Health & Fitness : Health Care Issues

La santé des populations - Rapport sur la santé dans la Région africaine est le premier rapport consacré à la santé des 738 millions de personnes vivant dans la Région africaine de l Organisation mondiale de la Santé. Ce rapport de 196 pages entièrement illustré contient une analyse approfondie de tous les domaines clés de la santé publique en Afrique, ainsi que l annexe la plus complète jamais publiée jusqu ici sur les statistiques sanitaires de la Région. Avec l aide des dernières données présentées dans les figures, les graphiques et les tableaux, le rapport envisage les maladies infectieuses, en particulier le VIH/SIDA, la tuberculose et le paludisme ; les affections de la grossesse qui entraînent des décès de la mère et de l enfant et les causes environnementales des problèmes de santé, notamment la pollution et les conflits armés. Il couvre aussi les problèmes de santé de l ensemble de la Région qu on associe le plus souvent aux pays développés, par exemple le diabète et l hypertension et d autres maladies non transmissibles comme les troubles mentaux et les traumatismes. Mais il ne s agit pas seulement de faire le point des aspects négatifs de la situation sanitaire ; le rapport informe sur les méthodes de traitement, de diagnostic et de prévention qui ont fait leurs preuves en Afrique et décrit certains des succès enregistrés par la santé publique en Afrique qui peuvent servir de modèles à d autres sur le continent. La santé publique en Afrique retient davantage l attention au niveau international ces dernières années. L énormité même de la charge de morbidité et les ripostes souvent inadéquates ont été à l origine de nombreuses initiatives régionales et internationales. Des contributions sans précédent ont été annoncées pour améliorer la santé en Afrique. Pourtant de nombreux problèmes subsistent. Ce rapport est essentiel pour quiconque souhaite comprendre la situation et examiner les moyens de l améliorer. more...

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Praise for the first edition:. ''Valerie Iles has such a sensitive no-nonsense style that she easily succeeds in seducing the reader to accept her arguments about what is going so badly wrong with management in health care ... The case studies can only be described as 'gems'... But perhaps the greatest message this book can give to the NHS, and health care managers in particular, is that change is unstoppable. All organisms must adapt with their environment or die.''- Health Service Journal. ''Yes! This is a book that draws heavily on real-life observations with an appropriate balance of theory and pragmatism. It tackles the challenges we all face in our everday work - managing people, change, money, ourselves and organisations.''- Nursing Times. ''... anyone who has a part to play in managing health services would benefit from reading it.''- British Medical Journal. Much has been made of the distinction between management and leadership, but in health care this separation is unhelpful. Like the first edition, this completely revised edition of Really Managing Health Care describes a model, real management that brings the two elements together and demonstrates its application in health care settings. Drawing on theory across a wide range of management disciplines and illustrating these with practical examples, Valerie Iles succinctly answers three crucial questions:. How can I manage clinical professionals?. How can I increase the influence of my service?. What changes do I need to introduce to improve the quality of care my service is offering?. Written specifically for people suspicious of management jargon, Really Managing Health Care is designed for service leaders from across health and social care, and introduces ways of approaching the management task which recognize the particular dynamics of this field. more...

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Regional health quality improvement coalitions have aimed to promote and coordinate improvement across various levels and types of health care organizations in particular geographic areas. However, the general factors involved in coalitions’ successes or failures are largely unknown. more...

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Sexual health involves complex and interdependent relationships between biology, psychology and socio-historical-cultural factors. Late modernity has witnessed a growing critique of discourses which frame sex as deviance, or view sexuality and identity as essential and normative rather than as multiple and diverse, or which treat sex as a public health problem. Through understanding sexualities we can obtain a better understanding of individual and societal health, the diversity of sexualities and the importance of sexual expression on intimacy, relationships, identity, quality of life and health. This provides insights into the sexuality, experiences and rights of groups previously ignored or excluded. Papers in this special issue of Health Sociology Review* extend this knowledge and offer insights on aspects of sexuality, identity and health across the life span, focusing on diverse populations, groups and sexualities - addressing experiences and rights of groups often ignored in public health policy. more...

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Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability presents the results of an international initiative to document the effects of how health systems in the developing world have responded to macroeconomic austerity and adjustment measures. Are these systems flexible and resilient to changes or are they rigid? In which circumstances and under which conditions do health systems respond favourably or unfavourably? What are the success stories? Country studies from Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, Mexico, and Colombia discuss lessons learned and identify policy measures for safeguarding the health sector. This book provides a fresh look at the relationships between. macroeconomic policy and interventions, health sector reform, and the health system in general, presenting new and detailed observations to inform policy choices within the health-care sector worldwide. It is unique in its focus on health systems and services (including financing, quality, accessibility, and utilization), rather than on health status. It will be of interest to academics, researchers, and students studying or active in health sciences and international development studies; professionals and practitioners in donor organizations, development organizations, and NGOs worldwide; and policy advisors and decision-makers in the health-care sector. more...

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