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Public Health Perspectives on Disability: Epidemiology to Ethics and Beyond
Donald J. Lollar (Ed.)
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Description for Public Health Perspectives on Disability: Epidemiology to Ethics and Beyond
Paperback. This refreshing book presents an educational framework for rethinking disability in public health study and practice. Each chapter applies awareness and understanding of disabled persons' experience to one of the core curriculum areas. Editor(s): Lollar, Donald J.; Andresen, Elena M. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
Traditionally, the public health viewpoint on disability was geared toward primary prevention of disabling conditions or events. More recently, with the movement for disability rights and the emergence of disability studies, the challenge to the field has been to promote positive health outcomes in this underserved community. Such a change in public health culture must start at the educational level, yet training programs have generally been slow in integrating this perspective-with its potential for enriching the field-into their curricula. Public Health Perspectives on Disability meets this challenge with an educational framework for rethinking disability in public ... Read more
Traditionally, the public health viewpoint on disability was geared toward primary prevention of disabling conditions or events. More recently, with the movement for disability rights and the emergence of disability studies, the challenge to the field has been to promote positive health outcomes in this underserved community. Such a change in public health culture must start at the educational level, yet training programs have generally been slow in integrating this perspective-with its potential for enriching the field-into their curricula. Public Health Perspectives on Disability meets this challenge with an educational framework for rethinking disability in public ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493900770
SKU
V9781493900770
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Ref
99-15
About Donald J. Lollar (Ed.)
Deborah Allen is an Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. Prior to this, she directed the Maternal and Child Health program in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
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