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Title Transforming public health in developing nations / Mohamud Sheikh, The School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia, Aziza Mahamoud, Sidra Medical and Research Center, Qatar, Mowafa Househ, King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Health Informatics, Saudia Arabia
Published Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 416 pages)
Series Advances in human services and public health (AHSPH) book series
Advances in human services and public health (AHSPH) book series
Contents Seeking solutions to the challenges in health services in developing nations: primary health care revisited / Jessica McCormack, Patrick Rawstorne, Mohamud Sheikh -- The role of primary health care in prevention, early detection, and control of cancer / Salwa Bahkali [and 4 others] -- approaches to evidence-based management and decision-making in healthcare organizations: lessons for developing nations / Nouf Al Saleem, Mohamud Sheikh -- Nomadic clinics as innovative concept that transforms health care services in mobile population: case example from north eastern Kenya / Siyat Moge Gure -- Harnessing non-communicable diseases: lessons for health professionals in the Middle Eastern Gulf / Nada M. Albawardi -- Barriers to accessing healthcare services in developing nations: reflective lessons for the gulf cooperation council countries / Hussah Alghodaier [and 6 others] -- Improving the effects of global health initiatives through FOMENT: an enhancement to the diffusion process / Muhiuddin Haider, Theofani Makrinos, Madhurima Sarkar -- Water and sanitation: a case study for policy implication to reaching global development goals in developing nations / Abdi D. Osman [and 4 others] -- Community development and faith-based organizations: lessons for global health / Stephanie Wrightman -- Antimicrobial consumption and multidrug resistant organisms in intensive care units: lessons from Saudi Arabia / Fouad Farouk Jabri -- Detection of pre-analytical laboratory testing errors: leads and lessons for patient safety / Wafa Al-Zahrani, Mohamud Sheikh -- Reproductive and mental health during natural disaster: implications and issues for women in developing nations -- a case example / Jasim Anwar -- The role and use of telemedicine by physicians in developing countries: a case report from Saudi Arabia / Dana Alajmi [and 7 others] -- Information systems in healthcare with a special focus on developing countries / Ahed Abugabah, Osama Afarraj, Louis Sansogni -- Interactive visualizations as "decision support tools" in developing nations: the case of vector-borne diseases / Oluwakemi Ola, Olga Buchel, Kamran Sedig
Summary "This book showcases the latest developments, trends, and challenges within the field of international public health by featuring empirical studies, case studies, reviews, and discussion notes"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Cultural issues in healthcare
Emerging health systems
Global epidemics in the 21st century
Health budget costs and calculations
Health information technology
Mental health issues
Reproductive health
Telemedicine
Notes "Premier reference source"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Public health -- Developing countries
Medical policy -- Developing countries
Medical policy -- Developing countries -- Case studies
Medical policy -- Developing countries -- Decision making
Public health.
Medical policy.
Public Health
Developing Countries
Public Health Practice
Health Policy
public health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Medical policy
Medical policy -- Decision making
Public health
Developing countries
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Sheikh, Mohamud, 1971- editor
Mahamoud, Aziza, 1982- editor
Househ, Mowafa, 1977- editor
LC no. 2023699894
ISBN 9781466687042
1466687045
9781466687035
1466687037