03823nam a22005535i 4500 978-3-031-66563-9 DE-He213 20251030113237.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241021s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031665639 978-3-031-66563-9 10.1007/978-3-031-66563-9 doi R1 MB bicssc MED000000 bisacsh MB thema A Healthcare Students Introduction to Global Health [electronic resource] : Low- and Middle Income Countries / edited by Alison Fiander, Grace Fry. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. IX, 253 p. 97 illus., 87 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Preface and introduction -- What is global health? -- Changing demographics and disease burden in LRC -- The global burden of disease -- The impact of non-communicable disease in low- and middle-income countries -- Urbanization and implications for health -- Conflict and health -- Humanitarian aid -- Refugee and asylum seeker health -- Planetary health is more important than individual health? -- The climate crisis is a health crisis -- Environment and health -- The shortage of healthcare workers in LRC -- Aid: a blessing or a curse? -- Malaria -- Neglected Tropical disease -- Maternal health in LRC -- Reproductive sexual health -- The importance of gender equality -- Child health in LRC -- Nutrition in LRC -- Mental Health in Low Resource Countries (LRC) x2 -- Trauma, road traffic accidents and burns in LRC -- Cancer in LRC -- Palliative care in LRC -- Disability in LRC -- Disability and health in LMIC with a focus on visual impairment -- The role of post placental contraception in improving maternal health in Uganda?. Aimed at healthcare students: medical, nursing, and allied professionals, the textbook covers a broad range of topics in Global Health as investigated and summarized by Cardiff University medical students completing a short course in Global Health. Global Health is an increasingly important aspect of the undergraduate medical curriculum but is rarely formally taught at undergraduate level. It focuses upon health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC). Chapters include: What is Global Health; changing demographics and disease burden; Humanitarian medicine, Aid; health in conflict; Sexual Reproductive Health; Gender Based Violence; child health; disability; cancer care; palliative care; infectious disease; neglected tropical disease; the climate crisis and sustainable healthcare, amongst others. Medicine. 63923 Medicine, Preventive. 63227 Health promotion. 59524 Public health. 61312 Nursing. 10295 Clinical Medicine. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. 67837 Public Health. 61312 Nursing. 10295 Fiander, Alison. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 75790 Fry, Grace. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 86340 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031665622 Printed edition: 9783031665646 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66563-9 ZDB-2-SME ZDB-2-SXM 64355 64355