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Global Child Health

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Public Health Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75136-8

ISBN: 978-3-319-75135-1

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Apr 29, 2018

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Chapter 1What Is Global Health?

Subrahmanian, Krishnan; Swamy, Padma

Pages: 1 –9

[Global Health. Public Health. International Health. A simple Google search or literature review reveals the challenge of defining global health or global child health.]
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Chapter 2The Current State of Global Child Health and Disparities

Subrahmanian, Krishnan; Swamy, Padma

Pages: 11 –16

[With the advent of technological advances, there has been increased travel and sharing of knowledge due to globalization (International Monetary Fund Staff 2008). This has resulted in both economic benefits and cultural exchange (International Monetary Fund Staff 2008). This increased travel has...
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Chapter 3Global Health Disparities in High-Resource Settings

Subrahmanian, Krishnan; Swamy, Padma

Pages: 17 –37

[Living in a high resource country or continent does not render one immune to pathology. There is no doubt that the burden of poor health falls on low and middle income countries. According to the WHO the average life expectancy in low income countries is 62 years while in high income countries...
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Chapter 4Pathologies Disproportionately Affecting the Underserved

Subrahmanian, Krishnan; Swamy, Padma

Pages: 39 –50

[In order to understand the pathologies afflicting the underserved an examination of who this population is key. According to the World Bank’s OVC toolkit, children in general are more vulnerable than adults, and some children are more vulnerable than others (World Bank’s Africa Region and World...
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Chapter 5Policy and Advocacy Framework

Subrahmanian, Krishnan; Swamy, Padma

Pages: 51 –62

[The answer to this complex question is not as simple as using a dictionary. According to the WHO, health policy are policy that “refer to decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific health care goals within a society” (World Health Organization 2018a, b). Often policies...
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Chapter 6An Advocate’s Well-Child Check

Subrahmanian, Krishnan; Swamy, Padma

Pages: 63 –84

[You are seeing a 2 year old child in clinic who presents for their general check-up and vaccines. You find out that he has multiple issues ranging from somatic issues to social issues for which he is presenting today. What do you do first?]

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