The Arab world is a distinct geographic and cultural entity, with a complex demographic. Public Health in the Arab World reviews and dissects the public health concerns specific to this region. This volume will interest not only researchers, practitioners and students in the Arab world, but also the wider constituency of international public health specialists and social scholars interested in this region. With contributions from a multidisciplinary group of leading regional and international experts, this volume addresses a comprehensive range of contemporary topics, including the social…mehr
The Arab world is a distinct geographic and cultural entity, with a complex demographic. Public Health in the Arab World reviews and dissects the public health concerns specific to this region. This volume will interest not only researchers, practitioners and students in the Arab world, but also the wider constituency of international public health specialists and social scholars interested in this region. With contributions from a multidisciplinary group of leading regional and international experts, this volume addresses a comprehensive range of contemporary topics, including the social determinants of health, and health issues in different population groups. Synthesizing a large body of knowledge in an accessible manner, the authors critique and adapt public health concepts, frameworks and paradigms to the context of the Arab world, engaging readers in current debates. This is a valuable addition to the library of anyone interested in global public health and in Arab world studies.
Foreword Introduction Part I. The Context of Public Health: 1. Public health, the medical profession, and state building: a historical perspective 2. The political, economic, and social context 3. The demographic transitions: characteristics and public health implications 4. Environmental degradation: the challenge of sustaining life Part II. The Social Determinants of Health: 5. Health inequities: social determinants and policy implications 6. Assets and health: towards a new framework 7. Gender disparities in health 8. Knowledge gaps: the agenda for research and action Part III. Health and Disease: A Focus on Avoidable Conditions: 9. Introduction: health and disease in the regional context 10. Nutrition and food security: the Arab World in transition 11. Infectious diseases: the unfinished agenda and future needs 12. Non-communicable diseases I: burden and approaches to prevention 13. Non-communicable diseases II: focus on cardiovascular diseases 14. An overview of mental disorders 15. Recognising omitted contexts and implicit paradigms: toward a valid mental health discourse 16. Injury epidemiology and prevention Part IV. The Health of Population Groups: 17. Child health: caring for the future 18. The health of young people: challenges and opportunities 19. Women's health: progress and unaddressed issues 20. The older persons: from veneration to vulnerability? 21. The well-being of migrant women: between agency and restraint 22. Workers health: a social framework beyond workplace hazards Part V. Public Health in War and Violent Conflict: 23. Conflict in health: meeting challenges to insecurity 24. Health status and health services in the occupied Palestinian territory 25. Public health in crisis: Iraq 26. Summer 2006 war on Lebanon: a lesson in community resilience Part VI. Health Systems: Toward Equity and Accountability: 27. Introduction: seeing the trees, not missing the forest 28. Health system governance 29. Health system financing: the bottleneck of the right to health 30. The public health workforce and human resource for health 31. Health care delivery: the missing links 32. Access to essential medicines: impediments and the way forward Part VII. Public Health and the Social Agenda: 33. Graduate education in public health: toward a multidisciplinary model 34. Participatory community interventions: a case study approach 35. Reflections on the de-politicization of health and scholarship 36. Toward a regional perspective on health and human security 37. Egypt in crisis: politics, health care, and social mobilization for health rights 38. Can action on health achieve political and social reform? Postscript Index.
Foreword Introduction Part I. The Context of Public Health: 1. Public health, the medical profession, and state building: a historical perspective 2. The political, economic, and social context 3. The demographic transitions: characteristics and public health implications 4. Environmental degradation: the challenge of sustaining life Part II. The Social Determinants of Health: 5. Health inequities: social determinants and policy implications 6. Assets and health: towards a new framework 7. Gender disparities in health 8. Knowledge gaps: the agenda for research and action Part III. Health and Disease: A Focus on Avoidable Conditions: 9. Introduction: health and disease in the regional context 10. Nutrition and food security: the Arab World in transition 11. Infectious diseases: the unfinished agenda and future needs 12. Non-communicable diseases I: burden and approaches to prevention 13. Non-communicable diseases II: focus on cardiovascular diseases 14. An overview of mental disorders 15. Recognising omitted contexts and implicit paradigms: toward a valid mental health discourse 16. Injury epidemiology and prevention Part IV. The Health of Population Groups: 17. Child health: caring for the future 18. The health of young people: challenges and opportunities 19. Women's health: progress and unaddressed issues 20. The older persons: from veneration to vulnerability? 21. The well-being of migrant women: between agency and restraint 22. Workers health: a social framework beyond workplace hazards Part V. Public Health in War and Violent Conflict: 23. Conflict in health: meeting challenges to insecurity 24. Health status and health services in the occupied Palestinian territory 25. Public health in crisis: Iraq 26. Summer 2006 war on Lebanon: a lesson in community resilience Part VI. Health Systems: Toward Equity and Accountability: 27. Introduction: seeing the trees, not missing the forest 28. Health system governance 29. Health system financing: the bottleneck of the right to health 30. The public health workforce and human resource for health 31. Health care delivery: the missing links 32. Access to essential medicines: impediments and the way forward Part VII. Public Health and the Social Agenda: 33. Graduate education in public health: toward a multidisciplinary model 34. Participatory community interventions: a case study approach 35. Reflections on the de-politicization of health and scholarship 36. Toward a regional perspective on health and human security 37. Egypt in crisis: politics, health care, and social mobilization for health rights 38. Can action on health achieve political and social reform? Postscript Index.
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