Ageing Across Europe
Source: WRVS (UK)
Fr om Executive Summary:
Many European countries, including the UK, are now facing the dual challenge of responding to the demographic changes brought by population ageing, while also implementing tough austerity measures following the 2008 financial and economic crisis. With increasing pressure on public budgets, this is an important moment to consider what it is that makes a country a good place to grow old, and wh ere possible to learn lessons from our European neighbours on the policies and services that are most effective in giving older people a good quality of life. This new evidence will contribute to a national debate in the UK about our aspirations for our older citizens and how we might best achieve them in an increasingly challenging fiscal environment.
We have chosen three comparator countries from the EU for this study: Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. Each of these countries has a unique set of social and cultural characteristics, policies and institutional traditions, which can offer the UK valuable insights into the many factors that support or challenge positive experiences of ageing.
The methodology for this research had two main elements:
• a literature review to explore each country’s unique demographic context and identify the institutional frameworks, policies and services that are in place to support older people
• quantitative analysis of European Social Survey data to compare experiences of ageing across the four EU countries in the five policy domains of income and poverty, health and health provision, well-being, social inclusion and participation, and age discrimination.
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Muriel J. Harris
"Evaluating Public and Community Health Programs"
Jossey-Bass | 2010 | ISBN: 0470400870 | 240 pages

Eval uating Public and Community Health Programs combines an introduction to public and community health program evaluation with a detailed survey of methods in community assessment, planning, program design, quantitative and qualitative data collection, data analysis, and reporting of findings. The book presents an approach built on the two primary evaluation frameworks that are most common in public and community health: the Donaldson three-step program theory-driven evaluation model and CDC's six-step Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health. The author emphasizes practical, ongoing evaluation strategies that involve all program stakeholders, not just evaluation experts, and presents a simple and effective standards-based four-step model that will produce rich and useful results. The book's resources (scenarios, worksheets, and guidelines) can be used throughout the planning, implementation, and evaluation process. In addition, each chapter includes a list of learning objectives, key terms, and ideas for review, as well as summaries and discussion questions that can reinforce each chapter's lessons.

Raymond L. Goldsteen

"Introduction to Public Health"
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company | ISBN 10: 0826141528 | 2010 | 304 pages

"More than just another preliminary textbook, this comprehensive introduction for those who are new to the field of public health weaves together its values, goals and practices of into a lucid introductory text."

Sally Guttmacher, PhD
Professor, Director, Masters in Community Public Health Program
New York University

Affordably priced and designed to offer an inviting introduction to public health, this introductory textbook provides a comprehensive understanding of the unique history, economics, orientation, function, activities, and mission of public health. This concise reference describes the successes and failures of the public health care system, giving students a clear picture of the current status of the health care industry.

Introduction to Public Health also identifies new public health initiatives, including evidence-based practices, accreditation and credentialing programs, and more. Also discussed are critical, up-to-the-minute issues, such as health disparities, infectious and chronic disease prevention, and injury prevention. The book also presents real-life public health vignettes in every chapter to help conceptualize the complex set of factors that affect health.
Key topics discussed:

The origins of the modern day public health system
Health promotion
Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
The determinants of health
Federal, state, and local public health systems
The financing of public health
Infectious disease prevention
Chronic disease prevention
Public health system performance and measurement
Healthy People 2010 and other key public health initiatives

"Public Health - Social and Behavioral Health"

ed. by Jay Maddock
InTeO | 2012 | ISBN: 9535106203 9789535106203 | 581 pages

This book explores several areas of human behavior including physical activity, nutrition and food, addictive substances, gun violence, sexual transmitted diseases and more. Several cutting edge methods are also examined including empowering nurses, community based participatory research and nature therapy. This book demonstrates the scope and some of the solutions to addressing today's most pressing public health issues.

Less well known public health topics including human trafficking, tuberculosis control in prisons and public health issues in the deaf community are also covered. The authors come from around the world to describe issues that are both of local and worldwide importance to protect and preserve the health of populations.

Contents
Section 1 Obesity, Food and Physical Activity
1 The IDEFICS Intervention Toolbox - A Guide to Successful Obesity Prevention at Community Level
2 Testing the Assumptions of Stage of Change for Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: A Naturalistic Study
3 Strategies for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Rural Southern African American Communities
4 Gender Differences in Food Choice and Dietary Intake in Modern Western Societies
5 Iron Food Fortification for the Control of Childhood Anemia in Brazil
6 Economic Stressors and Childhood Obesity: Differences by Child Age and Gender
7 Critical Appraisal of Sel ected Body Composition Data Acquisition Techniques in Public Health
8 Physical Activity, Inactivity, and Nutrition Behavior Among Children: Investigating Compensation and Transfer Effects
9 U.S. Food Policy and Obesity
Section 2 Addictive Behaviors
10 Alcohol Consumption Among Adolescents in Estonia 1994 - 2010
11 Public Health and Indigenous Australian Gambling: Risky Lifestyle or Harmless Recreation?
12 Self Medication. Drug Dependency and Self-Managed Health Care - A Review
13 The Relationship Between Alcohol Consumption and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk Behaviour: A Systematic Literature Review of High-Risk Groups, with a Focus on South Africa
Section 3 Emerging Methods
14 Challenges in Healthcare in Multi-Ethnic Societies: Communication as a Barrier to Achieving Health Equity
15 Public Health Research and Action: Reflections on Challenges and Possibilities of Community-Based Participatory Research
16 Nature Therapy and Preventive Medicine
17 How Can the Empowerment Role of Public Health Nurses (PHNs) Be Fostered? A Review of an Exploratory Research Study Conducted in Ireland and Current Evidence
18 Disseminating an Evidence-Based Disease Self-Management Program for Older Americans: Implications for Diversifying Participant Reach Through Delivery Site Adoption
19 Strategy and Practice of Support for Families with Multiple Births Children: Combination of Evidence-Based Public Health (EBPH) and Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Approach
Section 4 Special Populations and Settings
20 ТВ Control in Prisons
21 Social Determinants of Health in Deaf Communities
22 Anxiety and Emotional Discomfort in the School Environment: The Interplay of School Processes, Learning Strategies, and Children's Mental Health
23 Re-Emergence of HIV Infection and Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
24 Gun Violence in the United States: A Public Health Epidemic
25 The Public Health Intervention of Skin Care for All: Community Dermatology
26 Addressing Asthma fr om a Public Health Perspective
27 An Integrated Theoretical Framework to Describe Human Trafficking of Young Women and Girls for Involuntary Prostitution

Stella Jones-Devitt, Liz Smith
"Critical Thinking in Health and Social Care"
2008 | ISBN-10: 1412920701, 1412920698 | 208 pages

Critical Thinking in Health & Social Care is designed to equip practitioners with the knowledge and tools they need to critically examine practice in their own workplace. The book presents a range of different approaches, each of which is explained and grounded in practice using case studies, problem-solving scenarios and workplace examples. The practical tools which form the core of the book are contextualised by an exploration of what constitutes knowledge and evidence and the types of assumptions which are commonly held and which have a bearing on practice.

David Werner - Disabled Village Children: A Guide for Community Health Workers, Rehabilitation Workers, and Families
Published: 1987-06-01 | ISBN: 0942364066 | 654 pages

Disabled Village Children contains a wealth of clear and detailed information, as well as easy-to-implement strategies for all who are concerned about the well-being of children with disabilities. This manual, written especially for those who live in communities with limited resources, explains how to create small community rehabilitation centers and workshops run by either disabled people or the families of children with disabilities. More than 4000 drawings and 200 photos make Disabled Village Children understandable to all.

Robert Wallace - Maxey-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine (15th Edition)
Published: 2007-09-21 | ISBN: 0071441980 | 1416 pages

An extensive, in-depth look at public health and preventive medicine topics from experts in the field
A Doody's Core Title for 2011!
This trusted one-stop resource is a completely up-to-date, all-in-one public health and preventive medicine guide. Sponsored by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and edited and written by well-respected authorities in the range of topics covered, Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine is also an outstanding guide to additional resources of information in preparing for the board exam in preventative medicine and public health.
The new edition of Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine has been completely updated to encompass many new diseases, conditions, and policy issues that continue to dramatically shape-and expand the influence of-public health and preventive medicine.
New to this Edition:
Important coverage of new diseases, conditions, and policy issues, including critical lessons learned from the SARS epidemic, the most recent perspectives on monkey pox, plus an increased emphasis on West Nile Virus
Restructured infectious and communicable disease section that reflects the emergence of many emerging and recrudescent conditions
Greater focus on existing web-based resources for further reading
New information on community-based participatory research
Timely new chapter on bioterrorism and preparedness
Additional insights on the amelioration of disease-producing lifestyles
Research-enhancing lists and catalogs based on federal and other public access databases that are relevant to public health and prevention
More streamlined coverage of chemical exposures and diseases overall
Essentials of the public health service delivery infrastructure

Sandy A. Johnson, "Challenges in Health and Development: From Global to Community Perspectives"
ISBN: 9048199522 | 2010 | PDF | 217 pages | 5.9 MB

At the turn of the 21st century, human health and economic growth are inextricably linked components of international development. Challenges in Health and Development is a primer on the changing configurations of population health and economic growth in development policy. It examines strategies of investing in human health and investing in economic growth as distinct approaches to development, explores the symbiotic relationship of these tactics, and considers the applications and outcomes from a global, national and community level perspective. Each chapter introduces concepts of economic development and population health, and uses case studies to illustrate the same. These case studies include program and policy examples from Bangladesh, Chile, Haiti, Rwanda, South Africa and Sri Lanka. This text examines the impact of macroeconomic adjustment programs, health care restructuring, investment in primary health care, public-private partnerships, and the challenges of program coordination and up-scaling in stable and conflict-ridden countries. Discussion questions are provided at the end of each chapter to facilitate classroom activities. health and economic growth are inextricably  linked components of international development.
Challenges in Health and Developmentis a primer on the changing configurations of population health and economic growth in development policy. It examines strategies of investing in human health  and investing in economic growth as distinct approaches to development, explcomes of  the same from a global, national and community level perspective. Each chapter introduces  concepts of economic development and population health and uses case studies  to illustrate the same. These case studies include program and policy examples from Bangladesh, Chile, Haiti, Rwanda, South Africa and Sri Lanka. This text examines the  impact of macroeconomic adjustment programs, health care restructuring, investment  in primary health care, public-private partnerships, and the challenges of program coordination and up-scaling in stable and conflict-ridden countries. Discussion questions  are provided at the end of each chapter to facilitate classroom activities.

A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health
Springer | Preventive Medicine, Public Health, Social Services & Welfare | April 14 2015 | ISBN-10: 3319136194 | 289 pages


by Stefania Boccia (Editor), Paolo Villari (Editor)

From the Back Cover
This wide-ranging study reviews the state of public health worldwide and presents informed recommendations for real-world solutions. Identifying the most urgent challenges in the field, from better understanding the causes of acute diseases and chronic conditions to reducing health inequities, it reports on cost-effective, science-based, ethically sound interventions. Chapters demonstrate bedrock skills essential to developing best practices, including flexible thinking for entrenched problems, conducting health impact assessments, and working with decision-makers. From these current findings come long-term practice and policy goals for preventing disease, promoting health, and improving quality of life, both locally and globally.

A sampling of the topics covered :

· Health trends of communicable diseases.

· Epidemiology of cancer and principles of prevention.

· Respiratory diseases and health disorders related to indoor and outdoor air pollution.

· Public health gerontology and active aging.

· Migrant and ethnic minority health.

· Public health genomics.

A Systematic Review of Key Issues in Public Health offers graduate students in the discipline a firm grasp on the field as it presently stands, and a clear set of directions for its potential future.