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Community-Oriented Health Services : Practices Across Disciplines.
Title:
Community-Oriented Health Services : Practices Across Disciplines.
Author:
Mpofu, Elias, PhD, DEd, CRC.
ISBN:
9780826198181
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (381 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Approach and Rationale -- Timeliness -- Intended Audience -- Basic Content and Structure -- Inclusiveness -- Acknowledgments -- Share Community-Oriented Health Services: Practices Across Disciplines -- Part I: Foundations of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Chapter 1: Community-Oriented Health Services: History, Framework, Nature, and Significance -- History of COHS -- Frameworks for Participatory COHS -- Who ICF Person's Environment as Community -- The Nature and Significance of COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Health Policy Analysis -- Definitions, Process, and History of Health Policy Analysis -- Health Policy Analysis Approaches and Techniques -- Contexts and Challenges of Health Policy Analysis -- Related Disciplines in the Context of COHS -- Research and Other Forms of Scholarship Critical to Health Policy Analysis for COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Economics of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories of the Economics of Community Health -- History of Research on and Practices in Community Health Economics -- Pertinent Economic Approaches to Community Health Services -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Impact the Economics of Community Health -- Related Disciplines Influencing the Economics of COHS -- Comparisons of the Economics of Community-Oriented Health Practices in Other Similar Jurisdictions -- Research Critical to the Economics of COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Ethics and Equity in Community Health -- Conceptual Definitions and Theories Concerning Ethics in Community Health -- History of Research and Practice Pertinent to Ethics in Community Health -- Ethical and Equity Issues in Community Health Services.

Professional, Legal, and Cultural Issues Affecting Ethics -- Related Disciplines Influencing the Ethics of Community Health Service -- Research Critical to Ethical Issues in Community Health -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Procedures in Community-Oriented Health Services -- Chapter 5: The Role of Community Health Workers in Implementing Community-Oriented Primary and Preventive Services Across the Life Span -- Definitions and Theories: The Rationale for Involving Lay Community in Health Care -- History and Traditions that Have Shaped Community Health Workers' Roles -- Pertinent Practices: Who are Community Health Workers and What Do They Do? -- Health System Issues and the Future of Lay Community Health Work -- Research Critical to the Role of Community Health Workers -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Definitions and Theories on Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Programs -- History of Research on Practices in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Programs -- Pertinent Approaches to Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Services -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Impact the Evaluation of Community Health Services -- Related Discipline Practices in the Monitoring and Evaluation of COHS -- Research Critical to the Monitoring and Evaluation of COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Environmental Metrics for Community Health -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Pertinent Community-Oriented Approaches -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues -- Related Disciplines in the Context of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Quality-of-Community-Life Indicators.

Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Contemporary QCL Indicators -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues -- Related Disciplines -- Comparative Worth of Community Life Indicators -- Research Critical to Issues Discussed in the Chapter -- Summary and Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 9: Community-Oriented Health Services in Low-Resource Settings -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Pertinent Community-Oriented Approaches -- Cultural, Policy, and Professional Discipline Issues -- Research and Other Forms of Scholarship on Community Health in Low-resource Settings -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Evidence-Based Practice and Policies in Community-oriented Health Care -- Chapter 10: Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health -- Professional and Legal Definitions and Theories -- Social Inclusion: History and Influences -- Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health Approaches -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues on Social Inclusion -- Related Discipline Influencing Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health -- Comparisons Among Disability Social Inclusion Across Jurisdictions -- Research Critical to Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Home-Based Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Rooted in a Community-Oriented Strategy in Low-Resource Settings -- Professional Considerations -- History of Research and Practice in VCT in Low-Resource Settings -- The Importance of Home-Based Approach in Public Health -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Impact the Specific Community-Oriented Health Approaches -- Related Disciplines Influencing Community-Oriented Health Aspects.

Comparisons with Community-Oriented Health Aspects or Practices in Other Similar Jurisdictions -- Research Needs Critical to Issues Discussed -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Community Health and Disaster Recovery -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Current Community-Oriented Approaches -- Cultural, Policy, and Professional Discipline Issues: Summary Comments -- References -- Chapter 13: International Immigrant and Refugee Health Issues -- Professional and Legal Definitions and Theories of Immigration and Refugee Health Issues -- History of Research and Practices Regarding Immigrant and Refugee Health Issues -- Relevant Community-Oriented Approaches for Addressing Immigrant and Refugee Health Issues -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Have an Impact on Immigrant and Refugee Health -- Related Disciplines Influencing Immigrant and Refugee Health -- Comparisons with Community-Oriented Health Aspects or Practices in Other Similar Jurisdictions -- Research Critical to Issues Discussed in the Chapter -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Community Health Interventions for People with Developmental Disabilities -- Definitions and Theories -- History of Practice in Community-Oriented Health Interventions for People with Developmental Disability -- Pertinent Community-Oriented Approaches with People with Developmental Disability -- Community and Independent-Living Interventions -- Future Directions for Research -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: International Trends in Community-Oriented Mental Health Services -- Definitions and Concepts -- History of Community Mental Health -- Pertinent Approaches to CMHSs -- Cultural, Legislative, and International Convention Issues that Impact CHSS -- Related Disciplines Influencing CMHSs.

International Comparisons -- Issues for Research and Other Forms of Scholarship -- Summary and Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 16: Epilogue: What Matters in Community-Oriented Health Service? -- Interdependency of Community and Individual Health -- Community Health Assets are from the Diversity in Populations and Knowledge Traditions -- The Community-Oriented Health Service is Founded on Earned Trust with Members -- The Community-Oriented Health Services are Multilayered in Structure -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Abbreviations -- Index.
Abstract:
Grounded in a transdisciplinary approach, this groundbreaking text provides extensive, evidence-based information on the value of communities as the primary drivers of their own health and well-being. It describes foundational community health concepts and procedures and presents proven strategies for engaging communities as resources for their own health improvementñan important determinant of individual well-being. It is based on recommendations by the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and on the premise that healthy communities are those with populations that participate in their own health promotion, maintenance, and sustenance. The book is unique in its integration of environmental and social justice issues as they significantly affect the advancement of community health. The text focuses on community-oriented health interventions informed by prevention, inclusiveness, and timeliness that both promote better health and are more cost effective than individually focused interventions. It addresses the foundations of community-oriented health services including their history, social determinants, concepts, and policies as well as the economics of community-oriented health services and health disparities and equity. It covers procedures for designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating sustainable community health coalitions along with tools for measuring their success. Detailed case studies describe specific settings and themes in U.S. and international community health practice in which communities are both enactors and beneficiaries. An accompanying instructor's manual provides learning exercises, field-based experiential assignments, and multiple-choice questions. A valuable resource for students and practitioners of education, public policy, and social services, this book

bridges the perspectives of environmental justice, public health, and community well-being and development, which, while being mutually interdependent, have rarely been considered together. KEY FEATURES: Offers a new paradigm for improving public health through community-driven health coalitions Includes evidence-based strategies for engaging communities in the pursuit of health Demonstrates how to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate community health partnerships Presents transdisciplinary approaches that consider environmental and social justice variables Includes contributions of international authors renowned in community health research and practice.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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