Vulnerable Populations in the United States (Public Health/Vulnerable Populations) [Kindle Edition]
Author: Leiyu Shi | Language: English | ISBN: B004APA79A | Format: PDF, EPUB
Download for free books Vulnerable Populations in the United States (Public Health/Vulnerable Populations) [Kindle Edition] for everyone book with Mediafire Link Download Link 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, the second edition of this landmark text offers a general framework for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for learning about vulnerable populations. It contains in-depth data and information on major health and health care disparities by race or ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and health insurance coverage. It is thoroughly updated to include the latest data and trends and provides a detailed synthesis of recent and increasingly expansive programs and initiatives to remedy these disparities. To keep current with recent trends it incorporates the latest Healthy People 2020 objectives, includes new sections on real-world clinical examples, and discusses the impact of health care reform on vulnerable populations. The book's Web site includes instructor's materials that may be downloaded.
Praise for the First Edition of Vulnerable Populations in the United States
"An excellent primer for undergraduates and graduate students interested in vulnerable populations and health disparities."
—New England Journal of Medicine
"Combines thoughtful, coherent theory with a large amount of information available in a single source. It will prove to be a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, teachers, and students alike for years to come."
—Journal of the American Medical Association
"A very worthwhile read for health care administrators, health policy analysts, public health and health promotion practitioners, students of public health, and health researchers."
—Inquiry
"It makes clear that, for political, social, and economic (as well as moral) reasons, the country must increasingly make vulnerable populations a national health policy priority."
—Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
"I have reviewed a number of books looking for meaningful content to help my students understand and work with vulnerable populations. This is the most comprehensive, yet understandable book on the topic."
—Doody's Reviews
"Provides much-needed guidance to policymakers challenged with providing solutions to this embarrassing issue in the United States."
—F. Douglas Scutchfield, MD, Peter P. Bosomworth Professor of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Kentucky
Companion Web site: www.josseybass.com/go/shi Books with free ebook downloads available Vulnerable Populations in the United States (Public Health/Vulnerable Populations) [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 4306 KB
- Print Length: 352 pages
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 2 edition (November 2, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004APA79A
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #706,949 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
Am I missing something here? What is with all these positive reviews? This is the most laborious book I have ever let grace my senses. It is required reading for one of my classes, but there is absolutely NO in depth analysis of the statistical data presented. It is a VERY pedestrian and pedantic review of some very real common sense. Here is the whole book in a nutshell: The worse off you are in society, the worse your health is in this country. Now if you feel like you need 300 pages of graphs you'll probably never look at (because they are painstakingly described in text anyways), or you really want to know exactly how much more likely you are to have chronic illness if you are black, poor, and uninsured, then be my guest and buy this book. Just don't say you weren't warned. This book is only useful if you need a large source of recompiled stats and data on the topic.By Med Student SD
A colleague gave me this book with the instructions, "READ THIS - IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT HEALTH DISPARITIES." It did and I have since given it to 4 other friends to read. This book is the first to link the multiple health risks that commonly characterize our underserved populations with vast disparities in health status. Personal anecdotes tie existing data to relevant theory in a clear and easy to understand format. Students, researchers, advocates and anyone interested in improving health care for vulnerable populations will find this book indispensable.By milo
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