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Titolo: | Disability and public health [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Charles E. Drum, Gloria L. Krahn, Hank Bersani, Jr |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : American Public Health Association, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Disabilities |
Public health | |
Altri autori: | DrumCharles E KrahnGloria L BersaniHank A |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; 1. An Introduction to Disability and Public Health; 2. A Brief History of Public Health; 3. Models and Approaches to Disability; 4. A Personal Perspective on Historical Views of Disability; 5. Culture and Disabilities; 6. Governmental Policies and Programs for People with Disabilities; 7. Fundamentals of Disability Epidemiology; 8. Health of People with Disabilities: Determinants and Disparities; 9. Health Promotion for People with Disabilities |
10. Nobody Left Behind: Disaster Preparedness and Public Health Response for People with Disabilities11. Public Health as a Change Agent for Disability; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Disability and Public Health opens up a new vista and territory by drawing down a new set of tools and strategies from the public health domain to examine the social determinants of health for people with disabilities and to develop systems of health education, health literacy and organization of services to improve their health and well-being. It examines the circumstances of disability from a personal, cultural, environmental, clinical, and policy perspective and ties it together in a public health paradigm. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Disability and public health |
ISBN: | 0-87553-255-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822093003321 |
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