TY - BOOK ID - 77868710 TI - Stunted lives, stagnant economies : poverty, disease, and underdevelopment PY - 1998 SN - 0813558859 0585071314 9780585071312 0813524938 0813524946 9780813558851 PB - New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Poor KW - Public Health KW - Delivery of Health Care KW - Health Surveys KW - Poverty KW - Social Problems KW - Labor Exploitation KW - Social Exploitation KW - Exploitation, Labor KW - Exploitation, Social KW - Exploitations, Labor KW - Problem, Social KW - Problems, Social KW - Social Problem KW - Absolute Poverty KW - Extreme Poverty KW - Indigents KW - Low Income Population KW - Indigency KW - Low-Income Population KW - Indigent KW - Low Income Populations KW - Low-Income Populations KW - Population, Low Income KW - Population, Low-Income KW - Populations, Low Income KW - Populations, Low-Income KW - Poverty, Absolute KW - Poverty, Extreme KW - Working Poor KW - Abortion Surveys KW - Abortion Survey KW - Health Survey KW - Survey, Abortion KW - Survey, Health KW - Surveys, Abortion KW - Surveys, Health KW - Sanitary Surveys, Water Supply KW - Community-Based Distribution KW - Contraceptive Distribution KW - Delivery of Healthcare KW - Dental Care Delivery KW - Distribution, Non-Clinical KW - Distribution, Nonclinical KW - Distributional Activities KW - Healthcare KW - Healthcare Delivery KW - Healthcare Systems KW - Non-Clinical Distribution KW - Nonclinical Distribution KW - Delivery of Dental Care KW - Health Care KW - Health Care Delivery KW - Health Care Systems KW - Activities, Distributional KW - Activity, Distributional KW - Care, Health KW - Community Based Distribution KW - Community-Based Distributions KW - Contraceptive Distributions KW - Deliveries, Healthcare KW - Delivery, Dental Care KW - Delivery, Health Care KW - Delivery, Healthcare KW - Distribution, Community-Based KW - Distribution, Contraceptive KW - Distribution, Non Clinical KW - Distributional Activity KW - Distributions, Community-Based KW - Distributions, Contraceptive KW - Distributions, Non-Clinical KW - Distributions, Nonclinical KW - Health Care System KW - Healthcare Deliveries KW - Healthcare System KW - Non Clinical Distribution KW - Non-Clinical Distributions KW - Nonclinical Distributions KW - System, Health Care KW - System, Healthcare KW - Systems, Health Care KW - Systems, Healthcare KW - Community Health KW - Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health KW - Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health KW - Health, Community KW - Health, Public KW - Preventive Medicine KW - Education, Public Health Professional KW - Disadvantaged, Economically KW - Economically disadvantaged KW - Impoverished people KW - Low-income people KW - Pauperism KW - Poor, The KW - Poor people KW - Persons KW - Social classes KW - Medical care KW - Economic aspects KW - Health and hygiene KW - Social conditions. KW - economics KW - Economic conditions KW - Developing countries KW - Federal Poverty Threshold KW - Poverty Threshold, Federal KW - Poverty Thresholds, Federal KW - Thresholds, Federal Poverty KW - Federal Poverty Level KW - Federal Poverty Levels KW - Level, Federal Poverty KW - Poverty Level, Federal KW - Developing Countries KW - Delivery of Health Care. KW - Health Surveys. KW - Health and hygiene. KW - economics. KW - Latin America KW - Poverty. KW - Social Problems. KW - Latin America. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77868710 AB - "Stunted Lives, Stagnant Economies describes in vivid detail the living conditions of the poor in developing countries and the diseases and injuries that result from this environment of need. Most of the diseases that affect the poor - cholera, summer diarrhea, tuberculosis, lice, worms, leprosy - result from the poverty of their environment. Poverty also determines the availability and effectiveness of the medical response. Using Argentina as a case study, Eileen Stillwaggon argues that making good health available to everyone is not a scientific problem but an economic one." "The debt crisis of the 1980s and the subsequent structural adjustment policies adopted by most developing countries exacerbated the problems faced by the poor. What kind of future can a nation build when the health of the majority of the population - its workforce - is at risk or compromised because social services have been reduced? Without adequate health care and social services, people cannot live up to their potential, and the spiral of poverty continues. But there are ways to fight this cycle of poverty. With a clear vision of the future, Stillwaggon offers practical, low-cost solutions to promote human development and economic growth."--Jacket. ER -