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Vulnerable Populations in the United States, Third Edition: Public Health/Vulnerable Populations

Autor L Shi
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2021
An in-depth look at disparities in health and health care, fully updated for 2021
Vulnerable Populations in the United States, 3rd Edition provides a general framework for studying vulnerable populations and summarizes major health and health care disparities by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health insurance coverage. This updated contains the latest statistics and figures, incorporates new information related to Healthy People 2020, analyzes the latest data and trends in health and health care disparities, and provides a detailed synthesis of recent and increasingly expansive programs and initiatives to remedy these disparities. In addition, the Third Edition offers new coverage of health care reform, the deaths of despair (suicide, opioids, etc.), and the global primary care initiative.
Based on the authors' teaching and research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, this landmark text is an important resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for learning about vulnerable populations. The book's Web site includes instructor's materials that may be downloaded.
  • Gain a general understanding of health and health care disparities related to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health insurance coverage
  • Access online resources including editable PowerPoint slides, video, and more
  • Delve into the programs and initiatives designed to remedy inequalities in health and health care, including Healthy People 2020 updates
  • Enjoy new coverage of health care reform, the deaths of despair (suicide, opioids, etc.), and the global primary care initiative
End of chapter revision questions and other pedagogical features make this book a valuable learning tool for anyone studying at the advanced undergraduate or graduate levels. Additionally, it will prove useful in the field for medical professionals, social and community workers, and health educators in the public sphere.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781119627647
ISBN-10: 1119627648
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 217 x 274 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Ediția:3rd Edition
Editura: Wiley
Seria Public Health/Vulnerable Populations

Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Notă biografică

DR. LEIYU SHI is Professor of health policy and health services research in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is Director of Johns Hopkins Primary Care Policy Center. Dr. Shi is also well known for his extensive research on the nation's vulnerable populations, in particular community health centers that serve vulnerable populations, including their sustainability, provider recruitment and retention experiences, financial performance, experience under managed care, and quality of care. Dr. Shi is the author of eleven textbooks and over 240 scientific journal articles. DR. GREGORY STEVENS is Professor of public health in the Department of Public Health in the Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services at California State University, Los Angeles. His research focuses on health care and social policy, with an emphasis on health equity for vulnerable populations. Dr. Stevens is well known for his work on children's health and health care disparities, especially in the delivery of primary care and preventive services.