1st Edition

Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development

Edited By Patricia A. Cholewka, Mitra M. Motlagh Copyright 2008

    Given ongoing worldwide calamities such as famine, natural disasters, and drug abuse, international attention has increasingly focused upon disease detection, prevention, containment, and treatment. Ill health hampers a country‘s social and economic development by triggering a vicious cycle of unsustainable resource use. Given the recent outbreaks of worldwide calamities such as famine and natural disasters, international attention has increasingly focused upon disease detection, prevention, and treatment. Serving an unmet need in the marketplace, this text highlights mounting evidence of the relationship between human capital and socioeconomic development and poses management strategies from international and interdisciplinary sources. Scholars and practitioners in the health and sustainable development fields address such issues as healthcare and education, funding for healthcare services, and the impact of legal and political policies.

    SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES
    The Morality of HIV/AIDS: A Comparison of Russian Orthodox Church and Secular NGO Approaches. Health, Gender, and Religion in a Russian Province in Transition. Collaborative Networks A Beneficial Perspective on Health Care in Developing Countries. Alcohol: Health Risk and Development Issue. Right to Health and Sustainable Health Development: Improving Psychosocial Strategies in HIV-Related Stress. The Community and Its Telemedicine Program: Mutual Sustainability Issues with a Focus on the United States and Russian Federation. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    Convergence in Western Healthcare Systems: Plus Ca Change. The Brain Drain of Health Capital: Iraq as a Case Study. Famine Elimination: A Tangible Step toward Sustainable Development. Health SWAps: For a Sustainable Development of Healthcare Systems in Low-Income Countries. Global Health Capital and Sustainable Socioeconomic Development. Implementation of a Hospital Information System in Lithuania: Implications for the Role of Nursing.
    Healthcare in the United States: A Matter of Right or Privilege? LEGAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
    Social and Economic Benefits of Ending the War on Drugs. Salud Para Todo: Cuba‘s Revolutionary Approach toward Fulfillment of the Right to Health. Looking for More Inclusive and Sustainable Health Policies: The Role of Participation. Healthcare for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa A Gordian Knot? Catastrophic Opportunity: Public Health Emergencies, Healthcare Infrastructure, and Human Rights.
    Which Policies Effectively Enable Smoking Cessation? The Role of Risk Perception in the European Union. Dealing with Healthcare Security: Catastrophic Health and Drug Expenditures in Nicaragua. Disparities in Health, Disparities in Law: The Global Potential of Individual Advocacy. Taking a Human Rights Approach to Healthcare Commercialization. Index.

    Biography

    Patricia A Cholewka, Mitra M. Motlagh