Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions

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(2013), "Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 26 No. 7. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA.06226gaa.013

Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions

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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 26, Issue 7

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Peter Muennig, Celina Su

Jossey Bass

ISBN: 978-0-470-53328-4

August 2013

Keywords: Global healthcare policy, Economic development and healthcare, education and health

This book addresses key issues of global health with a focus on fundamentals, causes, and solutions that is compelling and appealing to students in a variety of majors and levels. It offers a contemporary overview of major issues in global public health and their interplay. Introductory material includes the history of global economic development and alternatives to traditional economic development; models that emphasise education and health; the challenge of poverty and disease; the threat of war and corruption; and the essential role of gender. Case studies focus on developing socialist economies, mixed economies, and new emerging superpowers.

Contents include:

Introduction: An Overview of Global Health Part 1: The Basics of Global Health

A Very Brief History of Global Health Policy

Case Studies in Development and Health

Part 2: Global Health and the Art of Policy Making

The Global Burden of Disease

Aid

Health Systems

Social Policy and Global Health

A Closer Look at Three Political Economies: China, Kerala, and Chile

Part 3: Key Challenges in Global Health

Poverty

The Physical Environment and Disease

The Social Environment and Disease

Globalization, Internal Conflict, and the Resource Curse

Frontiers in Global Health