Community-Oriented Health Services : Practices Across Disciplines.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Approach and Rationale -- Timeliness -- Intended Audience -- Basic Content and Structure -- Inclusiveness -- Acknowledgments -- Share Community-Oriented Health Services: Practices Across Disciplines -- Part I: Foundations of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Chapter 1: Community-Oriented Health Services: History, Framework, Nature, and Significance -- History of COHS -- Frameworks for Participatory COHS -- Who ICF Person's Environment as Community -- The Nature and Significance of COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Health Policy Analysis -- Definitions, Process, and History of Health Policy Analysis -- Health Policy Analysis Approaches and Techniques -- Contexts and Challenges of Health Policy Analysis -- Related Disciplines in the Context of COHS -- Research and Other Forms of Scholarship Critical to Health Policy Analysis for COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Economics of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories of the Economics of Community Health -- History of Research on and Practices in Community Health Economics -- Pertinent Economic Approaches to Community Health Services -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Impact the Economics of Community Health -- Related Disciplines Influencing the Economics of COHS -- Comparisons of the Economics of Community-Oriented Health Practices in Other Similar Jurisdictions -- Research Critical to the Economics of COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Ethics and Equity in Community Health -- Conceptual Definitions and Theories Concerning Ethics in Community Health -- History of Research and Practice Pertinent to Ethics in Community Health -- Ethical and Equity Issues in Community Health Services.

Professional, Legal, and Cultural Issues Affecting Ethics -- Related Disciplines Influencing the Ethics of Community Health Service -- Research Critical to Ethical Issues in Community Health -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Procedures in Community-Oriented Health Services -- Chapter 5: The Role of Community Health Workers in Implementing Community-Oriented Primary and Preventive Services Across the Life Span -- Definitions and Theories: The Rationale for Involving Lay Community in Health Care -- History and Traditions that Have Shaped Community Health Workers' Roles -- Pertinent Practices: Who are Community Health Workers and What Do They Do? -- Health System Issues and the Future of Lay Community Health Work -- Research Critical to the Role of Community Health Workers -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Definitions and Theories on Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Programs -- History of Research on Practices in the Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Programs -- Pertinent Approaches to Monitoring and Evaluation of Community Health Services -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Impact the Evaluation of Community Health Services -- Related Discipline Practices in the Monitoring and Evaluation of COHS -- Research Critical to the Monitoring and Evaluation of COHS -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Environmental Metrics for Community Health -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Pertinent Community-Oriented Approaches -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues -- Related Disciplines in the Context of Community-Oriented Health Services -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Quality-of-Community-Life Indicators.

Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Contemporary QCL Indicators -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues -- Related Disciplines -- Comparative Worth of Community Life Indicators -- Research Critical to Issues Discussed in the Chapter -- Summary and Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 9: Community-Oriented Health Services in Low-Resource Settings -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Pertinent Community-Oriented Approaches -- Cultural, Policy, and Professional Discipline Issues -- Research and Other Forms of Scholarship on Community Health in Low-resource Settings -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Evidence-Based Practice and Policies in Community-oriented Health Care -- Chapter 10: Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health -- Professional and Legal Definitions and Theories -- Social Inclusion: History and Influences -- Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health Approaches -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues on Social Inclusion -- Related Discipline Influencing Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health -- Comparisons Among Disability Social Inclusion Across Jurisdictions -- Research Critical to Disability Social Inclusion and Community Health -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Home-Based Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Rooted in a Community-Oriented Strategy in Low-Resource Settings -- Professional Considerations -- History of Research and Practice in VCT in Low-Resource Settings -- The Importance of Home-Based Approach in Public Health -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Impact the Specific Community-Oriented Health Approaches -- Related Disciplines Influencing Community-Oriented Health Aspects.

Comparisons with Community-Oriented Health Aspects or Practices in Other Similar Jurisdictions -- Research Needs Critical to Issues Discussed -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Community Health and Disaster Recovery -- Professional and/or Legal Definitions and Theories -- History of Research and Practice -- Current Community-Oriented Approaches -- Cultural, Policy, and Professional Discipline Issues: Summary Comments -- References -- Chapter 13: International Immigrant and Refugee Health Issues -- Professional and Legal Definitions and Theories of Immigration and Refugee Health Issues -- History of Research and Practices Regarding Immigrant and Refugee Health Issues -- Relevant Community-Oriented Approaches for Addressing Immigrant and Refugee Health Issues -- Cultural, Legislative, and Professional Issues that Have an Impact on Immigrant and Refugee Health -- Related Disciplines Influencing Immigrant and Refugee Health -- Comparisons with Community-Oriented Health Aspects or Practices in Other Similar Jurisdictions -- Research Critical to Issues Discussed in the Chapter -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: Community Health Interventions for People with Developmental Disabilities -- Definitions and Theories -- History of Practice in Community-Oriented Health Interventions for People with Developmental Disability -- Pertinent Community-Oriented Approaches with People with Developmental Disability -- Community and Independent-Living Interventions -- Future Directions for Research -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 15: International Trends in Community-Oriented Mental Health Services -- Definitions and Concepts -- History of Community Mental Health -- Pertinent Approaches to CMHSs -- Cultural, Legislative, and International Convention Issues that Impact CHSS -- Related Disciplines Influencing CMHSs.

International Comparisons -- Issues for Research and Other Forms of Scholarship -- Summary and Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 16: Epilogue: What Matters in Community-Oriented Health Service? -- Interdependency of Community and Individual Health -- Community Health Assets are from the Diversity in Populations and Knowledge Traditions -- The Community-Oriented Health Service is Founded on Earned Trust with Members -- The Community-Oriented Health Services are Multilayered in Structure -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Abbreviations -- Index.

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