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Titolo: | The epidemiological transition [[electronic resource] ] : policy and planning implications for developing countries : workshop proceedings / / James N. Gribble and Samuel H. Preston, editors |
Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina: | 614.4/09172/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Epidemiology - Developing countries |
Health care rationing - Developing countries | |
Health planning - Developing countries | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | GribbleJames N PrestonSamuel H |
Note generali: | "Workshop on the Policy and Planning Implications of the Epidemiological Transition in Developing Countries, was held November 20-22, 1991, at the National Academy of Sciences' Georgetown facility in Washington, D.C."--P. xi. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | ""The Epidemiological Transition""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""TRANSITIONS IN MORTALITY AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC PATTERNS""; ""DATA DEFICIENCIES""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS VOLUME""; ""Demographic and Epidemiologic Data""; ""Setting Priorities in a Changing Epidemiological Environment""; ""Providers of Services: Roles of Government, Private Sector, and Families""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Shifts in the Structure of Population and Deaths in Less Developed Regions""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""POPULATION GROWTH AND AGE STRUCTURES""; ""Child Population Aged 0�14"" |
""Reproductive Age Population Aged 15�49""""Postreproductive Age Population: Those 50 and Older""; ""Urban-Rural Makeup""; ""DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS BY SEX AND AGE""; ""Age Patterns of Mortality""; ""African Distribution of Deaths""; ""Changes in Deaths Over the Next 25 Years Without the AIDS Pandemic""; ""Potential Effect of the AIDS Pandemic on the Number and Distribution of African Deaths""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Mortality by Cause, 1970 to 2015""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""METHOD""; ""Grouping Causes of Death""; ""Data on Causes of Death""; ""Estimating and Projecting Mortality"" | |
""Estimating Mortality Rates by Major Cause""""Estimating Cause-Specific Mortality Rates""; ""RESULTS""; ""Demographic Background""; ""Current Causes of Death""; ""Trends in Major Causes of Death""; ""Age-Sex Specific Patterns""; ""Reliability of Estimates""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Childhood Precursors of Adult Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries: Implications for Health Programs""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES OR CONDITIONS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR ADULTS""; ""Perinatal Conditions""; ""Low Birthweight"" | |
""Birth Trauma, Asphyxia, Metabolic Disorders""""Congenital and Perinatal Infections""; ""Infectious Diseases of Childhood""; ""Tuberculosis""; ""Rheumatic Fever""; ""Polio""; ""Trachoma""; ""Chagas' Disease""; ""Schistosomiasis""; ""Helicobacter Pylori""; ""Epstein-Barr Virus""; ""Nutritional Deficiencies in Infancy and Childhood""; ""Protein-Energy Malnutrition""; ""Micronutrient Deficiencies""; ""Environmental Hazards""; ""Indoor Air Pollution""; ""Lead Exposure""; ""SYNERGISM OF CHILDHOOD RISK FACTORS PRODUCING ADULT DISEASE"" | |
""INFLUENCE OF CHILDHOOD-ACQUIRED DISEASES ON ADULT MORTALITY�COUNTRY STUDIES""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Projecting Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries During Adulthood""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""COMBINING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES""; ""Developed Countries""; ""Developing Countries""; ""FORECASTING MODEL BASED ON INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CHANGES""; ""Risk Factor Regressions""; ""Multivariate Hazard Functions""; ""Cost Estimation""; ""EXAMPLES""; ""Risk Factor Intervention""; ""Active Life Expectancy (ALE)""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES"" | |
""Health Indices as a Guide to Health Sector Planning: A Demographic Critique"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | The epidemiological transition |
ISBN: | 1-280-19662-9 |
9786610196623 | |
0-309-59065-5 | |
0-585-27314-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455931903321 |
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