Wood, Chris

Community health / Chris Wood - Nairobi : AMREF, c2008 - xiv, 450 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Contents
Section I. The Principles and practices of community health
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Population and Health
Chapter 3. Individuals, Families, Communities and the Environment
Chapter 4. Patterns of Disease


Section II. Community Health Interventions
Chapter 5. Health Promotion
Chapter 6. Nutrition and Health
Chapter 7. Immunization
Chapter 8. Child Spacing
Chapter 9. Environmental Control
Chapter 10. Reproductive Health


Section III. Tackling Communicable Diseases
Chapter 11. Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases
Chapter 12. HIV/AIDS and Community Health
Chapter 13. Malaria
Chapter 14. Tuberculosis
Chapter 15. Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases

Section IV. Tackling Non-Communicable Diseases
Chapter 16. Non-communicable diseases an the Importance of Aging
Chapter 17. Some Common Non-Communicable Diseases
Chapter 18. Drug and Substance Abuse


Section V. The Organization of Community Health services
Chapter 19. Organization of Health Services

Chapter 20. Health Needs of Special Groups
Chapter 21. Managing Community Health Services
Chapter 22. Community Health Information Systems
Chapter 23. Community Capacity Building

Section VI. The Way Forward
Chapter 24. Community Health in the 21st Century

Includes Index ; p. 445 - 450


Non-communicable Diseases

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