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Book Synopsis
Introduction to Global Health Promotion addresses a breadth and depth of public health topics that students and emerging professionals in the field must understand as the world's burden of disease changes with non-communicable diseases on the rise in low- and middle-income countries as their middle class populations grow.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xix

The Editors xxi

SOPHE xxv

The Contributors xxvii

Chapter 1 The State of Global Health 1
Richard Skolnik

Chapter 2 Global Health Promotion: The State of the Science 31
David V. McQueen

Chapter 3 Global Health Promotion and the Social Determinants of Health 49
Kumanan Rasanathan and Alyssa Sharkey

Chapter 4 Models of Health Behavior Change: International Applications 65
Rick S. Zimmerman, Zhiwen Xiao, Purnima Mehrotra, and Charles Roy

Chapter 5 Two Health Communication Approaches: Communication for Behavioral Impact (COMBI) and Entertainment Education 99
Everold N. Hosein, May G. Kennedy, and Sandra de Castro Buffington

Chapter 6 Global Health Promotion in the Context of Human Rights 129
Elvira Beracochea and Lubna Ahmed

Chapter 7 eHealth and Global Health Promotion 145
Sheana S. Bull, Gretchen Domek, and Deborah Thomas

Chapter 8 Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality: Meeting a Global Challenge 173
Padmini Murthy

Chapter 9 Malaria Prevention and Control 191
Fouzia Farooq and Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner

Chapter 10 Global Immunization Initiatives from a Health Promotion Perspective 209
Marilyn E. Rice, Jon K. Andrus, Virginia Swezy, and Rick S. Zimmerman

Chapter 11 The Evolving Global HIV Pandemic: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Future Priorities 239
Ralph J. DiClemente, Puja Seth, and Purnima Mehrotra

Chapter 12 Community-Based Risk Communication in Epidemics and Emerging Disease Settings 271
Renata Schiavo, Karen M. Hilyard, and Ewart C. Skinner

Chapter 13 Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs): Moving Toward Health Promotion 303
C. James Hospedales, Andr´e Pascal Kengne, Branka Legetic, and Adriana Blanco Marquizo

Chapter 14 Women's Cancers 339
Silvana Luciani and Irene Agurto

Chapter 15 Health Promotion in Families and Communities: An Integrated Approach from Latin America and the Caribbean 363
Fernando Zacarias, Adrian Diaz, Manuel Pena, Adela Paez Jimenez, Leticia Martinez, and Gina Tambini

Chapter 16 Oral Health Promotion 383
Margaret Scarlett and Gary L. Kreps

Chapter 17 Adaptation and Implementation of Public Health Innovations in Developing Countries 425
Bonita Stanton, Xiaoming Li, and Linda Kaljee

Chapter 18 Health Promotion in the Global Setting: The Role of International Organizations and Governments 445
John (Jack) Bryant and F. Curtiss Swezy

Chapter 19 The Future of Global Health Promotion 467
Rick S. Zimmerman, Jon K. Andrus, and C. James Hospedales

Author Index 491

Subject Index 499

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 24/06/2016
      ISBN13: 9781118897799, 978-1118897799
      ISBN10: 111889779X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Introduction to Global Health Promotion addresses a breadth and depth of public health topics that students and emerging professionals in the field must understand as the world's burden of disease changes with non-communicable diseases on the rise in low- and middle-income countries as their middle class populations grow.

      Table of Contents

      Preface xiii

      Acknowledgments xix

      The Editors xxi

      SOPHE xxv

      The Contributors xxvii

      Chapter 1 The State of Global Health 1
      Richard Skolnik

      Chapter 2 Global Health Promotion: The State of the Science 31
      David V. McQueen

      Chapter 3 Global Health Promotion and the Social Determinants of Health 49
      Kumanan Rasanathan and Alyssa Sharkey

      Chapter 4 Models of Health Behavior Change: International Applications 65
      Rick S. Zimmerman, Zhiwen Xiao, Purnima Mehrotra, and Charles Roy

      Chapter 5 Two Health Communication Approaches: Communication for Behavioral Impact (COMBI) and Entertainment Education 99
      Everold N. Hosein, May G. Kennedy, and Sandra de Castro Buffington

      Chapter 6 Global Health Promotion in the Context of Human Rights 129
      Elvira Beracochea and Lubna Ahmed

      Chapter 7 eHealth and Global Health Promotion 145
      Sheana S. Bull, Gretchen Domek, and Deborah Thomas

      Chapter 8 Reducing Maternal and Infant Mortality: Meeting a Global Challenge 173
      Padmini Murthy

      Chapter 9 Malaria Prevention and Control 191
      Fouzia Farooq and Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner

      Chapter 10 Global Immunization Initiatives from a Health Promotion Perspective 209
      Marilyn E. Rice, Jon K. Andrus, Virginia Swezy, and Rick S. Zimmerman

      Chapter 11 The Evolving Global HIV Pandemic: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Future Priorities 239
      Ralph J. DiClemente, Puja Seth, and Purnima Mehrotra

      Chapter 12 Community-Based Risk Communication in Epidemics and Emerging Disease Settings 271
      Renata Schiavo, Karen M. Hilyard, and Ewart C. Skinner

      Chapter 13 Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs): Moving Toward Health Promotion 303
      C. James Hospedales, Andr´e Pascal Kengne, Branka Legetic, and Adriana Blanco Marquizo

      Chapter 14 Women's Cancers 339
      Silvana Luciani and Irene Agurto

      Chapter 15 Health Promotion in Families and Communities: An Integrated Approach from Latin America and the Caribbean 363
      Fernando Zacarias, Adrian Diaz, Manuel Pena, Adela Paez Jimenez, Leticia Martinez, and Gina Tambini

      Chapter 16 Oral Health Promotion 383
      Margaret Scarlett and Gary L. Kreps

      Chapter 17 Adaptation and Implementation of Public Health Innovations in Developing Countries 425
      Bonita Stanton, Xiaoming Li, and Linda Kaljee

      Chapter 18 Health Promotion in the Global Setting: The Role of International Organizations and Governments 445
      John (Jack) Bryant and F. Curtiss Swezy

      Chapter 19 The Future of Global Health Promotion 467
      Rick S. Zimmerman, Jon K. Andrus, and C. James Hospedales

      Author Index 491

      Subject Index 499

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