{"product_id":"transforming-global-health-interdisciplinary-challenges-perspectives-and-strategies-9783030321147","title":"Transforming Global Health: Interdisciplinary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis contributed volume motivates and educates across fields about the major challenges in global health and the interdisciplinary strategies for solving them. Once the purview of public health, medicine, and nursing, global health is now an interdisciplinary endeavor that relies on expertise from anthropology to urban planning, economics to political science, geography to engineering. Scholars and practitioners in the health sciences are seeking knowledge from a wider array of fields while, simultaneously, students across majors have a growing interest in humanitarian issues and are pursuing knowledge and skills for impacting well-being across geographic and disciplinary borders.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUsing a highly practical approach and illustrative case studies, each chapter of this edited volume frames a particular problem and illustrates how interdisciplinary problem-solving can address the greatest challenges in global health today. In doing so, each chapter spurs critical and creative thinking about emergent and future problems.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTopics explored among the chapters include:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTransforming health and well-being for refugees and their communities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoverning to deliver safe and affordable water \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe global crisis of antimicrobial resistance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLow-tech, high-impact interventions to prevent neonatal mortality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunicating taboo health subjects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternative housing delivery for slum upgrades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e            \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransforming Global Health: Interdisciplinary Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategies \u003c\/i\u003eis a vital and timely compendium for any reader invested in improving global health equity. It will find an audience with researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and program implementers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students and faculty in the fields of global health, public health, and the health sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e​Front Matter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e (guest contributor)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Grand Challenges in Global Health and the Need for Interdisciplinary Approaches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1: Improving Food, Water, Air, and Shelter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCh. 1 \u003c\/b\u003eFull of Hunger: Addressing the Double-burden of Obesity and Malnutrition (Perspectives from Public Health and Regional Planning)\u003cb\u003eCh. 2 \u003c\/b\u003eWhen the Well Runs Dry: Delivering Safe and Affordable Water (Perspectives from Geology and Urban Planning)\u003cb\u003eCh. 3 \u003c\/b\u003eHazy Futures: Improving Air Quality for Maternal and Child Health (Perspectives from Engineering and Environmental Health)\u003cb\u003eCh. 4 \u003c\/b\u003eLoss of Home, Loss of Self: Sheltering Refugees Amidst Crisis (Perspectives from Architecture, Medicine, and Social Work)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2: Engaging Cultural Diversity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCh. 5 Do as You Say, Not as You Do: Changing Risky Behaviors\u003c\/b\u003e (Perspectives from Health Behavior and Philosophy)\u003cb\u003eCh. 6\u003c\/b\u003e Blood Cultures: Integrating Traditional and Modern Medical Practices to Improve Health (Perspectives from History, Medicine, and Linguistics)\u003cb\u003eCh. 7\u003c\/b\u003e Kangaroo Care: Saving the Lives of Premature Babies (Perspectives from Epidemiology and Child Health)\u003cb\u003eCh. 8\u003c\/b\u003e Rites vs. Rights: Conquering Gender-based Violence (Perspectives from Gender Studies and Social Work)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3: Leveraging New Technologies and Techniques\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCh. 9\u003c\/b\u003e Dragon’s Blood: Combatting the Mysteries of Antimicrobial Resistance (Perspectives from Microbiology, Chemistry, and Geography)\u003cb\u003eCh. 10\u003c\/b\u003e Extraction: Innovating Diagnostic Methods in Low-resource Settings (Perspectives from Dentistry and Computer Science)\u003cb\u003eCh. 11\u003c\/b\u003e Front-line Deployment: Utilizing Nanotechnology to Battle Disease at the Source (Perspectives from Nanotechnology and Public Health)\u003cb\u003eCh. 12\u003c\/b\u003e While Supplies Last: Overcoming Stock-outs of Essential Medicines(Perspectives from Pharmacy and Industrial Engineering)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4: Planning for the Future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCh. 13\u003c\/b\u003e World War X: Designing Health Systems Resilient Amidst Chaos (Perspectives from Economics and Political Science)\u003cb\u003eCh. 14\u003c\/b\u003e Gone, but Not Forgotten: Drawing Lessons from the Eradication of Polio and Guinea Worm (Perspectives from Biology and International Development)\u003cb\u003eCh. 15\u003c\/b\u003e Worst-case Scenarios: Building Policies, Plans, and Strategies to Curb Extreme Events (Perspectives from Environmental Planning and Law)\u003cb\u003eCh. 16\u003c\/b\u003e Rash Decisions: Dispatching the Next Pandemic (Perspectives from Nursing and Management)","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49415617904983,"sku":"9783030321147","price":42.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783030321147.jpg?v=1730527533","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transforming-global-health-interdisciplinary-challenges-perspectives-and-strategies-9783030321147","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}