The GTSS Atlas
The GTSS Atlas

Author: Charles W. Warren

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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"Surveillance is the ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data essential to the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice. It is closely integrated with the timely determination of data to those responsible for prevention and control. The atlas visualizes a decade of work in establishing the Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS), which has become the largest public health surveillance system ever developed and maintained. The atlas documents the components of the GTSS, which include the monitoring of tobacco use and tobacco control measures among youth, school personnel, health professions students and adults. It maps the coverage of the surveys and provides data on the various elements of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy outlined in the Who- FCTC and MPOWER policy. It illustrates the importance of enhancing country capability to develop, implement and evaluate tobacco control programs though and a systematic framework. This resource will be invaluable to policy makers, public health practitioners, scholars and students interested in tobacco control." - p. 9

Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals
Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals

Author: Nicoletta Setola

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1317514203

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Designing Public Spaces in Hospitals illustrates that in addition to their aesthetic function, public spaces in hospitals play a fundamental role concerning people’s satisfaction and experience of health care. The book highlights how spatial properties, such as accessibility, visibility, proximity, and intelligibility affect people’s behavior and interactions in hospital public spaces. Based on the authors’ research, the book includes detailed analysis of three hospitals and criteria that can support the design in circulation areas, arrival and entrance, first point of welcome, reception, and the interface between city and hospital. Illustrated with 150 black and white images.

Health Care Errors and Patient Safety
Health Care Errors and Patient Safety

Author: Brian Hurwitz

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-08-24

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1444360310

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The detection, reporting, measurement, and minimization of medical errors and harms is now a core requirement in clinical organizations throughout developed societies. This book focuses on this major new area in health care. It explores the nature of medical error, its incidence in different health care settings, and strategies for minimizing errors and their harmful consequences to patients. Written by leading authorities, it discusses the practical issues involved in reducing errors in health care - for the clinician, the health policy adviser, and ethical and legal health professionals.

International Health Regulations (2005)
International Health Regulations (2005)

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2008-12-15

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9241580410

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In response to the call of the 48th World Health Assembly for a substantial revision of the International Health Regulations, this new edition of the Regulations will enter into force on June 15, 2007. The purpose and scope of the Regulations are "to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with and restricted to public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and trade." The Regulations also cover certificates applicable to international travel and transport, and requirements for international ports, airports and ground crossings.

Revitalizing Health for All
Revitalizing Health for All

Author: Ronald Labonté

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1487521626

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Revitalizing Health for All examines thirteen cases of efforts to implement CPHC reforms from around the globe including Australia, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, South Africa, and more.

Neoliberal Governance and International Medical Travel in Malaysia
Neoliberal Governance and International Medical Travel in Malaysia

Author: Meghann Ormond

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0415502381

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This book analyses the development of international medical travel in Malaysia. It challenges embedded assumptions about the sources, directions and political value of care. The author situates the Malaysian case study material at the fruitful cross-section of a range of literatures such as international medical travel (IMT); the role of cross-border mobility in the construction of identity; care and hospitality; therapeutic landscapes; place-branding and medical diplomacy.