Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Editor: Information Resources Management Association
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: IGI Global
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$2200.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$3300.00
ISBN: 978-1-5225-1674-3
Category: Health & Medicine - Health
Image Count:
159
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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