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Public health in the Arab world / edited by Samer Jabbour [and others] ; associate editor, Rouham Yamout.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge medicine (Series)Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012Description: xvii, 502 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521516749
  • 9780521516747
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.10956 23
LOC classification:
  • RA541.A65 P83 2012
Contents:
Section 1. The Context of Public Health: 1. Public health, the medical profession, and state building: a historical perspective / Elisabeth Longuenesse ... [et al.]; t2. The political, economic, and social context / Samer Jabbour ... [et al.]; 3. The demographic transitions: characteristics and public health implications / Dominique Tabutin and Bruno Schoumaker; 4. Environmental degradation: the challenge of sustaining life / Mey Jurdi, Rim Fayad, and Abbas El-Zein -- Section 2. The Social Determinants of Health: 5. Health inequities: social determinants and policy implications / Zeinab Khadr ... [et al.]; 6. Assets and health: towards a new framework / Marwan Khawaja, Mona Mowafi and Natalia Linos; 7. Gender disparities in health / Kathryn M. Yount; 8. Knowledge gaps: the agenda for research and action / Hoda Rashad and Zeinab Khadr -- Section 3. Health and Disease: A Focus on Avoidable Conditions: 9. Introduction: health and disease in the regional context / Cynthia Myntti and Rita Giacaman; 10. Nutrition and food security: the Arab World in transition / Abdulrahman O. Musaiger ... [et al.]; 11. Infectious diseases: the unfinished agenda and future needs / Rana A. Hajjeh, Maha Talaat. and Aisha O. Jumaan; 12. Non-communicable diseases-- I: burden and approaches to prevention / Ala Alwan, Nisreen Alwan, and Samer Jabbour; 13. Non-communicable diseases-- II: focus on cardiovascular diseases / Habiba Ben Romdhane, Abdullatif Husseini, and Samer Jabbour; 14. An overview of mental disorders / Elie G. Karam ... [et al.]; 15. Recognising omitted contexts and implicit paradigms: towards a valid mental health discourse / Ghena A. Ismail; 16. Injury epidemiology and prevention / Peter Barss -- Section 4. The Health of Population Groups: 17. Child health: caring for the future / Sherine Shawky ... [et al.]; 18. The health of young people: challenges and opportunities / Rima Afifi ... [et al.]; 19. Women's health: progress and unaddressed issues / Jocelyn DeJong, Hyam Bashour, and Afamia Kaddour; 20. The older persons: from veneration to vulnerability? / Abla Mehio Sibai ... [et al.]; 21. The well-being of migrant women: between agency and restraint / Sawsan Abdulrahim and Ynesse Abdul Malak; 22. Workers health: a social framework beyond workplace hazards / Rima R. Habib, Fadi A. Fathallah, and Iman Nuwayhid -- Section 5. Public Health in War and Violent Conflict: 23. Conflict in health: meeting challenges to insecurity / Hani Mowafi and Rayana Bou-Haka; 24. Health status and health services in the occupied Palestinian territory / Rita Giacaman ... [et al.]; 25. Public health in crisis: Iraq / Salman Rawaf and David Rawaf; 26. Summer 2006 war on Lebanon: a lesson in community resilience / Iman Nuwayhid ... [et al.] -- Section 6. Health Systems: Towards Equity and Accountability: 27. Introduction: seeing the trees, not missing the forest / Samer Jabbour and Salman Rawaf; 28. Health system governance / Sameen Siddiqi and Samer Jabbour; 29. Health system financing: the bottleneck of the right to health / Balgacem Sabri, Driss Zine-Eddine El-Idrissi, and Awad Mataria; 30. The public health workforce and human resource for health / Fadi El-Jardali ... [et al.]; 31. Health care delivery: the missing links / Nabil M. Kronfol and Samer Jabbour; 32. Access to essential medicines: impediments and the way forward / Rana Khatib, Zafar Mirza, and Awad Mataria -- Section 7. Public Health and the Social Agenda: 33. Graduate education in public health: towards a multidisciplinary model / Huda Zurayk, Rita Giacaman, and Ahmed Mandil; 34. Participatory community interventions: a case study approach / Rima Afifi ... [et al.]; 35. Reflections on the de-politicization of health and scholarship / Livia Wick; 36. Towards a regional perspective on health and human security / Omar Dewachi ... [et al.]; 37. Egypt in crisis: politics, health care, and social mobilization for health rights / Alaa Shukrallah and Mohamed Hassan Khalil; 38. Can action on health achieve political and social reform? / Samer Jabbour ... [et al.].
Summary: "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"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section 1. The Context of Public Health: 1. Public health, the medical profession, and state building: a historical perspective / Elisabeth Longuenesse ... [et al.]; t2. The political, economic, and social context / Samer Jabbour ... [et al.]; 3. The demographic transitions: characteristics and public health implications / Dominique Tabutin and Bruno Schoumaker; 4. Environmental degradation: the challenge of sustaining life / Mey Jurdi, Rim Fayad, and Abbas El-Zein -- Section 2. The Social Determinants of Health: 5. Health inequities: social determinants and policy implications / Zeinab Khadr ... [et al.]; 6. Assets and health: towards a new framework / Marwan Khawaja, Mona Mowafi and Natalia Linos; 7. Gender disparities in health / Kathryn M. Yount; 8. Knowledge gaps: the agenda for research and action / Hoda Rashad and Zeinab Khadr -- Section 3. Health and Disease: A Focus on Avoidable Conditions: 9. Introduction: health and disease in the regional context / Cynthia Myntti and Rita Giacaman; 10. Nutrition and food security: the Arab World in transition / Abdulrahman O. Musaiger ... [et al.]; 11. Infectious diseases: the unfinished agenda and future needs / Rana A. Hajjeh, Maha Talaat. and Aisha O. Jumaan; 12. Non-communicable diseases-- I: burden and approaches to prevention / Ala Alwan, Nisreen Alwan, and Samer Jabbour; 13. Non-communicable diseases-- II: focus on cardiovascular diseases / Habiba Ben Romdhane, Abdullatif Husseini, and Samer Jabbour; 14. An overview of mental disorders / Elie G. Karam ... [et al.]; 15. Recognising omitted contexts and implicit paradigms: towards a valid mental health discourse / Ghena A. Ismail; 16. Injury epidemiology and prevention / Peter Barss -- Section 4. The Health of Population Groups: 17. Child health: caring for the future / Sherine Shawky ... [et al.]; 18. The health of young people: challenges and opportunities / Rima Afifi ... [et al.]; 19. Women's health: progress and unaddressed issues / Jocelyn DeJong, Hyam Bashour, and Afamia Kaddour; 20. The older persons: from veneration to vulnerability? / Abla Mehio Sibai ... [et al.]; 21. The well-being of migrant women: between agency and restraint / Sawsan Abdulrahim and Ynesse Abdul Malak; 22. Workers health: a social framework beyond workplace hazards / Rima R. Habib, Fadi A. Fathallah, and Iman Nuwayhid -- Section 5. Public Health in War and Violent Conflict: 23. Conflict in health: meeting challenges to insecurity / Hani Mowafi and Rayana Bou-Haka; 24. Health status and health services in the occupied Palestinian territory / Rita Giacaman ... [et al.]; 25. Public health in crisis: Iraq / Salman Rawaf and David Rawaf; 26. Summer 2006 war on Lebanon: a lesson in community resilience / Iman Nuwayhid ... [et al.] -- Section 6. Health Systems: Towards Equity and Accountability: 27. Introduction: seeing the trees, not missing the forest / Samer Jabbour and Salman Rawaf; 28. Health system governance / Sameen Siddiqi and Samer Jabbour; 29. Health system financing: the bottleneck of the right to health / Balgacem Sabri, Driss Zine-Eddine El-Idrissi, and Awad Mataria; 30. The public health workforce and human resource for health / Fadi El-Jardali ... [et al.]; 31. Health care delivery: the missing links / Nabil M. Kronfol and Samer Jabbour; 32. Access to essential medicines: impediments and the way forward / Rana Khatib, Zafar Mirza, and Awad Mataria -- Section 7. Public Health and the Social Agenda: 33. Graduate education in public health: towards a multidisciplinary model / Huda Zurayk, Rita Giacaman, and Ahmed Mandil; 34. Participatory community interventions: a case study approach / Rima Afifi ... [et al.]; 35. Reflections on the de-politicization of health and scholarship / Livia Wick; 36. Towards a regional perspective on health and human security / Omar Dewachi ... [et al.]; 37. Egypt in crisis: politics, health care, and social mobilization for health rights / Alaa Shukrallah and Mohamed Hassan Khalil; 38. Can action on health achieve political and social reform? / Samer Jabbour ... [et al.].

"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"--Provided by publisher.

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