Health and health care in the Third World

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Health and health care in the Third World

David R. Phillips

(Longman development studies)

Longman Scientific & Technical, 1990

  • : pbk
  • : Wiley

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"Copublished in the United States with John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-328) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

'...a scholarly and thought-provoking volume...a book which can be thoroughly recommended.' Progress in Physical Geography This book considers all aspects of Third World health care, discussing differing access to medicine, the cost, the implications of targeting certain groups for care, and looks ahead to developments likely before the end of the century.

目次

  • Part 1 Health, development and health care: definitions of health
  • health and development
  • trends in the philosophy and foci of health provision
  • integrated actions
  • the impact of selected development projects and strategies on the health of groups and areas
  • major characteristics of health care in the Third World
  • some specific features
  • significance of these features for health care in the Third World
  • intersectoral action for health - integrated components?
  • intersectoral action. Part 2 Epidemiological transition - the range of Third World experience: health indicators in the Third World
  • infectious and non-infectious ailments
  • epidemiological transition and demographic transition
  • two instances of epidemiological change
  • different epidemiological experiences within two different countries?
  • epidemiological change - international patterns
  • the significance of epidemiological and demographic transition for the Third World
  • how many worlds for health?. Part 3 What is health care in the Third World?: the nature of modern facilities
  • traditional medicine
  • social attitudes to traditional medicine
  • traditional and modern medicine - Malaysia
  • traditional medicine in China
  • urban and rural differences in traditional medicine. Part 4 Health care in Third World countries - aspects of distribution and accessibility: some issues related to health care
  • the health care hierarchy
  • geographical variations in the distribution of health facilities
  • some differences involved in extending access to health care
  • reasons for differential accessibility and urban bias in the distribution of health care
  • optimizing accessibility - a Third World dilemma?. Part 5 Primary health care: primary health care
  • community participation
  • doubts about PHC
  • selective PHC
  • vertical programmes in PHC?
  • community health workers and PHC
  • the use of CHWs - some examples and problems
  • hospitals and urban PHC. Part 6 Using health services
  • modelling the use of health services
  • inappropriate utilization
  • health beliefs - utilization for varying conditions
  • variables influencing utilization
  • utilization and distance
  • use of traditional medicine
  • retrospect. Part 7 Health care - special groups and programmes - maternal and child health and related programmes
  • family planning
  • services and provision for the elderly
  • pharmaceuticals - use, abuse and dumping. Part 8 Health care - the end of the century and beyond: some foci of "health for all" campaigns
  • health education - a way forward?
  • access to clean water
  • aid and international health agencies
  • the nature and role of aid in the health sector
  • other changing philosophies.

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