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Shah's Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada

  • 6 Edición - 26 de febrero de 2020
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Bonnie Fournier, Dr. Fareen Karachiwalla
  • Idioma: Inglés

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Descripción

Work more effectively with a complete understanding of Canadian public health! Shah’s Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada, Sixth Edition examines health care policy in Canada and the issues and trends faced by today’s health care professionals. It puts health promotion and prevention models into a historical perspective, with discussions including the evolution of national health insurance, determinants of health and disease, and approaches to achieving health for all. Written by educators Bonnie Fournier and Fareen Karachiwalla, and based on the work of noted author Dr. Chandrakant Shah, O.C., O.Ont. this text provides an excellent foundation in Canadian public health for nurses and other health care professionals.

Puntos claves

  • Quintessentially Canadian content
  • is designed especially for Canadian nursing and health care professionals.
  • Comprehensive coverage includes in-depth, current information on public health and preventive care topics.
  • End-of-chapter summaries reinforce your understanding of key health care concepts.
  • End-of-chapter references provide recommendations for further reading and research.

Índice

Introduction
PART 1: ACHIEVING HEALTH FOR ALL

1. Foundational Concepts in Population and Public Health

2. Methods of Investigation of Population Health Issues

3. Approaches to Achieving Health for All
PART 2: THE HEALTH OF CANADIANS

4. Health Indicators and the Health Status of Canadians

5. Determinants of Health and Disease

6. Groups Experiencing Health Inequities

7. Indigenous Health

8. Noncommunicable Diseases

9. Mental Health and Substance Use

10. Communicable Disease

11. Environmental Health

12. Occupational Health and Disease
PART 3: THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

13. The Evolution of National Health Insurance

14. Federal and Provincial Health Organizations

15. Funding, Expenditures, and Resources

16. Delivery of Health Care Services

17. Human Resources for Health

18. Looking Forward

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 6
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 26 de febrero de 2020
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

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Bonnie Fournier

Dr. Bonnie Fournier, RN, MSc, PhD

Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia

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Site Administrator, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

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Dr. Fareen Karachiwalla

Dr. Fareen Karachiwalla, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC
Afiliaciones y experiencia
Associate Medical Officer of Health York Region Public Health Newmarket, Ontario; Adjunct Assistant Professor School of Medicine Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario; Adjunct Lecturer Clinical Public Health Division Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario