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Author : Ian Timaeus,Wendy J. Graham
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Jia Wang
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0821344099
"Health outcomes constitute one natural starting point for assessment of the consequences of policies affecting health systems. Yet country characteristics also influence health outcomes." Performance on health outcomes is critical for human welfare, and, until now, country decisionmakers and policy analysts have had no systematic way to judge performance. This report provides them with that capacity. This report contains the results for 15 countries at five-year intervals from 1960 to 1990 on six health indicators: under-five mortality rates, total fertility rates, adult mortality rates for males and females, and life expectancy at birth for males and females. In this report, the authors take aspects of health system performance and describe how countries compare with each other and how their own performance has improved or failed to improve over time. The goal of the study is to prepare a reference document that provides measures that can be used to assess the consequences of policy. Part of the Health, Nutrition, and Population Series (HNP).
Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Death
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Little is known about the causes of adult deaths in most developing countries. The authors recommend developing and validating diagnostic algorithms to determine the causes of adult deaths, using lay interviewers to conduct retrospective interviews of relatives of the deceased.
Author : Jacques Vallin,Stan D'Souza,Alberto Palloni
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035078539
This is a wide-ranging, comprehensive survey of current areas of research in human mortality. The volume examines standard and new approaches to data collection on mortality, including previously unpublished results on population laboratories; looks at the latest methods and modes of measurement; and analyzes approaches to mortality differentials and causes with reference to specific case studies from developed countries as well as from Africa, Latin America, and Asia.
Author : Richard G. Feachem
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019520879X
Sick adults consume often more than half of all resources allocated to the health sector. This volume draws attention to the causes and results of disease and ill health in adults in developing countries and to the burden they impose not only on individuals but on their families and society as well. Researchers and policymakers will find this work essential because of its useful data on adult morbidity and mortality, as well as its call for more information on problems and risk factors.
Author : Maryse Gaimard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789400767935
This book provides an overview of the health of developing nations in the early twenty-first century. The basic assumption is that the health of a population is not independent of broader demographic trends, and does follow the health transition model. The coverage is broad, ranging from health transition in developing countries, to the health of women, to an analysis of morbidity. Population health is an essential component of human and social development. As both a means and an end of development, health lies at the heart of underdevelopment, and ranks first on the list of international priorities. The WHO slogan ‘Health for all in 2000’ reflects the spirit of a more general movement in favor of health promotion throughout the world. But the developing world is far from reaching this aim. The health of populations has improved in developing regions but there are still deep inequalities, and serious problems remain, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. After reviewing the core concepts of population health, the book examines health transition in developing countries, a process that has resulted in a double burden of diseases. A discussion of mortality in developing countries serves to highlight the high rates of child mortality in these regions. The book devotes a full chapter to women’s health, and its chapter-length analysis of morbidity highlights the double burden weighing down developing populations and concludes with an analysis of health systems in developing countries.
Author : INDEPTH Network
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351125833
Over the past decade, several initiatives have been launched to address the major health problems affecting the world's poorest countries, including global efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. More recently, a millennial challenge has been laid down to root out and confront the links between poverty and health. Using demographic surveillance systems, the INDEPTH researchers aim to contribute both to the empirical knowledge about health equity in developing countries and to report on the application of and innovation in tools and methods. Illustrated with case studies from Africa and Asia, this book puts forward a comprehensive view of the INDEPTH methodologies and findings. It develops and measures concepts and constructs of 'poverty' and 'equity' and relates these to health status. While tools and concepts for measuring health status are more developed, this volume contributes by grappling with new concepts and tools to measure changes in deprivation and disadvantage, adding to this intense theoretical and methodological debate.
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309048392
This book examines issues concerning how developing countries will have to prepare for demographic and epidemiologic change. Much of the current literature focuses on the prevalence of specific diseases and their economic consequences, but a need exists to consider the consequences of the epidemiological transition: the change in mortality patterns from infectious and parasitic diseases to chronic and degenerative ones. Among the topics covered are the association between the health of children and adults, the strong orientation of many international health organizations toward infant and child health, and how the public and private sectors will need to address and confront the large-scale shifts in disease and demographic characteristics of populations in developing countries.
Author : Richard G. Rogers,Eileen M. Crimmins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048199969
This handbook presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of unprecedented substantive, theoretical, methodological, and statistical developments and insights, and an in-depth examination of trends and patterns, in adult mortality around the world. With over two dozen chapters and more than 50 authors, this volume draws from top international mortality experts to provide one of the best overviews of life expectancy extant. The book documents remarkable gains in life expectancy, which stand out as one of the most important accomplishments of the twentieth century. Individuals in more developed countries can expect to live longer now than ever before, especially the Japanese who enjoy record-setting life expectancies. The book also explores unfortunate declines in life expectancy in selected countries brought on by such factors as infectious diseases; accidents, suicides, and homicides; and political and economic conflict and turmoil. This book synthesizes the wealth of mortality information available, clearly articulates the central findings to-date, identifies the most appropriate datasets and methods currently available, illuminates the central research questions, and develops an agenda to address these research questions. The authors carefully examine central factors related to mortality, including health behaviors, socioeconomic status, social relations, biomarkers, and genetic factors. The book will prove especially relevant to researchers, students, and policy makers within social and health sciences who want to better understand international trends and patterns in adult mortality.
Author : Ian Timaeus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Demographic surveys
ISBN : 0902657291
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1997-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309174930
In recent years there have been alarming reports of rapid decreases in life expectancy in the New Independent States (former members of the Soviet Union). To help assess priorities for health policy, the Committee on Population organized two workshopsâ€"the first on adult mortality and disability, the second on adult health priorities and policies. Participants included demographers, epidemiologists, public health specialists, economists, and policymakers from the NIS countries, the United States, and Western Europe. This volume consists of selected papers presented at the workshops. They assess the reliability of data on mortality, morbidity, and disability; analyze regional patterns and trends in mortality rates and causes of death; review evidence about major determinants of adult mortality; and discuss implications for health policy.
Author : Christopher J. L. Murray,Alan D. Lopez
Publisher : Harvard School of Public Health, Frangois-Xavier Bagnoud Cen
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Disabled
ISBN : UCSC:32106013120412
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) provides systematic epidemiological estimates for an unprecedented 150 major health conditions. The GBD provides indispensable global and regional data for health planning, research, and education.
Author : National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Committee on Population,Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0309684730
Author : United Nations
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210046794
The data booklet presents key mortality indicators at the national, regional, and global level during 1950-2030. It highlights variations among countries in a number of mortality indicators: annual deaths; crude death rates; life expectancy at birth by sex; infant mortality; under-five mortality; and probabilities of dying from age 15 to age 60 and from birth to age 70. Estimates of mortality are complemented by information on the age distribution of deaths.
Author : Donald A. P. Bundy,Nilanthi de Silva,Susan Horton,Dean T. Jamison
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781464804397
More children born today will survive to adulthood than at any time in history. It is now time to emphasize health and development in middle childhood and adolescence--developmental phases that are critical to health in adulthood and the next generation. Child and Adolescent Health and Development explores the benefits that accrue from sustained and targeted interventions across the first two decades of life. The volume outlines the investment case for effective, costed, and scalable interventions for low-resource settings, emphasizing the cross-sectoral role of education. This evidence base can guide policy makers in prioritizing actions to promote survival, health, cognition, and physical growth throughout childhood and adolescence.