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Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Information Resources Management Association (USA)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 1536
ISBN13: 9781522516743|ISBN10: 1522516743|EISBN13: 9781522516750
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1674-3
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The prevention and treatment of diseases is a primary concern for any nation in modern society. To maintain an effective public health system, procedures and infrastructure must be analyzed and enhanced accordingly.

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.

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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Editorial Advisory Board
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Preface
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Chapter 1
This section serves as a foundation for this exhaustive reference tool by addressing underlying principles and provides in-depth coverage of conceptual architecture frameworks essential to the understanding of Public Health and...
Fundamental Concepts and Theories
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Chapter 1
Kijpokin Kasemsap (Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand)
This chapter describes the overview of health literacy; the characteristics of functional health literacy, interactive health literacy, and critical health literacy; and the significance of health literacy in global health care....
The Fundamentals of Health Literacy
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Chapter 2
Said Shahtahmasebi (The Good Life Research Centre Trust, New Zealand & University of Kentucky, USA)
This paper is based on a 2008 chapter (Shahtahmasebi, 2008) exploring the availability of information for public health policy purposes which argued its ineffectiveness to add insight and inform the process of policy development....
The Information Paradox: Researching Health Service Information Systems Development
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Chapter 3
Randa Alami (University of London, UK)
This chapter argues that health is an essential pillar of growth, and that ensuring Universal Health Coverage is a key pre-requisite for equitable and inclusive development. MENA health systems are far from meeting this challenge...
Health in MENA: Policies for Inclusive Development
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Chapter 4
Marcelo Pessoa de Matos (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Maria Clara Couto Soares (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), José Eduardo Cassiolato (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Julia Queiroz (Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade, Brazil)
This chapter discusses the main findings of five empirical studies focusing on local health innovation systems in Brazil. It focuses on the articulation of service and manufacturing segments within the Health complex and the other...
Innovation in the Health System: Evidences from Brazilian Local Production and Innovation Systems
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Chapter 5
Mohamed Behnassi (Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco), Kholoud Kahime (Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco), Samia Boussaa (Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques of Marrakesh, Morocco), Ali Boumezzough (Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco), Mohammed Messouli (Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco)
Climate change is expected to affect the distribution, prevalence and life cycle of several infectious diseases. This scenario is relevant to Morocco since the country is considered by many IPCC assessments reports as a climate...
Infectious Diseases and Climate Vulnerability in Morocco: Governance and Adaptation Options
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Chapter 6
A. Elaine McKeown (Independent Researcher, USA)
Many nurses may not be aware of the role that healthcare plays in the cycle of harm. Healthcare participates in the cycle of harm by mismanaging waste, using fossil fuel energy and offering meat-based diets. Lack of knowledge...
Nurses, Healthcare, and Environmental Pollution and Solutions: Breaking the Cycle of Harm
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Chapter 7
Augustine Nduka Eneanya (University of Lagos, Nigeria)
The chapter describes policy implementation components of a health system in United States of America and explains how they affect health outcomes (service delivery). It argues that implemented policies affect various components of a...
Health Policy Implementation and Its Barriers: The Case Study of US Health System
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Chapter 8
Fouad Farouk Jabri (Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia)
Improper antimicrobial use and bacterial resistance can affect an entire community, threaten public health and create economic burdens and ecological consequences on societies. This chapter discusses the importance of counteracting...
Antimicrobial Consumption and Multidrug Resistant Organisms in Intensive Care Units: Lessons from Saudi Arabia
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Chapter 9
E. William Ebomoyi (Chicago State University, USA)
In the transformation of health, through genomics applications in public health, many of the disease burdens which were incriminated for low life expectancies are being scientifically challenged. However, efficient environmental...
Genomics Applications in Public Health
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Chapter 10
Rafael Diaz (Old Dominion University, USA), Joshua G. Behr (Old Dominion University, USA), Rafael Landaeta (Old Dominion University, USA), Francesco Longo (University of Calabria, Italy), Letizia Nicoletti (University of Calabria, Italy)
U.S. regions are expected to follow the national trend towards investment in renewable energy as part of their electricity portfolio. The progress of energy portfolios that typically involves traditional methods, such as centralized...
Modeling Energy Portfolio Scoring: A Simulation Framework
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Chapter 11
Arnab Jana (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India), Noboru Harata (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
This study explored outpatient healthcare seeking behavior in India and estimated predisposing and enabling factors that influenced the satisfaction derived from the health care activity. The study assumed that if these gaps are...
A Framework to Analyze Variation of the Satisfaction of Patients for Outpatient Needs: A Case of West Bengal, India
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Chapter 12
Kijpokin Kasemsap (Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand)
This chapter emphasizes the prospect of health literacy; the evaluation of health literacy level; health literacy and health communication; health literacy and health information; and the current issues of health literacy in global...
Promoting Health Literacy in Global Health Care
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Chapter 13
Maria Tanzariello (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy), Sabina Bucci (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy), Walter Ricciardi (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy), Antonio Giulio de Belvis (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy)
Patient engagement is based on the assumption that making patients co-producers of their health might enhance their satisfaction and responsibility with the healthcare system and it strictly linked with the health provider choice....
Accountability and Public Reporting: Publication of Performance to Improve Quality
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Tools and Technologies  (pages 288-288)
This section presents an extensive coverage of various tools and technologies available in the field of Public Health and Welfare that practitioners and academicians alike can utilize to develop different techniques. These chapters...
Tools and Technologies
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Chapter 14
Carla Marina Pereira de Campos (University of Aveiro, Portugal), Lúcia Lima Rodrigues (University of Minho, Portugal), Susana Margarida Faustino Jorge (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
The role of management accounting systems (MAS) in the construction of budgets in the public health sector has been one of the least studied topics in the international literature. Furthermore, several studies have confirmed the loss...
The Role of Management Accounting Systems in Public Hospitals and the Construction of Budgets: A Literature Review
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Patrizia Colangeli (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Italy), Fabrizio De Massis (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Italy), Francesca Cito (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Italy), Maria Teresa Mercante (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Italy), Lucilla Ricci (Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”, Italy)
The Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) is recognized as a powerful tool to improve laboratory data management and to report human health as well as veterinary public health. LIMS plays an essential role in public health...
Laboratory Information Management Systems: Role in Veterinary Activities
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Chapter 16
Reece George (University of Newcastle, Australia)
While developed nations search for solutions to pay for the increasing financial burden of healthcare, developing nations provide a way forward in the deployment of innovative healthcare. Mobile SMS programs are low-cost and...
Developing SMS Health Messages for Pregnant Indigenous Australians Using Persuasive Technology
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Chapter 17
T. Ray Ruffin (University of Phoenix, USA & Colorado Technical University, USA & University of Mount Olive, USA & Wake Technical Community College, USA)
Even in healthcare and health information technology change will not vanish or disperse. Technology, civilization, and creative thought will drive this force increasingly forward. Health care managers will continue being judged on...
Health Information Technology and Quality Management
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Chapter 18
Dan Dumbrell (The University of Sydney, Australia), Robert Steele (The University of Sydney, Australia)
The utilization of micro-blog-based systems for the dissemination of health-related information offers a number of potential benefits. In this chapter, the authors describe a study of such micro-blog-based dissemination of health...
Twitter and Its Role in Health Information Dissemination: Analysis of the Micro-Blog Posts of Health-Related Organisations
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Chapter 19
T. Ray Ruffin (University of Phoenix, USA & Colorado Technical University, USA & University of Mount Olive, USA & Wake Technical Community College, USA)
Even in in health healthcare and health information technology change will not vanish or disperse. Technology, civilization, and creative thought will drive this force increasingly forward. Health care managers will continue being...
Health Information Technology and Change
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Chapter 20
Maulilio J. Kipanyula (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania), Camilius Aloyce Sanga (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania), Anna M. Geofrey (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania), Kadeghe G. Fue (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania)
Rabies is a neurodegerative viral zoonotic disease that affects all warm blooded animals. It is estimated that about 99% of human rabies cases are caused by dog bites. High prevalence of rabies has been reported in different parts of...
On Piloting Web-Based Rabies Surveillance System for Humans and Animals: Web-Based Rabies Surveillance System
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Chapter 21
Gulzar H. Shah (Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, USA), Moya L. Alfonso (Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, USA), Nina Jolani (National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), USA)
The use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) has become an integral part of daily life, particularly for adolescents. The chapter examines the negative impact of social networking sites and how they may expose alcohol-related...
Social Media and Alcohol Use: Adverse Impact of Facebook and Twitter on College Students
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Chapter 22
Abdulkadir Işık (Namık Kemal University, Turkey), Abdulhamid Mauyag Gunda (Namık Kemal University, Turkey), Birol Topçu (Namık Kemal University, Turkey)
Health is recognized by the Philippine constitution as a basic human right. The Philippines, compared to most Asian countries, produces more and better human resources for health. However, the Philippines are challenged by attracting...
The Philippine Health Care Delivery System and Health Expenditure
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Chapter 23
Sylvie Occelli (Istituto di Ricerche Economico Sociali del Piemonte (IRES), Italy)
Because of the advancements in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), and notably the increased spreading of Web 2.0 Internet-based services and mobile computing, an increasingly information-rich environment is made...
Socio-Technical Systems on the Move: Some Insights for Policy Activity
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Chapter 24
Peter Adebayo Idowu (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria)
HIV/AIDS has now become a big threat to the world generally, most especially the Sub-Saharan Africa region as it continues to increase drastically in the region. This disease has increased the poverty level of the countries in the...
Online Spatial HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Monitoring System for Nigeria
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Chapter 25
Dragan Bogdanović (State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia), Konstansa Lazarević (State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia)
The authors developed a multi-site Internet service to provide the public with real time information about local weather and air quality, how they may affect health, and how general population and different sensitive population...
Early Warning System and Adaptation Advice to Reduce Human Health Consequences of Extreme Weather Conditions and Air Pollution
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Chapter 26
Elena Arsevska (French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization (CIRAD), France), Mathieu Roche (French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization (CIRAD), France), Pascal Hendrikx (French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Safety (ANSES), France), David Chavernac (French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization (CIRAD), France), Sylvain Falala (French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France), Renaud Lancelot (French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization (CIRAD), France), Barbara Dufour (Université Paris Est, France)
In a context of intensification of international trade and travels, the transboundary spread of emerging human or animal pathogens represents a growing concern. One of the missions of the national veterinary services is to implement...
Identification of Associations between Clinical Signs and Hosts to Monitor the Web for Detection of Animal Disease Outbreaks
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Chapter 3
This section discusses a variety of applications and opportunities available that can be considered by practitioners in developing viable and effective Public Health and Welfare programs and processes. This section includes 12...
Utilization and Applications
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Chapter 27
Rose Hung (Shih Hsin University, Taiwan), Pi-Fang Hsu (Shih Hsin University, Taiwan), Chia-Wen Tsai (Ming Chuan University, Taiwan)
Along with the rise of social networks and mobile media, health communication models also change with each passing day. Compared to traditional media, are the new media more effective to achieve the dissemination of health knowledge...
An Investigation of the Application of New Media and Its Impact on Taiwan Health Communication
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Chapter 28
Jiban Khuntia (University of Colorado, USA), Mohan Tanniru (Oakland University, USA), John Zervos (Henry Ford Health System, USA)
In healthcare settings knowledge exchange among important stakeholders such as doctors, family and patients, and other care providers is a critical imperative. However, such a community modelled approach is missing, limited in scope...
Extending Care Outside of the Hospital Walls: A Case of Value Creation through Synchronous Video Communication for Knowledge Exchange in Community Health Network
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Chapter 29
Hayriye Işik (Namık Kemal University, Turkey), Yaşar Akdağ (Hakkari University, Turkey)
Health is described not only as the absence of disease and disability but also as physically, psychologically, and socially general well-being of people. Best practices of individuals and the society from the health services depend...
The Analysis of Health Care Expenses of Turkey between 1990-2012
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Chapter 30
Celia Green (Australian National University, Australia), Andrew Joyce (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia), Jonathan Hallett (Curtin University, Australia), Toni Hannelly (Curtin University, Australia), Gemma Carey (Australian National University, Australia)
This chapter examines the link between dietary choices and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and possible interventions to reduce this impact. The connections between climate change, food systems and public health are explored. It is...
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Various Dietary Practices and Intervention Possibilities to Reduce This Impact
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Chapter 31
Jorge Lima Magalhães (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil), Zulmira Hartz (Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Portugal), Adelaide M. S. Antunes (National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI), Brazil & University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil)
21st Century brings great challenges in the information and knowledge areas. The public health is intensified in Developing and Less Developed Countries on account of parasitic diseases as well as developed countries because emerging...
An Evaluation of Partnership for Productive Development in Brazil's Healthcare: Measuring the Knowledge Translation from Implementation to the Impact
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Chapter 32
J. L. Magalhaes (Ministry of Health, Brazil), R. Cartaxo (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil), Adelaide M. S. Antunes (National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI), Brazil & University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil)
The challenges of the new century have put emerging countries center stage in the global economy. Public health is a priority for governments the world over and Brazil is one of them. Policies prioritizing essential medications like...
Successful Integration of Knowledge for Innovation: A Case Study of Opportunities for Product Development Partnerships in Brazil
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Chapter 33
Željko Tomšić (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Different approaches may be used for estimating environmental costs of electricity generation, and the way they are applied may vary from situation to situation. The extent to which environmental costs should be considered as...
Environmental Cost Studies and Their Application in Environmental Protection Planning for Electricity Production
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Chapter 34
Juha Koivisto (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland), Pasi Pohjola (National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland)
This article examines a systemic innovation model into which the relational approach of actor-network theory (ANT) has been incorporated. The article examines what the relational approach can contribute to the conceptualization of...
Doing Together: Co-Designing the Socio-Materiality of Services in Public Sector
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Chapter 35
Ebbin Dotson (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA), Dan K. Hibbler (DePaul University, USA), Leodis Scott (Columbia University, USA)
This chapter contributes a conceptual framework for addressing the health of communities through the synergy of leisure, public health, and continuing education systems at a localized city level. The culture learning cities offers a...
Culture of Learning Cities: Connecting Leisure and Health for Lifelong Learning Communities
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Chapter 36
Pitsou Anastasia (The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
In this chapter, the authors discuss public policies of stigmatization and fascitization. In Greece, HIV-positive women have been imprisoned while their personal data have been published in newspapers and the social media aiming to...
Hunting HIV-Positive Women in Greece as Parasites
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Chapter 37
Sukanya Das (TERI University, India)
Human health is heavily dependent on clean water resources and adequate sanitation. According to the WHO, diarrhoea is the disease most attributable to quality of the local environment. It has been estimated that 88% of diarrhoea...
Health Impact of Water-Related Diseases in Developing Countries on Account of Climate Change: A Systematic Review – A Study in Regard to South Asian Countries
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Chapter 38
Chandra Sekhar Patro (GVP College of Engineering (Autonomous), India)
During the past few years practicing employee welfare schemes has become a key factor for the overall growth and development of any organisation. Organizations provide welfare facilities to their employees to keep their motivation...
A Study on Adoption of Employee Welfare Schemes in Industrial and Service Organisations: In Contrast with Public and Private Sectors
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Chapter 4
This section includes a wide range of research pertaining to the social and behavioral impact of Public Health and Welfare and contemporary coverage related to the corporate and managerial utilization of information sharing...
Organizational and Social Implications
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Chapter 39
Lee Stoner (Massey University, New Zealand), Lane Perry (Western Carolina University, USA), Daniel Wadsworth (Massey University, New Zealand), Mikell Gleason (University of Georgia, USA), Michael A. Tarrant (University of Georgia, USA), Rachel Page (Massey University, New Zealand), Krystina R. Stoner (University of Georgia, USA)
Despite growing public awareness, health systems are struggling under the escalating burden of non-communicable diseases. Arguably, one must place themselves within the broader/global context to begin to truly understand the health...
Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education: Development of an International Course in Global Health
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Chapter 40
Stephanie Wrightman (Catholic Mission Australia, Australia)
This chapter is a reflection of analyses, experiences and research on the opportunities and challenges of working with faith-based organisations (FBO's) in the context of global health. The purpose of this chapter is to...
Community Development and Faith-Based Organizations: Lessons for Global Health
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Chapter 41
Jordan Panayotov (Independent Centre for Analysis and Research of Economies (ICARE), Australia)
Economic, social and environmental policies, programs and projects have impact on health. Health in All Policies (HiAP) aims to improve population health by taking into account these impacts. HiAP needs appropriate tools for...
The Role of Average Health Status: Health Inequalities Matrix for Assessing Impacts on Population Health in Health in All Policies
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Chapter 42
Yoohyung Joo (Seoul National University, South Korea), Hee Yeon Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)
This study of the spatial patterns of standardized mortality rates (SMRs) in Seoul Mega City Region (SMCR) explores whether neighborhood characteristics affect mortality rates and identifies important determinants of spatial...
Spatial Aspects of Mortality Rates and Neighborhood Environmental Characteristics in Seoul Mega City Region, South Korea
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Chapter 43
Golam Rabbani (Rajshahi University, Bangladesh)
One area of focus in the study of policymaking in developing countries is the extent to which policymaking in the developing countries is similar to the interaction among stakeholder groups, including politicians, that occurs in...
Stakeholders Engagement and Agenda Setting in a Developing Context: The Case of the Bangladesh Health Policy
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Chapter 44
Roger Neal McIntyre Jr. (Valdosta State University, USA), Lorna L. Alvarez-Rivera (Valdosta State University, USA), T. Chris Owens (Independent Researcher, USA)
This chapter sets forth to examine the different forms of violence that are present within U.S. school systems along with the general response to these acts. Acts of institutional and personal violence will be discussed along with...
Response to School Violence
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Chapter 45
Kathleen P. King (University of Central Florida, USA), Julie A. Leos (University of South Florida, USA), Lu Norstrand (University of South Florida, USA)
This chapter discusses the powerful role of online health education communities in wellness, fitness, and recovery. From knee and hip replacement to student service worker burnout, there are many freely available professional online...
The Role of Online Health Education Communities in Wellness and Recovery
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Chapter 46
E. William Ebomoyi (Chicago State University, USA)
This chapter focused on the impact of phenomenology, epigenome, and epigenetic factors in the growth and development of school-age children. The biological and social determinants of human development were explored. Inevitably, the...
Phenomenology, Epigenome and Epigenetic Influence on the Growth and Development of School-Age Children
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Chapter 47
Chandra Sekhar Patro (Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous), India)
Employees' play a key role in the existence and growth of any organisation, therefore their welfare is essential. During the past few years, both public sector and private sector organisations have been contributing towards the...
Employee Welfare Measures in Public and Private Sectors: A Comparative Analysis
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Chapter 48
T. Ray Ruffin (University of Phoenix, USA & Colorado Technical University, USA & University of Mount Olive, USA & Wake Technical Community College, USA), Joyce Marie Hawkins (Wake Technical Community College, USA), D. Israel Lee (Southern Illinois University, USA & University of Phoenix, USA)
Policies, health, and government regulations affect various Health Care organizations and their members. One such policy, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, attempts to improve the...
Organizational Leadership and Health Care Reform
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Chapter 49
Jacqueline Y. Ford (Walden University, USA)
Guided by the lens of psychodynamic theory, Ford (2015) investigated the challenges faced by adoptive families of traumatized children. Fifteen families were randomly selected to participate in this study from a group of 30 parents...
When the System Fails: Challenges of Child Trauma on Adoptive Families' Social and Emotional System
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Chapter 5
This section contains 10 chapters, giving a wide variety of perspectives on Public Health and Welfare and its implications. Within the chapters, the reader is presented with an in-depth analysis of the most current and relevant...
Critical Issues and Challenges
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Chapter 50
Valentina Marinescu (University of Bucharest, Romania)
The focus of the present article is on the analysis of the influence exercised by media narratives on the Romanian audience's reconstructions of social movements from January-February 2012. The analysis was interested to show...
The Crisis of Public Health as a Media Event: Between Media Frames and Public Assessments
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Chapter 51
Joyashree Roy (Jadavpur University, India), Duke Ghosh (Global Change Research, India), Kuheli Mukhopadhyay (Jadavpur University, India & West Bengal State University, India), Anupa Ghosh (The Bhawanipur Education Society College, India)
While climate change is expected to exacerbate human health risks, it also provides an excellent opportunity for defining and implementing preventive actions. Developing nations like India, with low infrastructure facilities, limited...
Exacerbating Health Risks in India due to Climate Change: Rethinking Approach to Health Service Provision
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Chapter 52
Salisu Lawal Halliru (Federal College of Education Kano, Nigeria)
Malaria is currently affecting more people in the world than any other disease. On average, two members of each household suffered from malaria fever monthly, with females and children being most vulnerable to malaria attacks. This...
Climate Change Effects on Human Health with a Particular Focus on Vector-Borne Diseases and Malaria in Africa: A Case Study from Kano State, Nigeria Investigating Perceptions about Links between Malaria Epidemics, Weather Variables, and Climate Change
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Chapter 53
Bogusław Sygit (University of Łódź, Poland), Damian Wąsik (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland)
The aim of this chapter is describing of the influence of universal human rights and civil liberties on the formation of standards for hospital care. The authors present definition of the right to life and the right to health....
The Idea of Human Rights in Conditions of Hospital Treatment
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Chapter 54
Liang Ma (Renmin University of China, China & Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Social media applications (SMAs) have been increasingly used by the public sector to interactively communicate with citizens, businesses, and other stakeholders, but we know little about what drives their adoption and usage. In this...
What Drives the Adoption of Social Media Applications by the Public Sector?: Evidence from Local Health Departments
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Chapter 55
Chris G. Buse (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
The health impacts of climate change have received significant attention in the international scholarly literature. Despite this, there is an absence of research evaluating existing policies aimed at promoting and protecting...
Are Climate Change Adaptation Policies a Game Changer?: A Case Study of Perspectives from Public Health Officials in Ontario, Canada
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Chapter 56
Monica Gray (Lincoln University, USA)
Diarrhea is the second leading cause of death and is the major cause of malnutrition in children under age 5 worldwide. More than 50 percent of the cases occur in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast...
A Systems Approach for Sustainably Reducing Childhood Diarrheal Deaths in Developing Countries
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Chapter 57
Mostafa Zamanian (University of Tehran, Iran), Zohreh Karimmian (University of Tehran, Iran)
As one of the main national systems in any country, the health system has always been considered by governments. What distinguishes health system from other systems is that its purpose is directly related to the public health....
A Systematic Approach towards the Typology of Functions of National Health System: Provision of Functional Model of National Health System
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Chapter 58
Balakrushna Tripathy (VIT University, India), Sharmila Banu K. (VIT University, India)
Modern epidemiological studies involve understanding individual and social level inferences and their role in the transmission and distribution of disease instances. The geographic relevance in epidemiology has been analysed in...
Rough Fuzzy Set Theory and Neighbourhood Approximation Based Modelling for Spatial Epidemiology
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Chapter 59
Keren Mazuz (Hadassah Academic College, Israel), Seema Biswas (Medical School for International Health, Israel), Rui Amaral Mendes (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
With the expanding utilization of digital and technological media by public health providers and healthcare consumers, there is a need to evaluate the patients' role. There is good evidence of the growing acceptability of the...
Toward an Informed-Patient Approach to E-Health Services
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Emerging Trends  (pages 1283-1283)
This section highlights research potential within the field of Public Health and Welfare while exploring uncharted areas of study for the advancement of the discipline. Introducing this section are chapters that set the stage for...
Emerging Trends
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Chapter 60
Khadijeh Rouzbehani (University of Tehran, Iran)
This research describes policy implementation components of a health system and explains how they affect outcomes. It argues that implemented policies affect various components of a health system in terms of service delivery...
Health Policy Implementation: Moving Beyond Its Barriers in United States
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Chapter 61
Donghai Wei (Guangzhou Medical University, China), Louis Rubino (California State University, Northridge, USA)
China has had some initial success in its current health care reform efforts. Five areas of reform have been targeted and include providing universal coverage, equitable access to basic health insurance, establishing an essential...
Public Hospitals in China: The Next Priority for Meaningful Health Care Reform
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Chapter 62
Dimitrios Emmanouil (University of Athens, Greece), Antonia Mourtzikou (University of Athens, Greece)
The present research is an attempt to explore the applicability of the best possible service in the area of organized health care services, at fixed predefined points of service. The suggestion is that there should be a system that...
A Follow up to Semi-Automatic Systems for Exchanging Health Information: Looking for a New Information System at Fixed E-Healthcare Points for Citizens in Greece
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Chapter 63
Talia Raphaely (Curtin University, Australia), Dora Marinova (Curtin University, Australia), Mira Marinova (Notre Dame University, Australia)
This chapter discusses antibiotic use in the livestock industry and potential ramifications for human health. Antibiotics are routinely administered to food animals, primarily at sub-therapeutic levels. The extensive use of...
The Future of Antibiotics and Meat
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Chapter 64
Androutsou Lorena (University of Thessaly, Greece), Androutsou Foulvia (University of Crete, Greece)
The political context in Europe is changing including health. Among the priorities in seeking to influence the future of healthcare is a renewed attachment to health for all, health in all policies and a better coordination between...
Towards European Modern Societies with Health Systems That Are Able to Add More Years to Life, But Also to Add More Life to Years
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Chapter 65
Muhiuddin Haider (University of Maryland, USA), Theofani Makrinos (Independent Public Health Consultant, USA), Madhurima Sarkar (Nationwide Children's Hospital, USA)
The incidence of communicable and non-communicable diseases is rising globally in both developed and developing nations. New methodologies are required for reaching the general population and promoting preventative behavior. The...
Improving the Effects of Global Health Initiatives through FOMENT: An Enhancement to the Diffusion Process
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Chapter 66
Robert A. Peters (Western Michigan University, USA), Minerva Cruz (Western Michigan University, USA)
The literature defines the role of interest groups and administration officials in the evolution of health care policy but does not acknowledge the impact of Congressional casework or the initial Social Security (OASI) eligibility...
The States as Generators of Incremental Change in American Health Care Policy: 1935 to 1965
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Chapter 67
Georges Elias Khalil (University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, USA & The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
The following chapter presents an overview of the research and practice related to the application of theories in games for health. In particular, theoretical frameworks that embrace experiential play and emotional involvement are...
Change through Experience: How Experiential Play and Emotional Engagement Drive Health Game Success
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Chapter 68
Amir Manzoor (Bahria University, Pakistan)
The Information Technology (IT) produces significant impact on the emotional and social health of young people. It is obvious that IT is playing an increasingly important part in people's lives. This chapter reviews the current...
Emerging Role of Technology in Health Education for Youth
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Chapter 69
Aleksandra Rosiek-Kryszewska (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland), Łukasz Leksowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland), Anna Rosiek (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland), Krzysztof Leksowski (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland & Military Clinical Hospital No. 10, Poland), Aleksander Goch (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland & Military Clinical Hospital No. 10, Poland)
Patient-clinician communication presents the views of several national authorities on the principles and expectations of shared decision-making between patients and their healthcare providers, including doctors, and nurses and...
Clinical Communication in the Aspect of Development of New Technologies and E-Health in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
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Chapter 70
Shailesh Jha (IHBAS, India), Amit Khanna (IHBAS, India), Prerna Khanna (Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital, India)
Chronic mental illnesses are common to find in routine clinical practice and suicide is one of the dreaded outcomes. The concept under defining chronic mental illness has evolved in few decades as now the critical elements for...
Advanced Intervention Strategies for Suicide in Patients with Chronic Mental Illness
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Chapter 71
Christine Vandenhouten (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA), Susan Gallagher-Lepak (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA), Derryl E. Block (Northern Illinois University, USA), Sylvia May Kubsch (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA), Jan Strom (Northern Illinios University, USA), Crystalmichelle L. Malakar (Bellin Health System, USA)
The U.S. healthcare environment is undergoing rapid change. New policies have reshaped healthcare through reimbursement models focused on access and quality. Advocating for policies that improve population health is important for...
The Future of Healthcare: Political Participation of Nursing and Public Health Students
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