ABSTRACT
Global public health is of growing concern to most governments and populations, nowhere more so than in Asia, the world’s largest and most populous continent. Whilst major advances have been made in controlling infectious diseases through public health measures as well as clinical medical treatments, the world now faces other challenges including ageing populations and the epidemic crisis of obesity and non-communicable diseases. New emerging infections continue to develop and the growing threats to health due to environmental pollution and climate change increase the need for resilience and sustainability. These threats to health are global in nature, and this Handbook will explore perspectives on current public health issues in South, Southeast and East Asia, informing global as well as regional debate.
Whilst many books cite Western examples of the development of global public health, this Handbook brings together both Western and Eastern scholarship, creating a new global public health perspective suitable to face modern challenges in promoting the population’s health. This Handbook is essential reading not only for students, professionals and scholars of global public health and related fields but is also written to be accessible to those with a general interest in the health of Asia.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|112 pages
Historical context and introductory concepts
part |19 pages
Introduction to Part I.1: historical context
part |92 pages
Introduction to Part I.2: introductory concepts
chapter 2|14 pages
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
part II|54 pages
Epidemiology as research methodology and its applications
part |52 pages
Introduction to Part II: epidemiology as research methodology and its applications
part III|108 pages
Infectious diseases
part |106 pages
Introduction to Part III: infectious diseases
chapter 13|5 pages
Role of government agencies in controlling disease
chapter 19|10 pages
Climate change and its impact on the patterns of disease
part IV|142 pages
Environment and sustainability
part |140 pages
Introduction to Part IV: environment and sustainability
part V|122 pages
Health improvement
part |120 pages
Introduction to Part V: health improvement
chapter 31|9 pages
Community outreach to prevent diabetes in Hong Kong
chapter 36|17 pages
Screening for cancer
part VI|169 pages
Health services
part |167 pages
Introduction to Part VI: health services
chapter 38|8 pages
Non-governmental organizations and health
chapter 41|12 pages
Conceptualizing the integration of traditional and complementary medicine in health systems
part VII|9 pages
Future challenges