The ADAP Manual
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 25,13 MB
Release : 2002
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN :
The ADAP manual
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN :
Book Description
Lessons Learned in Analytics from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author : Eric S. Hall
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2024-09-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 2832554717
Book Description
At the beginning of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the US in multiple waves, health systems had to rapidly develop systems for tracking various aspects related to managing the pandemic. This included not just overall trends in incidence, hospitalizations, and outcomes; but also metrics related to the response. COVID-19 was the first pandemic in the United States since the widespread adoption of electronic health records incentivized by the Meaningful Use program. As a result, the availability of health information was much broader than in any previous pandemic. The widespread impact of COVID-19 also meant that every healthcare institution was affected, and was tracking data related to the pandemic in some form. There has been more focused activity with data and analytics regarding COVID-19 than we have ever had with any other disease, including important advances as well as technical and regulatory obstacles.
HIV Screening and Access to Care
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309212928
Book Description
Increased HIV screening may help identify more people with the disease, but there may not be enough resources to provide them with the care they need. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care concludes that more practitioners must be trained in HIV/AIDS care and treatment and their hospitals, clinics, and health departments must receive sufficient funding to meet a growing demand for care.
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990
Author : United States
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 22,65 MB
Release : 1990
Category : AIDS (Disease)
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Book Description
Handbook of HIV and Social Work
Author : Cynthia Cannon Poindexter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2010-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1118012100
Book Description
Praise for Handbook of HIV and Social Work "Cynthia Cannon Poindexter has given us a remarkable edited volume that contains much information on HIV that every professional social worker needs to know in order to practice competently in today's complex world."—From the Foreword by Vincent J. Lynch, MSW, PhD, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work "This comprehensive handbook assembles a group of social work scholars and practitioners to participate in, guide, and address many of the unresolved challenges characterizing the HIV debates. This handbook is a valuable and timely addition to the literature."—King Davis, MSW, PhD, The Robert Lee Sutherland Chair in Mental Health and Social Policy, The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work "This handbook is an outstanding resource for the social work professional working to ensure equal access to care, treatment, and resources for all persons living with and/or affected by HIV."—Evelyn P. Tomaszewski, MSW, Project Director, NASW HIV/AIDS Spectrum: Mental Health Training and Education of Social Workers Project "This book is an excellent, up-to-date guide on HIV. It is an indispensable resource for all those who work with HIV and all its complications."—Leon Ginsberg, MSW, PhD, Dean Emeritus, University of South Carolina School of Social Work and Editor, Administration in Social Work The most current knowledge on the HIV pandemic in a thorough, diverse, and accessible volume This invaluable book draws on a distinguished roster of HIV advocates, educators, case managers, counselors, and administrators, assembling the most current knowledge into this volume. Handbook of HIV and Social Work reflects the latest research and its impact on policy and practice realities, with topics including: History, Illness, Transmission, and Treatment Social Work Roles, Tasks, and Challenges in Health Care Settings HIV-related Community Organizing and Grassroots Advocacy The Impact of HIV on Children and Adolescents HIV-affected Caregivers
A National Strategy for the Elimination of Hepatitis B and C
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 2017-07-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309457297
Book Description
Hepatitis B and C cause most cases of hepatitis in the United States and the world. The two diseases account for about a million deaths a year and 78 percent of world's hepatocellular carcinoma and more than half of all fatal cirrhosis. In 2013 viral hepatitis, of which hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the most common types, surpassed HIV and AIDS to become the seventh leading cause of death worldwide. The world now has the tools to prevent hepatitis B and cure hepatitis C. Perfect vaccination could eradicate HBV, but it would take two generations at least. In the meantime, there is no cure for the millions of people already infected. Conversely, there is no vaccine for HCV, but new direct-acting antivirals can cure 95 percent of chronic infections, though these drugs are unlikely to reach all chronically-infected people anytime soon. This report, the second of two, builds off the conclusions of the first report and outlines a strategy for hepatitis reduction over time and specific actions to achieve them.
Shock Waves
Author : Stephane Hallegatte
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464806748
Book Description
Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.
Communicable Disease Control in Emergencies
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241546164
Book Description
This field manual is intended to help health professionals and public health coordinators working in emergency situations prevent, detect and control the major communicable diseases encountered by affected populations. The manual is the result of collaboration among a number of WHO departments and several external partner agencies in reviewing existing guidelines on communicable disease control and adapting them to emergency situations. The manual deals with the fundamental principles of communicable disease control in emergencies, which are: Rapid assessment to identify the communicable disease threats faced by the emergency-affected population, including those with epidemic potential, and define the health status of the population by conducting a rapid assessment; Prevention to prevent communicable disease by maintaining a healthy physical environment and good general living conditions; Surveillance to set up or strengthen disease surveillance system with an early warning mechanism to ensure the early reporting of cases to monitor disease trends, and to facilitate prompt detection and response to outbreaks; outbreak control to ensure outbreaks are rapidly detected and controlled through adequate preparedness (i.e. stockpiles, standard treatment protocols and staff training) and rapid response (i.e.confirmation, investigation and implementation of control measures); and disease management to diagnose and treat cases promptly with trained staff using effective treatment and standard protocols at all health facilities.
Primary Care of the Child with a Chronic Condition
Author : Patricia Jackson Allen
Publisher :
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 23,46 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
Book Description
PRIMARY CARE OF THE CHILD WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION provides pediatric health care professionals with the knowledge necessary to give comprehensive primary care to children with special needs and their families. Part I addresses the major issues common to care of all children with chronic conditions: the role of the primary care provider, the impact of a chronic condition on the childs development; the impact on the family; school issues; ethical and cultural concerns; and the financial resources needed to support the care of a child with a chronic condition. Part II identifies specific chronic conditions and the alterations in standard primary care practices needed to promote optimum health. expert contributors to provide the most accurate and current information available. Includes boxes on Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Criteria, Differential Diagnosis, and Treatment to highlight these important features and make it easy for the reader to access this information in the Chronic Conditions chapters. Provides comprehensive summary boxes at the end of the chronic condition chapter. Presents all conditions in a consistent format, using the following organizion: Etiology Incidence Clinical Manifestations Treatment Associated Problems Prognosis Primary Care Management: Health Care Maintenance and Common Illness Management Developmental Issues Family Concerns and Resources Provides the latest treatment information available with thoroughly revised andupdated content. Includes thorough revisions to Chapter 7, Financing Health Care for Children With Chronic Conditions, to reflect the many changes in the health care industry, including managed care. Features a new chapter on Transition into Adulthood, Chapter 8, to address this important phase of adolescent development. The chapter addresses the difficulties encountered by children with chronic conditions and coverstransition in health care, transition to independent living, transition to secondary education or vocation, laws regarding transition planning, and the role of primary care providers. Includes a new chapter on Autism, Chapter 10, to focus on the large number of children being diagnosed with autism, and includes information on mainstreaming children with autism, and how this practise is increasing. Provides pertinent web site addresses in the resource lists at the end of each chapter for additional sources of information.
