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Effective Approaches to Global Health Issues

  • 1st Edition - September 20, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Manoj Sharma, Ram Lakhan
  • Language: English

Effective Approaches to Global Health Issues is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary book that explores diverse topics in global health. It serves as a valuable resource for unders… Read more

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Description

Effective Approaches to Global Health Issues is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary book that explores diverse topics in global health. It serves as a valuable resource for understanding the complexities and challenges associated with global health from various perspectives. The book delves into historical contexts, health indicators, cultural influences, behavioral factors, communicable and non-communicable diseases, malnutrition, nutritional deficiencies, obesity, environmental health, population issues, women's and children's health, mental well-being, global health systems, and emerging issues in the field. It goes beyond a mere recitation of topics and provides an engaging narrative that examines the interconnectedness of global health issues.

This is an essential reference for students, researchers, and professionals involved in public health, international development, and related disciplines. By providing a comprehensive understanding of global health issues and potential solutions, this book equips readers with the knowledge and tools to address the complex challenges of global health in their respective fields.

Key features

  • Presents interdisciplinary perspectives on global health problems and solutions
  • Highlights the epidemiological, historical, political, sociological, behavioral, cultural, and medical dimensions
  • Provides readers with a roadmap to address issues and problems confronting both developed and developing nations

Readership

Public/Global Health Professionals, Students and Faculty in Public/Global Health

Table of contents

1. Introduction and Historical Perspectives on Global Health

2. Health Indicators in Global Health

3. The Role of Culture and Behavior in Global Health

4. Infectious and Communicable Diseases

5. Non-communicable Chronic Diseases

6. Hunger, Food Insecurity, Malnutrition, Nutritional Deficiencies, and Obesity

7. Environmental Health and Population Issues

8. Women's Health

9. Child Health

10. Mental Health

11. World Health Systems

12. Future Issues in Global Health

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 20, 2024
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Manoj Sharma

Manoj Sharma, MBBS, Ph.D., MCHES® is a public health physician and educator with a medical degree from the University of Delhi and a doctorate in Preventive Medicine from The Ohio State University. He is also a Master Certified Health Education Specialist certified by the National Commission on Health Education Credentialing. He is currently a tenured Full Professor of Public Health and Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He served as the past Founding Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Health at UNLV. In his career, spanning over 40 years, he has trained/taught over 6,000 health professionals. He has designed and taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in health behavior, health education, and health promotion at 13 national and international universities working full-time or part-time. He has worked and provided leadership for local health departments, state health departments/agencies, federal government agencies, non-profit agencies, professional organizations, and international agencies including governments of other nations. He has been invited as a keynote presenter at several universities. He is a prolific researcher and as of March 2025 has published 17 books, over 425 peer-reviewed research articles, and over 500 other publications (h-index 60, i-10 index over 250, and over 20,000 citations) and secured funding for over $10 million. He has been awarded several prestigious honors including the American Public Health Association’s Lyndon Haviland Mentoring Award, PHEHP Distinguished Career Award, ICTHP Impact Award, J. Mayhew Derryberry Award, ATOD Lifetime Achievement Award, Cancer Forum’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award and William R. Gemma Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Public Health Alumni Society and Alumni Achievement Award from the College of Medicine at the Ohio State University among others. His research interests are in developing and evaluating theory-based (evidence-based) health behavior change interventions, obesity prevention, mental health, stress-coping, community-based participatory research/evaluation, and integrative mind-body-spirit interventions.

Affiliations and expertise
Social & Behavioral Health, & Internal Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, United States

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Ram Lakhan

Dr. Ram Lakhan, BMR, MS, Dr.PH, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Berea College in Kentucky. He has a therapeutic degree in Intellectual Disabilities from India. Dr. Lakhan started his career in Asia and has brought his medical, behavioral, political, sociological, and cultural perspectives through this work. He has planned and implemented large-scale community health projects that revolved around addressing health targets and indicators of Millennium Developmental Goals (MDGs). Dr. Lakhan has extensive experience working with World Health Organization professionals. Later in the United States, he systematized his knowledge in epidemiological approaches attaining the highest degree in this field, and has shared his acumen from this perspective. He has worked extensively in public health for people with intellectual disabilities, mental illness, and their family members in the remotest areas of central India. He has implemented large-scale community-based mental health programs, obtained several grants, and conducted research. He has published numerous data-based, peer-reviewed papers in academic journals and six book chapters in the textbooks of prestigious publishers including Springer and Oxford University Press. His scholarly work revolves around global health and mental health issues in people with intellectual disabilities. His application of behavior change theories in improving health outcomes for special populations is highly acknowledged among academicians and researchers.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Berea College, USA

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