Poverty and Neglected Tropical Diseases in the American Rural South explores the conditions of extreme poverty in the American South that allow Neglected Tropical Diseases to infect 12 million people in the richest country in the world.
A Case Study in Health Communication and Public Trust
This book uses multiple methods to consider flaws in the current regulation of direct-to-consumer advertising, using Merck's launch of Gardasil as a primary case study. It offers a specific way forward for both regulators of Big Pharma as well as scholars of mass communication.
Health care in America is undergoing great change. Soon, accountable care organizations'health care organizations that tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the cost of care'will be ubiquitous. But how do you set up an ACO? How does an ACO function? And what are the keys to creating a profitable ......
Valued for its concise and balanced survey of the US health care system, this book describes how the American health care system currently functions, the major factors that led to its present day structure, and a forecasting of how the industry is likely to change over the course of the next few years.
A comprehensive textbook that illustrates existing conditions of health disparities across a range of populations in the United States, positions those disparities within the broader sociopolitical framework that leads to their existence, and most importantly presents specific ways in which health equity solutions can be designed and implemented.
Don Fitz combines his deep knowledge of Cuban history with his decades of on-the-ground experience in Cuba to bring us the story of how Cuba's health care system evolved and how Cuba is tackling the daunting challenges to its revolution in this century.
Don Fitz combines his deep knowledge of Cuban history with his decades of on-the-ground experience in Cuba to bring us the story of how Cuba's health care system evolved and how Cuba is tackling the daunting challenges to its revolution in this century.
As nations race to hone contact-tracing efforts, the world's experts consider strategies for maximum transparency and impact. As public health professionals around the world work tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is clear that traditional methods of contact tracing need to be augmented in order to help address a public health ......
