The country doctor revisited : a twenty-first-century reader / / edited by Therese Zink |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZinkTherese <1955-> |
Collana | Literature and Medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine, Rural - United States
Rural health services - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-63101-085-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Who We Are""; ""Who We Are�Synopsis""; ""LIFEprayerDEATH""; ""Boundaries""; ""Mississippi Mayhem""; ""If You Don�t Have What You Want""; ""Mom and Pop Doc Shop""; ""Stopping by Malnati�s Meadow""; ""When Hostility Melted for the “Funny Accent�""; ""Mashkikiwinini: Thanking Sylvester for His Unconditional Smile""; ""A Psychiatrist Waits for His Ten o�clock Patient and Imagines He Is Han Shan""; ""Three Days Changed My Grandfather�s Life""; ""Early Marriage: West Virginia""; ""Teen Pregnancy: “We Were Hoping�""
""Indian Dinner in Johnson City""""White Coat at Midnight""; ""Where We Are""; ""Where We Are�Synopsis""; ""Spring Planting""; ""Welcome to Elma""; ""DINE: Navajo, People""; ""Learning from an Amish Birth""; ""Lost On Call""; ""Spring and All, Revisited�after William Carlos Williams""; ""Robotic Docs: Excerpts from Dick Gordon�s The Story, National Public Radio""; ""A Vow of Connectedness: Views from the Road to Beaver�s Farm""; ""Whom We Serve""; ""Whom We Serve�Synopsis""; ""Pursuing the American Dream: The Human Face of Immigration""; ""Cord""; ""Good Will"" ""Hanging On for Your Life""""The Brothers""; ""The Sisters�Written in Love""; ""I Am the Handmaiden of the Lord""; ""Cattleman""; ""Call""; ""Learning to Walk the Healer�s Path""; ""Asking the Right Questions""; ""Our Resources and Challenges""; ""Our Resources and Challenges�Synopsis""; ""Everyone Did Their Part, But""; ""Inside the Mind of a Modern Country Doc""; ""Practice-Based Research�“Blue Highways� on the NIH Roadmap""; ""Local Medical Doctors: State-of-the-Art Healers"" ""A Night in the Life of a Rural Emergency Care Team: The Value of the Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Program""""Blog: Rural Mississippi�Aftermath of Hurrican Katrina""; ""The Dressing Change""; ""Thank God for My Ass""; ""Contributors""; ""Permissions & Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Literature and Medicine Series"" |
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The country doctor revisited : a twenty-first-century reader / / edited by Therese Zink |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZinkTherese <1955-> |
Collana | Literature and Medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine, Rural - United States
Rural health services - United States |
ISBN | 1-63101-085-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Who We Are""; ""Who We Are�Synopsis""; ""LIFEprayerDEATH""; ""Boundaries""; ""Mississippi Mayhem""; ""If You Don�t Have What You Want""; ""Mom and Pop Doc Shop""; ""Stopping by Malnati�s Meadow""; ""When Hostility Melted for the “Funny Accent�""; ""Mashkikiwinini: Thanking Sylvester for His Unconditional Smile""; ""A Psychiatrist Waits for His Ten o�clock Patient and Imagines He Is Han Shan""; ""Three Days Changed My Grandfather�s Life""; ""Early Marriage: West Virginia""; ""Teen Pregnancy: “We Were Hoping�""
""Indian Dinner in Johnson City""""White Coat at Midnight""; ""Where We Are""; ""Where We Are�Synopsis""; ""Spring Planting""; ""Welcome to Elma""; ""DINE: Navajo, People""; ""Learning from an Amish Birth""; ""Lost On Call""; ""Spring and All, Revisited�after William Carlos Williams""; ""Robotic Docs: Excerpts from Dick Gordon�s The Story, National Public Radio""; ""A Vow of Connectedness: Views from the Road to Beaver�s Farm""; ""Whom We Serve""; ""Whom We Serve�Synopsis""; ""Pursuing the American Dream: The Human Face of Immigration""; ""Cord""; ""Good Will"" ""Hanging On for Your Life""""The Brothers""; ""The Sisters�Written in Love""; ""I Am the Handmaiden of the Lord""; ""Cattleman""; ""Call""; ""Learning to Walk the Healer�s Path""; ""Asking the Right Questions""; ""Our Resources and Challenges""; ""Our Resources and Challenges�Synopsis""; ""Everyone Did Their Part, But""; ""Inside the Mind of a Modern Country Doc""; ""Practice-Based Research�“Blue Highways� on the NIH Roadmap""; ""Local Medical Doctors: State-of-the-Art Healers"" ""A Night in the Life of a Rural Emergency Care Team: The Value of the Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Program""""Blog: Rural Mississippi�Aftermath of Hurrican Katrina""; ""The Dressing Change""; ""Thank God for My Ass""; ""Contributors""; ""Permissions & Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Literature and Medicine Series"" |
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The country doctor revisited : a twenty-first-century reader / / edited by Therese Zink |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ZinkTherese <1955-> |
Collana | Literature and Medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine, Rural - United States
Rural health services - United States |
ISBN | 1-63101-085-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Who We Are""; ""Who We Are�Synopsis""; ""LIFEprayerDEATH""; ""Boundaries""; ""Mississippi Mayhem""; ""If You Don�t Have What You Want""; ""Mom and Pop Doc Shop""; ""Stopping by Malnati�s Meadow""; ""When Hostility Melted for the “Funny Accent�""; ""Mashkikiwinini: Thanking Sylvester for His Unconditional Smile""; ""A Psychiatrist Waits for His Ten o�clock Patient and Imagines He Is Han Shan""; ""Three Days Changed My Grandfather�s Life""; ""Early Marriage: West Virginia""; ""Teen Pregnancy: “We Were Hoping�""
""Indian Dinner in Johnson City""""White Coat at Midnight""; ""Where We Are""; ""Where We Are�Synopsis""; ""Spring Planting""; ""Welcome to Elma""; ""DINE: Navajo, People""; ""Learning from an Amish Birth""; ""Lost On Call""; ""Spring and All, Revisited�after William Carlos Williams""; ""Robotic Docs: Excerpts from Dick Gordon�s The Story, National Public Radio""; ""A Vow of Connectedness: Views from the Road to Beaver�s Farm""; ""Whom We Serve""; ""Whom We Serve�Synopsis""; ""Pursuing the American Dream: The Human Face of Immigration""; ""Cord""; ""Good Will"" ""Hanging On for Your Life""""The Brothers""; ""The Sisters�Written in Love""; ""I Am the Handmaiden of the Lord""; ""Cattleman""; ""Call""; ""Learning to Walk the Healer�s Path""; ""Asking the Right Questions""; ""Our Resources and Challenges""; ""Our Resources and Challenges�Synopsis""; ""Everyone Did Their Part, But""; ""Inside the Mind of a Modern Country Doc""; ""Practice-Based Research�“Blue Highways� on the NIH Roadmap""; ""Local Medical Doctors: State-of-the-Art Healers"" ""A Night in the Life of a Rural Emergency Care Team: The Value of the Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Program""""Blog: Rural Mississippi�Aftermath of Hurrican Katrina""; ""The Dressing Change""; ""Thank God for My Ass""; ""Contributors""; ""Permissions & Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Literature and Medicine Series"" |
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Healthy villages [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for communities and community health workers / / Guy Howard ; with Claus Bogh ... [et al.] |
Autore | Howard Guy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 120 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BoghClaus |
Soggetto topico |
Rural health
Public health Rural health services |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786610041435
92-4-068065-9 1-280-04143-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455964403321 |
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Healthy villages [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for communities and community health workers / / Guy Howard ; with Claus Bogh ... [et al.] |
Autore | Howard Guy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 120 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BoghClaus |
Soggetto topico |
Rural health
Public health Rural health services |
ISBN |
9786610041435
92-4-068065-9 1-280-04143-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780286403321 |
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Healthy villages [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for communities and community health workers / / Guy Howard ; with Claus Bogh ... [et al.] |
Autore | Howard Guy |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 120 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BoghClaus |
Soggetto topico |
Rural health
Public health Rural health services |
ISBN |
9786610041435
92-4-068065-9 1-280-04143-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 What is a healthy village? -- 1.2 Structure of the guide -- 1.3 Using the guide and setting priorities -- Chapter 2. Achieving good health -- 2.1 Factors that influence health -- 2.1.1 Environment -- 2.1.2 Awareness of health issues -- 2.1.3 Personal hygiene -- 2.1.4 Health care -- 2.1.5 Faecal-oral diseases -- 2.1.6 Vector-borne diseases -- 2.2 Identifying health problems and establishing priorities -- 2.2.1 Assessing community perceptions about health -- 2.2.2 Identifying causes of health problems -- 2.3 Using the information -- Chapter 3. Water -- 3.1 Providing community water supplies -- 3.2 Types of water sources -- 3.2.1 Protected springs -- 3.2.2 Dug wells -- 3.2.3 Boreholes -- 3.2.4 Piped water supply -- 3.2.5 Rainwater harvesting -- 3.2.6 Ponds, lakes and water treatment -- 3.3 Household water treatment -- 3.3.1 Boiling -- 3.3.2 Canvas filters -- 3.3.3 Candle filters -- 3.3.4 Disinfection -- 3.3.5 Settling -- 3.4 Safe handling of water -- 3.5 Monitoring water quality -- 3.5.1 Microbial quality -- 3.5.2 Sanitary inspection -- 3.5.3 Chemical quality -- 3.6 Managing community water resources -- 3.6.1 Preventing over-pumping of groundwater -- 3.6.2 Water conservation -- 3.6.3 Managing water for agriculture -- Chapter 4. Excreta disposal -- 4.1 Technologies for excreta disposal -- 4.1.1 Cartage -- 4.1.2 Pit latrines -- 4.1.3 Septic tanks -- 4.1.4 Aquaprivies -- 4.1.5 Sewerage systems -- 4.2 Sewage treatment and reuse -- 4.2.1 Stabilization ponds -- 4.2.2 Wastewater and sludge reuse -- Chapter 5. Drainage -- 5.1 Problems caused by poor drainage -- 5.2 Methods for improving drainage -- 5.2.1 Stormwater drains -- 5.2.2 Sullage disposal methods -- 5.2.3 Combined drains -- 5.2.4 Buried drains and combined sewers.
Chapter 6. Solid waste management and chemical safety -- 6.1 Strategies for solid waste management: minimizing waste and recycling -- 6.2 Managing solid waste in households -- 6.2.1 Composting -- 6.2.2 Turning organic waste into fuel -- 6.3 Managing solid waste in the community -- 6.3.1 Communal refuse pit -- 6.3.2 Communal collection -- 6.4 Managing special solid wastes -- 6.4.1 Health care solid wastes -- 6.4.2 Slaughterhouse solid wastes -- 6.4.3 Industrial solid wastes -- 6.5 Chemical safety -- 6.5.1 Storage of toxic chemicals -- 6.5.2 Handling toxic chemicals -- 6.5.3 Chemicals in the home -- 6.5.4 Disposal of toxic chemicals -- Chapter 7. Housing quality -- 7.1 Ventilation -- 7.2 Lighting -- 7.3 Disease vectors in the home -- 7.4 Overcrowding in homes -- Chapter 8. Personal, domestic and community hygiene -- 8.1 Personal and domestic hygiene -- 8.1.1 Handwashing -- 8.1.2 Bathing -- 8.1.3 Laundering -- 8.2 Community hygiene -- 8.2.1 Markets -- 8.2.2 Animal rearing -- 8.3 Food hygiene -- 8.3.1 Food preparation in the home -- 8.3.2 Eating-houses -- 8.3.3 Street food-vendors -- 8.3.4 Promoting nutrition -- Chapter 9. Promoting hygiene -- 9.1 Assessing hygiene practices -- 9.2 Planning hygiene promotion projects -- 9.3 Implementing hygiene promotion projects -- 9.3.1 Building community capacity -- 9.3.2 Organizing groups and committees -- 9.3.3 Situation analysis -- 9.3.4 Communication and education -- 9.4 Monitoring and evaluating hygiene projects -- 9.4.1 Deciding what information is needed -- 9.4.2 Selecting project investigators -- 9.4.3 Selecting tools for collecting information -- 9.4.4 Reviewing project findings -- 9.4.5 Feedback and dissemination of findings -- Chapter 10. Providing health care -- 10.1 Establishing community health care programmes -- 10.2 Factors that influence the type of health care that people seek. 10.3 Encouraging and sustaining the use of health services -- 10.4 Immunization of children -- 10.4.1 Overcoming barriers to immunization -- 10.4.2 Making immunization safe -- 10.5 Groups with special health care needs -- 10.5.1 Pregnant women and infants -- 10.5.2 The elderly -- 10.6 Risky behaviour -- 10.6.1 Changing risky behaviour -- 10.6.2 Health education -- 10.7 Mental health problems, learning difficulties and epilepsy -- 10.7.1 Mental health problems -- 10.7.2 Learning difficulties -- 10.7.3 Epilepsy -- 10.7.4 Social inclusion -- Chapter 11. Establishing committees for implementing Healthy Villages programmes -- 11.1 The role of local community committees in Healthy Villages programmes -- 11.1.1 Composition of a Healthy Villages committee -- 11.1.2 Transparency and accountability -- 11.2 The role of local government committees in Healthy Villages programmes -- 11.2.1 Funding and accountability -- 11.2.2 Technical advice and support -- 11.3 The role of national committees and coordinators in Healthy Villages programmes -- Annex 1. Organizations supporting Healthy Villages initiatives -- Annex 2. Books and manuals providing further advice. |
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Nursing rural America : perspectives from the early 20th century / / John C. Kirchgessner, Arlene Keeling, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Soggetto topico | Rural nursing - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8261-9615-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Notes; Share Nursing Rural America: Perspectives From the Early 20th Century; Chapter 1: Town and Country Nursing: Community Participation and Nurse Recruitment; American Red Cross Rural Nursing Service (1912 to 1913); The First Year; Community Participation; Access to Care; The Work; Additional Education for Rural Practice; Insufficient Workforce; Town and Country Nursing Service (1913 to 1918); Bureau of Public Health Nursing (1918 to 1932) and Public Health Nursing and Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick (1932 to 1948)
Insufficient Number of Qualified Rural Public Health NursesConcluding Years of the Arc Rural Public Health Nursing Service; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2: Public Nursing in Rural Wisconsin: Stretched Beyond Health Instruction; The First County Nurses; Defining the Work of the County Nurse; Nurse-Physician Relationships; The Reality of Budgetary Constraints; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: School Nursing in Virginia: Hookworm, Tooth Decay, and Tonsillectomies; Origins of School Nursing; Rural Schools; Advances in School Health; Hookworm and Sanitary Surveys; Transportation and Distances Specialty ClinicsGaining Access to Families; Financial Barriers; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Nursing in Schoolfield Mill Village: Cotton and Welfare; Development of an Industrial Nursing Specialty; The Southern Cotton Textile Industry: 1880-1930; Culture, Work, and Health in Southern Textile Mill Villages; Establishing Trust; An Unsafe Environment; A Need for Improved Nutrition; Focus on Safety; Practicing to the Full Extent of Their Education; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Schoolfield Village, Dan River Mills, Virginia; Conclusion; Notes Chapter 5: Care in the Coal Fields: Promoting Health Through Sanitation and NutritionFrom Mountaineers to Miners; Coal Company Care; Health Care Aboveground and Underground; Nurses in the Coal Fields; Koppers Nurses Improve Access to Care; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service: Saddlebags and Swinging Bridges; Roots of the Frontier Nursing Service; A Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service is Born; Rural Health Model; Challenges of a Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service; Advantages of the Rural Setting; Living and Working in Impoverished Mountain Communities Using the Full Extent of KnowledgeConclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Migrant Nursing in the Great Depression: Floods, Flies, and the Farm Security Administration; The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl; The Ditch Camps; Promoting Health; Government "Suitcase Camps"; Practicing at the Full Extent of Their Education; Gaining Trust; Following the Crops; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8: Nursing in West Texas: Trains, Tumbleweeds, and Rattlesnakes; Exploring the Pecos; Ranching and the Railroad; Texas Tea; The Early West Texas Oil Industry; Roughnecks and Rattlesnakes; "Like a War Zone"; An Offer Accepted A New Life in West Texas |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464327303321 |
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Nursing rural America : perspectives from the early 20th century / / John C. Kirchgessner, Arlene Keeling, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Soggetto topico | Rural nursing - United States |
ISBN | 0-8261-9615-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Notes; Share Nursing Rural America: Perspectives From the Early 20th Century; Chapter 1: Town and Country Nursing: Community Participation and Nurse Recruitment; American Red Cross Rural Nursing Service (1912 to 1913); The First Year; Community Participation; Access to Care; The Work; Additional Education for Rural Practice; Insufficient Workforce; Town and Country Nursing Service (1913 to 1918); Bureau of Public Health Nursing (1918 to 1932) and Public Health Nursing and Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick (1932 to 1948)
Insufficient Number of Qualified Rural Public Health NursesConcluding Years of the Arc Rural Public Health Nursing Service; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2: Public Nursing in Rural Wisconsin: Stretched Beyond Health Instruction; The First County Nurses; Defining the Work of the County Nurse; Nurse-Physician Relationships; The Reality of Budgetary Constraints; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: School Nursing in Virginia: Hookworm, Tooth Decay, and Tonsillectomies; Origins of School Nursing; Rural Schools; Advances in School Health; Hookworm and Sanitary Surveys; Transportation and Distances Specialty ClinicsGaining Access to Families; Financial Barriers; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Nursing in Schoolfield Mill Village: Cotton and Welfare; Development of an Industrial Nursing Specialty; The Southern Cotton Textile Industry: 1880-1930; Culture, Work, and Health in Southern Textile Mill Villages; Establishing Trust; An Unsafe Environment; A Need for Improved Nutrition; Focus on Safety; Practicing to the Full Extent of Their Education; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Schoolfield Village, Dan River Mills, Virginia; Conclusion; Notes Chapter 5: Care in the Coal Fields: Promoting Health Through Sanitation and NutritionFrom Mountaineers to Miners; Coal Company Care; Health Care Aboveground and Underground; Nurses in the Coal Fields; Koppers Nurses Improve Access to Care; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service: Saddlebags and Swinging Bridges; Roots of the Frontier Nursing Service; A Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service is Born; Rural Health Model; Challenges of a Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service; Advantages of the Rural Setting; Living and Working in Impoverished Mountain Communities Using the Full Extent of KnowledgeConclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Migrant Nursing in the Great Depression: Floods, Flies, and the Farm Security Administration; The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl; The Ditch Camps; Promoting Health; Government "Suitcase Camps"; Practicing at the Full Extent of Their Education; Gaining Trust; Following the Crops; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8: Nursing in West Texas: Trains, Tumbleweeds, and Rattlesnakes; Exploring the Pecos; Ranching and the Railroad; Texas Tea; The Early West Texas Oil Industry; Roughnecks and Rattlesnakes; "Like a War Zone"; An Offer Accepted A New Life in West Texas |
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Nursing rural America : perspectives from the early 20th century / / John C. Kirchgessner, Arlene Keeling, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Soggetto topico | Rural nursing - United States |
ISBN | 0-8261-9615-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Notes; Share Nursing Rural America: Perspectives From the Early 20th Century; Chapter 1: Town and Country Nursing: Community Participation and Nurse Recruitment; American Red Cross Rural Nursing Service (1912 to 1913); The First Year; Community Participation; Access to Care; The Work; Additional Education for Rural Practice; Insufficient Workforce; Town and Country Nursing Service (1913 to 1918); Bureau of Public Health Nursing (1918 to 1932) and Public Health Nursing and Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick (1932 to 1948)
Insufficient Number of Qualified Rural Public Health NursesConcluding Years of the Arc Rural Public Health Nursing Service; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 2: Public Nursing in Rural Wisconsin: Stretched Beyond Health Instruction; The First County Nurses; Defining the Work of the County Nurse; Nurse-Physician Relationships; The Reality of Budgetary Constraints; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: School Nursing in Virginia: Hookworm, Tooth Decay, and Tonsillectomies; Origins of School Nursing; Rural Schools; Advances in School Health; Hookworm and Sanitary Surveys; Transportation and Distances Specialty ClinicsGaining Access to Families; Financial Barriers; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 4: Nursing in Schoolfield Mill Village: Cotton and Welfare; Development of an Industrial Nursing Specialty; The Southern Cotton Textile Industry: 1880-1930; Culture, Work, and Health in Southern Textile Mill Villages; Establishing Trust; An Unsafe Environment; A Need for Improved Nutrition; Focus on Safety; Practicing to the Full Extent of Their Education; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Schoolfield Village, Dan River Mills, Virginia; Conclusion; Notes Chapter 5: Care in the Coal Fields: Promoting Health Through Sanitation and NutritionFrom Mountaineers to Miners; Coal Company Care; Health Care Aboveground and Underground; Nurses in the Coal Fields; Koppers Nurses Improve Access to Care; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6: Mary Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service: Saddlebags and Swinging Bridges; Roots of the Frontier Nursing Service; A Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service is Born; Rural Health Model; Challenges of a Rural Nurse-Midwifery Service; Advantages of the Rural Setting; Living and Working in Impoverished Mountain Communities Using the Full Extent of KnowledgeConclusion; Notes; Chapter 7: Migrant Nursing in the Great Depression: Floods, Flies, and the Farm Security Administration; The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl; The Ditch Camps; Promoting Health; Government "Suitcase Camps"; Practicing at the Full Extent of Their Education; Gaining Trust; Following the Crops; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8: Nursing in West Texas: Trains, Tumbleweeds, and Rattlesnakes; Exploring the Pecos; Ranching and the Railroad; Texas Tea; The Early West Texas Oil Industry; Roughnecks and Rattlesnakes; "Like a War Zone"; An Offer Accepted A New Life in West Texas |
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Reforming China's rural health system [[electronic resource] /] / Adam Wagstaff ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1/04257 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WagstaffAdam |
Collana | Directions in development |
Soggetto topico |
Rural health services - China
Health care reform - China |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-18399-0
1-282-15421-4 9786612183997 9786612154218 0-8213-7983-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | China's health challenges at the start of the new millennium -- The rural health reforms of the 2000s -- Looking toward a new decade : the big picture -- Financing rural insurance coverage -- Improving service delivery : a question of incentives -- Enhancing accountability and incentives in public health -- The longer-term reform agenda. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454569203321 |
Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2009 | ||
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