Download or read book Eradicating Blindness written by Logan D. A. Williams and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes community ophthalmology professionals in South Asia who demonstrate social entrepreneurship in global health to help the rural poor. Their innovations contested economic and scientific norms, and spread from India and Nepal outwards to other countries in Africa and Asia, as well as the United States, Australia, and Finland. This feminist postcolonial global ethnography illustrates how these innovations have resulted in dual socio-technical systems to solve the problem of avoidable blindness. Policymakers and activists might use this example of how to avoid Schumacher's critique of low labor, large scale and implement Gandhi's philosophy of good for all.
Download or read book Prevention of Blindness written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to see deeply affects how human beings perceive and interpret the world around them. For most people, eyesight is part of everyday communication, social activities, educational and professional pursuits, the care of others, and the maintenance of personal health, independence, and mobility. Functioning eyes and vision system can reduce an adult's risk of chronic health conditions, death, falls and injuries, social isolation, depression, and other psychological problems. In children, properly maintained eye and vision health contributes to a child's social development, academic achievement, and better health across the lifespan. The public generally recognizes its reliance on sight and fears its loss, but emphasis on eye and vision health, in general, has not been integrated into daily life to the same extent as other health promotion activities, such as teeth brushing; hand washing; physical and mental exercise; and various injury prevention behaviors. A larger population health approach is needed to engage a wide range of stakeholders in coordinated efforts that can sustain the scope of behavior change. The shaping of socioeconomic environments can eventually lead to new social norms that promote eye and vision health. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow proposes a new population-centered framework to guide action and coordination among various, and sometimes competing, stakeholders in pursuit of improved eye and vision health and health equity in the United States. Building on the momentum of previous public health efforts, this report also introduces a model for action that highlights different levels of prevention activities across a range of stakeholders and provides specific examples of how population health strategies can be translated into cohesive areas for action at federal, state, and local levels.
Download or read book Global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness written by World Health Organization. Prevention of Blindness and Deafness and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a February 2000 World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet about Vision 2020: The Right to Sight, a global initiative by WHO to eliminate avoidable blindness.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Blindness and Vision Impairment written by Jill Sardegna and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to causes of blindness, information on diseases and treatments available.
Download or read book Essential Clinical Global Health written by Brett D. Nelson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential Clinical Global Health is a brand-new, pioneering, and evidence-based textbook that provides a clinical overview of the increasingly prominent specialty of global health. Originally developed from a course at Harvard Medical School, and now with contributions from nearly 100 world-renowned global health experts from across the globe, this textbook presents vital information required of students, trainees, and clinicians during their international experiences and training. Essential Clinical Global Health introduces readers to the up-to-date knowledge, skills, and approaches needed for productive and rewarding global health experiences. It provides essential clinical information on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. The textbook also includes practical guidance on topics such as health systems, population-based approaches, cultural awareness and sensitivity, travel preparedness and safety, and career development in global health. With key learning objectives in each chapter, practical clinical advice, setting-appropriate guidelines, personal field experiences from student and clinician contributors, Essential Clinical Global Health is the first global health textbook with a clinical focus for healthcare students, trainees, and providers. A companion website at www.wileyessential.com/globalhealth features self-assessment questions and videos.
Download or read book Environmental Health written by James A. Listorti and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental health remains at the periphery of sustainable development, because it is inadequately defined and institutionally fragmented. This publication aims to provide ways of addressing this multisectoral problem. It is in three parts. The first looks at harmonising sectoral priorities and shows that environmental health can target at least as much disease as the health sector. The second part provides environmental health assessment guidelines. The third part looks at the results of a pilot project to put theory into practice in Ghana.
Download or read book How to Survive Losing Vision written by Helen J. Harris and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of one womans courageous struggle against the relentless encroachment of darkness. Helen Harris, after a childhood marked by unplanned clumsiness, skinned knees, and being known as the class klutz, discovered she was a victim of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease causing progressive blindness and having no known cure. Devastated by this prognosis of ever-growing darkness, this brave and stoic young girl determined nonetheless to make the most of her future. She was galvanized to furious activity, driven by anger at the abysmal absence of knowledge of RP in the medical community and, in fact, this world. But what could one woman do? Plenty. For someone with no experience in business, public relations, volunteerism, or recruitment, Helen Harris undertook to master them all. One lone woman with the mission to move the mountains of ignorance about a disease even Helen had never heard about, all the while trying to cope with the ever-growing darkness surrounding her and her sons. She came to know that RP was one of a family of related genetic diseases, one more terrifying than the other. These diseases, being of genetic origin, often strike multiple siblings in a family. This book will lead you through Helens amazing success in recruiting celebrities to their cause and shedding light into the darkness of RP, involving the medical world in the fight, and garnering support from the political world up to and including a president of the United States. Information on all the new technology that has been developed since Helens journey began are enclosed within the pages of the book.
Download or read book Report of the Committee on Prevention of Blindness of the Council on Health and Public Instruction of the American Medical Association written by American Medical Association. Council on Health and Public Instruction. Committee on Prevention of Blindness and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book QUICK REVIEW SERIES B SC NURSING III YEAR E Book written by Annu Kaushik and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 953 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quick Review Series (QRS) for BSc Nursing 3rd Year is an extremely exam-oriented book. The content has been developed and arranged in a manner so the entire INC syllabus has been covered. The subject content has been divided unit-wise and according to the weightage of marks in each unit. It is well-illustrated with simple reproducible diagrams and flowcharts. To aid in quick learning before examinations, memory aides have also been added. The book will serve the requirements of BSc Nursing 3rd year students to prepare for their examinations. This book covers questions from all major universities across the country. Content presented in well-classified sections, in the manner of long and short answer questions The language is simple, and content is up to the mark The book includes frequently asked questions from practical point of view Includes solved mock question papers of each subject, which can be really helpful to students Highlights the exam pattern, gives direction to students from where they should start to study smartly, with unitwise weightage coverage Covers questions from all major Indian universities
Download or read book Investigation and Control of Venereal Diseases written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Report National Society to Prevent Blindness written by National Society to Prevent Blindness and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parsons Diseases of the Eye written by and published by Elsevier India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lens Diseases Advances in Research and Treatment 2012 Edition written by and published by ScholarlyEditions. This book was released on 2012-12-26 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lens Diseases—Advances in Research and Treatment: 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ eBook that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Lens Diseases. The editors have built Lens Diseases—Advances in Research and Treatment: 2012 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Lens Diseases in this eBook to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Lens Diseases—Advances in Research and Treatment: 2012 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Download or read book Comprehensive Ophthalmology written by AK Khurana and published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this comprehensive textbook is a complete guide to the diagnosis and management of ocular disorders. The text has been reorganised into six key sections – Anatomy and Physiology, Optics and Refraction, Diseases of the Eye and Ocular Adnexa, Ocular Therapeutics, Systemic and Community Ophthalmology, and Practical Ophthalmology. The seventh edition has been fully revised with many new topics added to cover the latest advances in the field. Nearly 1000 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables further enhance the text. The accompanying free book ‘Review of Ophthalmology’ provides multiple choice questions (MCQs) commonly encountered in examinations, to assist revision. Key points Comprehensive guide to diagnosis and management of ocular disorders Fully revised seventh edition, with new topics included Accompanying free book provides MCQs to assist revision Previous edition (9789351526575) published in 2015
Download or read book Social Innovation Design Cases written by Vijay K. Vaishnavi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-14 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social innovation is an innovation whose main aim is to benefit society. There is a worldwide need for and interest in conducting innovations and social innovations. Social Innovation Design Cases: A Chronicle of Global Journeys provides an in-depth description of the design journeys of twenty social innovation cases from twelve countries around the globe on five continents. The design cases span areas ranging from promoting rural economic development to addressing climate change. The book describes in depth, citing relevant references, the design journeys of the twenty social innovations and corresponding social enterprises, following an innovation design process model. Additionally, it describes the knowledge models and metamodels contributed by these cases. Each design case presents the overall business model of the social innovation and the corresponding social enterprise. The book is for social entrepreneurs, innovators and aspiring innovators, especially those actively planning and designing social innovations in for-profit, government and not-for-profit organizations. In addition to managers, executives and mid-level staff, the book is for students and trainees who would like to understand different kinds of social innovations as well as their design and implementation. Providing details on the design and implementation of a variety of successful social innovations, the cases presented can serve as templates for future social innovations. The book can empower social entrepreneurs and innovators to develop and implement ideas for the betterment of society at large.
