Name: Public Health
Brand: Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)
SKU: 9781633215696
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Public Health

Improving Health via Inter-Professional Collaborations

Edited by: Rosemary M Caron, Edited by: Joav Merrick

Published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US)

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£212.99

£138.44

Published: 01-Sep-2014
ISBN: 9781633215696

Hardback
215 Pages

Subjects:
Public health & preventive medicine

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It is often stated that "it takes a village" to improve the health of a population. This proverb implies that it takes the work of many individuals, not necessarily from the same occupation or educational or social background, to achieve this goal. To improve the health of a population, a system comprised of educators, community leaders, public health and health care practitioners, researchers, faith-based leaders, municipal workers, and many others working, in diverse urban and/or rural communities, across the globe towards a common goal via evidence-based practice, policy development, education and health literacy initiatives, or a combination thereof, is required. Interprofessional collaborations can be fruitful endeavors with respect to improving health at a population and/or individual level. However, if we examine these interdisciplinary collaborations from a development standpoint, not every professional is trained to work with professionals from other disciplines. How do we prepare an interprofessional workforce capable of working collaboratively? You will find some of the answers in this book.

Rosemary M Caron is a Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies and the former Director of the Master's in Public Health Program in the Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in Durham, NH, USA. Rosemary is also core faculty in the UNH Master's Program in Community Development, Policy and Practice, and the New Hampshire Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program. In addition, she is an adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Rosemary teaches public health courses at both the undergraduate and graduate student levels and received the 2011 Teaching Excellence Award in CHHS and is the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Associate Professor Award at UNH. She has published her research in respected, peer-reviewed journals; has edited several books focused on education and public health; and has authored a book on preparing the public health workforce.

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)