change
• Chapter 38: A Study on Adoption of Employee Welfare Schemes in Industrial and Service Organisations
• Section 4: Organizational and Social Implications
• Chapter 39: Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education
• Chapter 40: Community Development and Faith-Based Organizations
• Chapter 41: The Role of Average Health Status
• Chapter 42: Spatial Aspects of Mortality Rates and Neighborhood Environmental Characteristics in Seoul Mega City Region, South Korea
• Chapter 43: Stakeholders Engagement and Agenda Setting in a Developing Context
• Chapter 44: Response to School Violence
• Chapter 45: The Role of Online Health Education Communities in Wellness and Recovery
• Volume III
• Section 4: Organizational and Social Implications (continued)
• Chapter 46: Phenomenology, Epigenome and Epigenetic Influence on the Growth and Development of School-Age Children
• Chapter 47: Employee Welfare Measures in Public and Private Sectors
• Chapter 48: Organizational Leadership and Health Care Reform
• Chapter 49: When the System Fails
• Section 5: Critical Issues and Challenges
• Chapter 50: The Crisis of Public Health as a Media Event
• Chapter 51: Exacerbating Health Risks in India due to Climate Change
• Chapter 52: Climate Change Effects on Human Health with a Particular Focus on Vector-Borne Diseases and Malaria in Africa
• Chapter 53: The Idea of Human Rights in Conditions of Hospital Treatment
• Chapter 54: What Drives the Adoption of Social Media Applications by the Public Sector?
• Chapter 55: Are Climate Change Adaptation Policies a Game Changer?
• Chapter 56: A Systems Approach for Sustainably Reducing Childhood Diarrheal Deaths in Developing Countries
• Chapter 57: A Systematic Approach towards the Typology of Functions of National Health System
• Chapter 58: Rough Fuzzy Set Theory and Neighbourhood Approximation Based Modelling for Spatial Epidemiology
• Chapter 59: Toward an Informed-Patient Approach to E-Health Services
• Section 6: Emerging Trends
• Chapter 60: Health Policy Implementation
• Chapter 61: Public Hospitals in China
• Chapter 62: A Follow up to Semi-Automatic Systems for Exchanging Health Information
• Chapter 63: The Future of Antibiotics and Meat
• Chapter 64: Towards European Modern Societies with Health Systems That Are Able to Add More Years to Life, But Also to Add More Life to Years
• Chapter 65: Improving the Effects of Global Health Initiatives through FOMENT
• Chapter 66: The States as Generators of Incremental Change in American Health Care Policy
• Chapter 67: Change through Experience
• Chapter 68: Emerging Role of Technology in Health Education for Youth
• Chapter 69: Clinical Communication in the Aspect of Development of New Technologies and E-Health in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
• Chapter 70: Advanced Intervention Strategies for Suicide in Patients with Chronic Mental Illness
• Chapter 71: The Future of Healthcare