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Peter Muennig - Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions - 9780470533284 - V9780470533284
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Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions

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Description for Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 636.

Introducing Global Health: Practice, Policy, and Solutions is a contemporary overview of the major issues in global public health. The book explores how population health might be maximized with the right blend of health system, education, antipoverty, infectious disease, urban development, governance, and incentive-based policies. It covers topics critical for understanding the state of the world today, including wars for natural resources, the missing women phenomenon, and whether global aid really works. The book's case studies focus on developing economies, mixed economies, and new emerging superpowers. Thematic chapters are interwoven with running motifs, such as the health risks and benefits ... Read more

By encouraging reflection, focusing on what works, and using activities and exercises, Introducing Global Health both teaches fundamentals of global public health and cultivates a policy perspective that is appealing and compelling for today's students.

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Product Details

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
635g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470533284
SKU
V9780470533284
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Peter Muennig
Peter Muennig, MD, MPH, is associate professor of health policy and management at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, New York. He cofounded the Burmese Refugee Pro- ject, has consulted for various governments, and has won a national teaching award in public health. Celina Su, PhD, is associate professor of political science at the City ... Read more

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