TY - BOOK ID - 30489906 TI - Care for major health problems and population health concerns PY - 2008 SN - 128077102X 9786613681799 1848551614 9781848551619 1848551606 9781848551602 PB - Bingley, UK Emerald JAI Press DB - UniCat KW - Medical care. KW - Public health. KW - Community health KW - Health services KW - Hygiene, Public KW - Hygiene, Social KW - Public health services KW - Public hygiene KW - Sanitary affairs KW - Social hygiene KW - Delivery of health care KW - Delivery of medical care KW - Health care KW - Health care delivery KW - Healthcare KW - Medical and health care industry KW - Medical services KW - Personal health services KW - Health KW - Human services KW - Biosecurity KW - Health literacy KW - Medicine, Preventive KW - National health services KW - Sanitation KW - Public health KW - Health systems & services. KW - Medical KW - Health Care Delivery. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30489906 AB - This volume contains papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving provision of health care as related to major health problems or population health concerns. In the first chapter, the topic of population health is reviewed and examined, looking at relationships between social structure, including socioeconomic status, and health. A number of papers examine social, demographic and structural problems, and a wide variety of major health problems including chronic illnesses, mental illness, serious acute health problems, and disabilities that require health care. Some of the specific health problems covered include major chronic health problems such as coronary heart diseases and arthritis, as well as HIV/AIDs and other sexually transmitted diseases, obesity and how to deal with obesity, mental health concerns, poverty, homelessness and health care problems with a focus on urban contexts within the United States.The last two papers in the volume extend the focus to look at more international concerns. One paper focuses on urban slum prevalence as a key factor in shaping population level rates of social well being in developing countries, and another on medical tourism. This volume includes papers that focus on the perspectives of patients, providers, and also the relevant links with health policy. ER -