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A compelling call to reimagine public health by addressing human behavior and systemic barriers to prevent pandemics.

We are doomed to live through pandemics as long as we rely on biomedical advances to save us. In Humanizing Public Health, Perry N. Halkitis explores how human behavior, societal structures, and flawed public health approaches fuel the spread of infectious diseases. With extensive experience as an epidemiologist and public health psychologist, Halkitis critiques the biomedical paradigm that dominates pandemic responses, advocating instead for a holistic, person-centered model.

A purely biological perspective on these viruses, which dominates so much of the conversation around pandemics, falls short in protecting the health of populations. Instead, Halkitis illuminates how psychological, social, and structural factors-such as misinformation, systemic inequities, and cultural beliefs-create ideal conditions for pathogens to thrive and for pandemics to spread. A more holistic approach to public health and health care delivery can help advance our efforts in fighting diseases which, in turn, should also help advance health equity. Halkitis explores key lessons from the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics while offering actionable insights to reimagine public health education, preparedness, and equity.

This book challenges readers to confront the human behaviors and systemic barriers perpetuating pandemics and presents a transformative vision for preventing future crises. With clarity and compassion, Halkitis empowers public health professionals, policymakers, and the public to rethink the way we approach health crises by emphasizing the importance of empathy, community engagement, trust-building, and political acumen as cornerstones of effective prevention and care.

Spanning over a century of global health crises, Case Studies on Pandemic and Epidemic Communication Campaigns examines 25 case studies across 12 major pandemics and epidemics that shaped public health communication and all types of organizations in both the public and private sectors.

Each chapter begins with the historical context when the health crisis occurred to help readers understand the overall magnitude of the health crisis, treatments, media, and available communication tools. Each case study contains a complete overview and details (situation analysis, objectives, strategies, tactics, implementation, results, and measurement), about a specific communication campaign to address the health crisis, as well as theoretical principles and insightful questions to hone critical thinking skills. The book also addresses ethics, social inequities, xenophobia, discrimination, fearmongering, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy. The case study method is a crucial pedagogical tool for educators and practitioners to make sense of past and present health crises and learn about the similarities and parallels between communication methods and theoretical principles applied across epidemics and pandemics.

The book will appeal to students and academics in public health and crisis communication programs as well as academic associations in communication and crisis management, public relations practitioners, and members of the leading communication industry groups.

An essential textbook on how the environment influences our health and well-being.The Environment and Your Health

Everything around us-air, water, food, buildings, neighborhoods-shapes our health in profound ways. Edited by Megan Weil Latshaw and Joseph P. Bressler, this essential textbook offers a comprehensive foundation in environmental health to help students understand how physical, chemical, biological, and social environments influence well-being.

This textbook provides clear, accessible coverage of the key topics required by instructors, including legacy content from traditional environmental health syllabi and new competency-based standards. Students will explore environmental exposure assessment, toxicology, epidemiology, air and water pollution, food safety, occupational health, and risk assessment.

They'll also examine broader systemic issues, such as climate change, food systems, environmental justice, and the intersection of human, animal, and ecosystem health. Emerging concerns like "forever chemicals," global waste, and the health impacts of the built environment are addressed alongside traditional core topics. Through a systems-thinking lens, the book encourages readers to analyze complex, real-world challenges and consider policy and intervention strategies that can improve health outcomes at individual, community, and global scales. Engaging case studies and clear learning objectives reinforce each chapter's key concepts.

The Environment and Your Health equips students with the knowledge and perspective to understand how their environment shapes their health-and how they can help shape healthier environments.

Lessons in Politics and Ethics from the Public Hospital takes us behind the scenes of one of America's last major public hospitals - San Francisco General.

Drawing on his unique position as both an anthropologist and a psychiatric nurse with 26 years of experience, Foster reveals the complex interplay between compassionate care and institutional constraints that defines modern public healthcare. Through vivid storytelling and keen analytical insight, this book illuminates how caregivers navigate the daily challenges of treating over 100,000 patients annually - from trauma victims to the mentally ill, from the indigent to the disenfranchised. He presents an innovative conceptual framework that delineates four essential models for the care process: normalization, care, trauma response, and management. This compelling narrative explores: The delicate balance between compassionate care and fiscal constraints; how caregivers develop an ethics of practice in challenging conditions; the hospital's evolution in response to public health crises; the intersection of societal ills with medical and traumatic illness; the future of public healthcare in America.

Both a deeply human story and a critical analysis of our healthcare system, this book offers an unprecedented look at how a major public hospital functions, adapts, and perseveres in an era of increasing precarity. Essential reading for healthcare professionals, policymakers, anthropologists, and anyone concerned with the future of public health in America.

"An urgent spotlight on a dire injustice."-Publishers Weekly

A revealing account of parenting in a country that neglects the needs of poor families-through the humble diaper.

Many of us take diapers for granted. Yet diaper insecurity is a common, often hidden consequence of poverty in the US, where nearly half of American families with young children struggle to get enough diapers.

Drawing on interviews with mothers dealing with this overlooked issue, Jennifer Randles shows how diapers have unique practical and symbolic significance for the well-being of families. Tracing the social history of diapering, Randles unravels a complex story of caregiving inequalities, the environmental impacts of child-rearing, and responsibility for meeting children's basic needs. Yet it is also a hopeful story: the book chronicles the work of people who manage diaper banks as well as the growing diaper distribution movement.

A hard-nosed yet nuanced tale of parenting, Living Diaper to Diaper is an eye-opening examination of inequality and poverty in America.

This book explores the intricate connections between socioeconomic factors, consumer health, and broader well-being, offering a multidisciplinary perspective on how various determinants shape individual and community health outcomes. By addressing key issues such as mental health in workplace environments, adolescent health education, consumer behaviour in food choices, and the well-being of older adults, the book highlights the pressing need for holistic health interventions. The chapters provide a diverse range of research-based insights, employing quantitative and qualitative methodologies to advance the discourse on public health and wellness.

The book is structured into five key sections, each focusing on a critical aspect of health and wellness. Each section reflects a unique lens, ranging from gender and mental health to cultural wellness practices and elderly care, capturing both the diversity of lived experiences and the systemic factors that shape well-being.

In "Bridging Gaps in Adolescent Health and Hygiene Education," we explore community-based interventions among tribal adolescents in Purulia, West Bengal. "Empowering Women through Workplace Wellness" highlights innovative strategies from Bangladesh aimed at promoting gender-inclusive health environments. The chapter on urban mental health delves into gendered patterns of psychological well-being within rapidly changing cityscapes. In contrast, "Dancing Away Stress" offers a creative and holistic approach to emotional regulation through expressive movement. Lastly, "I Am Alone but Not Lonely" investigates how living arrangements among older Indian adults influence their sense of autonomy and quality of life. Together, these chapters foreground a critical message: that health and well-being are deeply social phenomena: shaped by culture, context, opportunity, and inequality.

In aligning with the Vision Viksit Bharat agenda, this volume emphasizes that achieving holistic national development requires a sustained focus on social inclusion, gender equity, and mental and physical wellness across all stages of life. It is intended for academics, policymakers, health professionals, and anyone interested in understanding the broader socioeconomic dimensions of well-being. Through empirical research and case studies, it advocates for policies and practices that promote equitable health outcomes for all.

This open access book aims to present an overview of the governance and management of medial data sharing and application based on China's evidence and experience. The basic knowledge and guidelines of medical data sharing in China and international consensus are introduced, including the identifications of medical data and its sharing, the mechanism of data sharing, medical ethics and data ethics, institutional management, privacy policy, etc. The challenges to law and governance from medical big data and AI in medicine are discussed, which are the key trends in both public and individual health. This book builds an academic system for governance and management of medical data sharing and application, as well as a practical guidance. It would be insightful for researchers and practitioners in medical institutions.

Against the background of great expectations associated with the application of big data and artificial intelligence in medicine, various voices have claimed that individuals have a moral obligation to make their data and tissue available for research. This obligation is not only associated with the amounts of materials required in contemporary medical science, but also with presumptions that the knowledge produced in science is a public good. This book critically examines this claim by drawing on four case studies of medical data and tissue collections: the Framingham Heart Study in the United States; the Singapore Tissue Network; the Million Death Study in India; and the European network of sample and data collections BBMRI-ERIC. Each case study is presented as an exemplar for how infrastructures for the purpose of collecting, storing and using population data for medical research are constructed and frame particular versions of 'collective goods' in contemporary medical research. While each of these cases is situated in different geographic locations and largely distinct areas of medical research, they jointly illustrate how the making and operations of medical research collections produce particular 'collectives' and 'goods'. This book discusses the making of such collective goods in terms of citizenship to interrogate how the framing of medical research collections generates forms of knowledge that already attribute certain (health-related) rights and responsibilities to different groups of people.

This book discusses the impact of international migrants and refugees in the Middle East in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on 3 main questions: What has the role of international migrants been in coping with Covid-19? How has this international health crisis affected international migrants and refugees? How has it affected socio-economic and political structures? The authors assess the relationship between healthcare, international migration and the pandemic through specific case-studies including: Tuerkiye, with reference to the case of Uzbek and Georgian migrant women, Tuerkiye with reference to Turkish citizens' attitudes towards Syrian refugees, Palestinian camps in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and students' and immigrant professors' ethnographic experiences, the Arab Gulf countries and the Pakistan Medical Centre in Dubai, Arabia and the case-study of Oman, and Iran. The argument seeks to move beyond the idea of migrants as victims of the pandemic, and sheds light on the active role and agency of migrants to underline their substantive contribution to coping with the health crisis.

The original version of this book is a bilingual book for international students and overseas readers, which is included in the "Introduction to China's S&T Innovation", a project funded by the Hubei Provincial Special Fund for Public Welfare Academic Publishing in 2024.

This book adopts a thematic approach to comprehensively introduce the development and remarkable achievements of China's health system. It provides an in-depth analysis of China's practices and outcomes in key areas such as health work guidelines, health management, health resource planning, health financing, and total health expenditure. The book summarizes the evolution of China's health policies and showcases the nation's valuable experiences in health development to a global audience. With rich content, a well-structured framework, concise language, and accessible explanations, this book serves as an insightful resource for readers worldwide.

This book explores the 'gender pain gap'-the systemic disparities in how women's chronic pain and illness are perceived, believed, and treated. Focusing especially on conditions without visible markers, Eilidh Galbraith examines why women's pain remains socially, culturally, and theologically problematic. Through interdisciplinary analysis and qualitative storytelling, she investigates how power dynamics shape medical responses and influence women's credibility as narrators of their own suffering. Drawing on feminist theology, trauma studies, and health research, Galbraith weaves together her own experiences with those of other women to reveal how silence and disbelief impact health outcomes and identity. This deeply personal study challenges dominant narratives and calls for a more compassionate, justice-oriented approach to women's pain.

This book offers multidisciplinary perspective on the dynamic process of aging proposing strategies for developing more functional ageing societies. Gathering revised and expanded papers presented at the 3rd Congress of the Interdisciplinary Research Unit "On Building Functional Ageing Communities" , organized by the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, this book addresses the multidimensional aspects of sustainability in aging, exploring the environmental, health, social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions. Each chapter presents new perspectives that should help to understand the phenomenon of population aging in the context of sustainability and contribute to the promotion of Active and Healthy Aging that is also Sustainable. This book is aimed at a wide range of professionals concerned with aging and sustainability and the and the development of more sustainable and functional societies.

This handbook shares profound insights into the main principles and concepts of integrated care. It offers a multi-disciplinary perspective with a focus on patient orientation, efficiency, and quality by applying widely recognized management approaches to the field of healthcare. The handbook also highlights international best practices and shows how integrated care can work in various health systems.

In the majority of health systems around the world, the delivery of healthcare and social care is characterised by fragmentation and complexity. Consequently, much of the recent international discussion in the fields of health policy and health management has focused on the topic of integrated care. "Integrated" acknowledges the complexity of patients' needs and aims to meet them by taking into account both health and social care aspects. Changing and improving processes in a coordinated way is at the heart of this approach.

The third edition offers new chapters on people-centredness, complexity theories and evaluation methods, additional management tools and a wealth of experiences from different countries and localities. It is essential reading both for health policymakers seeking inspiration for legislation and for practitioners involved in the management of public health services who want to learn from good practice.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of innovative mutual aid elderly care models in rural China, encompassing community-driven, government-supported, and market-participated approaches. Drawing on rich case studies, it analyzes strategies that address the pressing challenges of an aging rural population, with a distinctive Chinese perspective on care provision. This book highlights pathways for effective resource integration, active community engagement, and long-term sustainability. Aimed at policymakers, researchers, and practitioners, it delivers actionable insights and novel solutions to the global challenge of population aging. By deepening understanding of China's rural elderly care systems, this book provides valuable lessons with broad relevance for aging societies worldwide.

This book, drawing heavily on archival and oral sources, many of which have not been accessible before, discusses major Chinese-funded projects in Tanzania’s health sector. It explores the contexts that gave birth to China’s medical assistance in Tanzania and analyses how the funded projects contributed to the nation-building agenda and promoted South-South medical knowledge production, exchanges, and self-sufficiency within the country. By examining entanglements in bilateral relationships among countries of the Global South, the book contributes to research on South-South cooperation.

Medical Devices are an extremely important, versatile and complex product category within healthcare. However, compared to medicinal products, hospitals, medical staff, etc., there is much less general awareness and understanding of medical devices.

This book illuminates different facets of medical devices in a holistic manner. It describes the complexity of the industry, markets, manufacturers, and numerous other stakeholders as well as related regulations, required competencies, and future trends. More specifically, it describes a range of products and innovations, safety risks and regulations, legal aspects, and certification processes. It also examines the market from the point of view of the manufacturer from start-ups to large companies and conglomerates. Finally, this book looks at the special role sustainability and ESG plays in the future of medical device innovation, production, and usage.

Featuring industry case studies this book is ideal for individuals, from scientists to managers, interested in healthcare and who would like to understand the overall relevance of medical devices from different perspectives, specifically interactions, developments and dynamics between the different business areas and stakeholders.

This book is open access.

This book presents an in-depth investigation of 12 pandemics that have wreaked devastation across the world over the last 700 years, including the bubonic plague, syphilis, yellow fever, leprosy, smallpox, cholera, polio, measles, tuberculosis, influenza, HIV/AIDS, and Covid-19 and coronaviruses.

How many pandemics have there been recently? Where do pandemics come from? How long do pandemics last? How do governments respond? Do pandemics all follow the same pattern of rapid global spread followed by repeated outbreaks? When and how do pandemics "end"?

In addressing these questions, this book reveals the diversity of the origins of pandemics and the variety of ways in which they spread globally. Importantly, it demonstrates that central to the emergence and spread of pandemics is the structure and organisation of human societies and the ways in which they respond to disease outbreaks. This book is an essential resource for students in epidemiology, global health, public health and medicine, as well as anyone interested in how diseases spread and the history of medicine.

This book highlights the role of traditional media in shaping public perceptions of gender-based violence and how digital media has revolutionised health communication. It also discusses the potential of indigenous communication tools, such as folktales and oral traditions, to prevent gender-based violence in marginalised communities. The book highlights the need for partnerships between organisations, healthcare providers, and community leaders to enhance resource sharing and adapt to evolving community needs, and underscores how continuous monitoring and evaluation of these programmes are crucial for a successful fight against gender-based violence. The book argues that evidence-based recommendations for improving health communication efforts and increasing awareness can help create a more secure and equitable society.

This book focuses on the conflicts between Chinese medicine and western medicine in modern Chinese society. It is trying to represent how Chinese medicine used its knowledge of exogenous febrile diseases while practicing western medicine, gradually establishing a set of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) infectious disease studies, and carving a space to function in daily life. Initially influenced by modern medicine, many of TCM clinical techniques were marginalized. In addition, limited national investment hindered the application of TCM theory and skills. It is the author's hope that the study of medical history would improve the knowledge of the TMC system among traditional Chinese medical scholars and inspire researchers to acknowledge the value of a TCM culture, which had been demonized for a hundred years, providing another possibility for practical treatment and recuperation.

The book "Mastering Problem-Based Learning: Principles, Procedures, and Best Practices" is a collective and collaborative work by ten PBL experts who possess an insightful understanding of PBL, extensive experience, and a successful track record, particularly in medical and health education. This book provides practical wisdom and helpful tips, aimed at guiding educators and administrators in medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing schools, or allied health institutions to:

1.Design and implement a PBL curriculum with vision, strategy, and appropriate use of resources.

2.Construct PBL cases and facilitator guides aligned with educational goals and learning outcomes.

3.Transform and develop teachers from being instructors to becoming facilitators.

4.Advise students through PBL to overcome challenges and avoid pitfalls.

5.Facilitate a PBL session to promote active learning.

6.Create and manage PBL examinations.

7.Generate meaningful feedback for both PBL facilitators and learners for continuous improvement.

8.Migrate PBL from traditional physical classrooms to online environments.

9.Adopt AI in the practice of PBL.

10.Overcome challenges and avoid pitfalls in PBL implementation.

One in four Canadians will experience a mental health problem or mental illness in their lifetime. Research suggests that Deaf Sign Language users have an increased burden of mental health problems for reasons including lack of professional awareness and understanding of this cultural and linguistic minority community, early and adverse childhood communication experiences, and language access barriers to existing mental health services and supports.

Titled "Deaf Mental Health; From Theory to Practice" this text assumes a population health approach. Using a human rights and social justice lens, the aim of this text is to inform and educate. It begins by introducing Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind identities and factors that may impact comprehensive mental health assessment and practice. Be the reader a post-secondary student from a professional or allied field, or a practicing professional with little prior experience working with the Deaf community, the chapters in this text will inform and educate on a variety of topic areas. A note to the reader: terminology used to describe members of this heterogeneous community within chapters will vary, based on author preference, and/or their field of study. Authors clarify the terminology used in their chapters to assist the reader. Readers are reminded however, that irrespective of one's professional preference, interactions with clients or members of the Deaf, Hard of Hearing or DeafBlind communities must be conducted with respect for the identity and language preferences of the person in front of you. This text concludes with a proposal for a Deaf Mental Health Strategy that expands Canada's Mental Health Strategy in a way that respectfully meets the needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals while promoting social inclusion and non-discrimination.