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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813361103321

Titolo

Healthcare management strategy, communication, and development challenges and solutions in developing countries / / edited by Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8567-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

362.1091724

Soggetti

Communication in medicine - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I: Theory and Design; Chapter One: The Role of Communicationin Supporting Health Programs; Chapter Two: Social Structural Contexts in Health and Healthcare; Chapter Three: Understanding the Factors Associated with Ill-Health and the Role of Public Health in Africa; II: Health and Communication Policy; Chapter Four: Nutrition Education and Communication; Chapter Five: Communicating HIV and AIDS Prevention in India; Chapter Six: Communication for Organizational Adjustment; III: Experiences in the Field: Resources and Practice

Chapter Seven: Persuasion Challenges in Local CommunitiesChapter Eight: Changing Food and Nutrition Priorities in the Public Health Agenda of India; IV: Implementation of Healthcare Programs: Case Studies and Practitioners' Experiences; Chapter Nine: Bridging Gaps in the Reproductive Health Agendas of Ministries of Health and International Financial Sponsors; Chapter Ten: Controversies in Public Health; V: Health Education: Cultural Factors and Funding; Chapter Eleven: HIV/AIDS in Africa; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Healthcare Management Strategy, Communication, and Development Challenges and Solutions in Developing Countries describes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries, and how intercultural,



intergroup, and mass communication practices weaken development efforts in those countries. The book is suitable for undergraduate students, libraries, and companies involved with government issues, foreign services, public health, third world development, and i