50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Know [Paperback]

Global health is a broad field that is fundamentally about healthcare equity and health as a human right, whether in high- or low-income countries, rural areas, or inner cities. Although understanding disease processes and treatments is important to providing health care, of equal importance is an understanding that the conditions in which people live and work affect a wide range of health outcomes.50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Knowpresents a diverse series of studies that illustrate key issues to consider in achieving health care as a human right, including health systems and delivery, health policy, the role of implicit bias in healthcare, and how socioeconomic status affects health.50 Studies Every Global Health Provider Should Knowpresents a diverse series of studies that illustrate key issues in health systems and delivery, policy, ethics, bias, and social determinants of health. Selected not only for their content using a rigorous methodology, these studies were specifically chosen to represent research conducted in low- and middle-income countries by a global array of authors. For each study, a concise summary is presented with an emphasis on the results and limitations of the study, other relevant studies and information, and the implications for practice. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the complexity of the burden of disease and healthcare delivery in low-resource areas.IntroductionHealth Systems and Healthcare Delivery1. The Rwandan Experience: The Impact of Health Systems Strengthening Interventions in the Context of Prioritizing Health Equity2. Can Informal Providers Be Trained to Provide Good Quality Care?3. Can Under- 5 Mortality Be Reduced by Proactive Community Case Management? The Effect of Proactive Community Case Management by Community Health Workers in a Peri- Urban Area in Mali4. A Participatory Intervention with Women's Groups for Reducing Neonatal Mortality and Matl#