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245 1 2 _aA Healthcare Students Introduction to Global Health
_h[electronic resource] :
_bLow- and Middle Income Countries /
_cedited by Alison Fiander, Grace Fry.
250 _a1st ed. 2024.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer Nature Switzerland :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2024.
300 _aIX, 253 p. 97 illus., 87 illus. in color.
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505 0 _aPreface 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?.
520 _aAimed 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.
650 0 _aMedicine.
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650 0 _aMedicine, Preventive.
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650 0 _aHealth promotion.
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650 0 _aPublic health.
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650 1 4 _aClinical Medicine.
650 2 4 _aHealth Promotion and Disease Prevention.
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650 2 4 _aPublic Health.
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700 1 _aFiander, Alison.
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700 1 _aFry, Grace.
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