Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Global Health
What is Global Health?
What is Health?
Medicine and Public Health
Studying Population Health
Risk Factors
Prevention
Selecting Interventions
Chapter 2: Health Inequalities
Health Inequalities
Causes of Death
Inequalities in Causes of Death
Chapter 3: Socioeconomic Context of Disease
Socioeconomic Risk Factors
Poverty
Economic Indicators
Employment and Occupational Status
Literacy and Educational Level
Chapter 4: Maternal and Child Health
Causes of Child Death
Child Health Initiatives
Protecting Children
Women’s Health
Family Planning
Population Growth
Demography
Population Planning Policies
Chapter 5: The Health of Special Populations
Ethnic, Racial, Religious, and Tribal Minorities
Immigrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced People
Prisoners
Persons with Mental Illness
Persons with Physical Impairments
Older Persons
Chapter 6: The Spread of Infectious Diseases
Infection Transmission
The Disease Process
Agent, Host, Environment
Measuring Disease in Populations
Disease Control
Chapter 7: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB
HIV/AIDS
Malaria
Tuberculosis (TB)
Comparison of HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and TB
Chapter 8: Globalization and Emerging Infectious Diseases
“The Epidemiologic Transition” and Globalization
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Bioterrorism
Chapter 9: Nutrition
Essential Nutrients
Undernutrition
Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies
Measuring Nutritional Status
Breastfeeding
Globalization and Food Safety
Overnutrition
Is There Enough Food in the World?
Chapter 10: Environmental Health
History of Environmental Health
What is Environmental Health?
The Home Environment
Water
Sanitation
Fuel and Indoor Air Quality
Conclusion
Chapter 11: Health Effects of Environmental Change
Health Impacts of Local Environmental Change
Urbanization
The Work Environment
Community Health Action
Global Environmental Change
Chapter 12: Global Health Payers and Players
Who Pays for Health?
Who Implements Health Programs?
Chapter 13: Global Health Priorities
Health and Human Rights
Priorities in Global Health
How Much Will It Cost?
Chapter 14: Learning More about Global Public Health
Public Health and Medical Reports
Epidemiologic Study Designs
Research Ethics
Interpreting Measures of Association
Bias and Confounding
Validity
Appendix I: Countries of the World by WHO Region
Appendix II: Constitution of the World Health Organization
Appendix III: Convention on the Rights of the Child
Appendix IV: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Appendix V: Millennium Development Goals, Targets, and Indicators
Appendix VI: Preventive and Treatment Interventions for Major Health Issues
Appendix VII: Recommended Childhood Immunizations
Index
