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| Tackling Causes and Consequences of Health Inequalities: A Practical Guide |
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ISBN: 978-1-138-49986-7,
345 pages,
Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 1-138-49986-2 |
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| Copyright: |
2020 |
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| Edition: |
1st |
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| Editor: |
Matheson, James; Patterson, John; Neilson, Laura |
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Public Health
, Community Health |
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| Publisher: |
CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group |
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| List Price: |
$49.95 |
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At A Glance
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Addressing health inequalities is a key focus for health and social care organizations. This book explores how best frontline health workers in areas of deprivation can address these problems. Aimed at doctors and their wider multidisciplinary teams, this book provides key knowledge and practical advice on how to address the causes and consequences of health inequalities to achieve better outcomes for patients. Considering the psychological, financial and social aspects of well-being as well as health concerns, this book offers a concise but comprehensive overview of the key issues in health inequalities and, most importantly, how practically to address them.
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Reviewer:
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Anna Helm,
BS, MPH
(Multnomah County)
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Reviewer:
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Anna Helm,
BS, MPH
(Multnomah County)
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Description
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| This book links evidence of social determinants of health inequalities to practical advice and steps clinicians can take to achieve change and move society toward social justice. Clinicians who read this book will find out how to address the causes of health inequalities, improve the situations of their patients, and strengthen population health and equity. |
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Purpose
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| The book is intended to counter the common assumption that social determinants of health are outside the purview of primary care clinicians. On the contrary, primary care clinicians are ideally situated to make interventions that can change the lives of those society has allowed to fail. Clinicians, including GPs, NPs, PAs, LCSWs, DMDs, clinical psychologists, and other primary providers of care, can become familiar with the specific knowledge and skills required to provide quality care in very challenging environments of deprivation. |
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Audience
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| This book is written for primary care providers, namely GPs, NPs, PAs, LCSWs, DMDs, and clinical psychologists. All can be expected to find the resource helpful. It will also be useful in the development of innovative service models and service networks that focus on societal or environmental issues specific to a geographical area or population. |
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Features
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| The first chapters present an overview of relevant literature regarding health inequities, treating social risks, and health and workforce issues. Subsequent sections address the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care under conditions of severe environmental deprivation and challenging social situations. Chapters ranging from veterans' health, homeless health care, child health, men's health, women's health, smoking and drug misuse, complex mental health issues, and provider self-care and safety are included. One chapter deals with the huge numbers of people whose ill health stems from poverty rather than health inequalities that relate specifically to marginalized and excluded groups. Perhaps most important, there is a section that shares evidence and examples of good practice. |
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Assessment
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| This important book is especially relevant given increasing worldwide income disparity, the imposition of austerity measures, and the current COVID-19 pandemic. It offers primary providers knowledge and skills that can also be used in the design and implementation of care models for the large numbers of displaced people and refugees who are affected by conflict, climate change, and/or loss of economic stability and security. |
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