Healthcare management strategy, communication, and development challenges and solutions in developing countries
Lanham:
Lexington Books
(2014), xvi, 240 pp., index
ISBN 978-0-739185667
"This publication analyzes the ways in which health services, public health administration, and healthcare policies are managed in developing countries and how intercultural, intergroup, and mass communication practices are weakening those efforts. If developing countries are to reach their development goals, their leaders must have a firm understanding of the impact of infectious diseases on their people and take prompt action to fix socioeconomic issues arising from the problems associated with poor health practices. Drawing on experiences from international health organizations such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), commissioned in poor countries to assist national governments in improving the wellbeing of their citizens, this volume analyzes maternal and child mortality and the spread of infectious diseases, and offers communication strategies for the management of malaria, HIV Aids, Polio, tuberculosis, and others in Somalia, Madagascar, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and India." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction: Another view of communication and healthcare management in developing countries / Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi, vii
I. THEORY AND DESIGN
1 The role of communication in supporting health programs: a researcher's perspective and ethical considerations / Andy O. Alali, 3
2 Social structural contexts in health and healthcare: reappraisal of the roles of development and health communication / Srinivas R. Melkote, 19
3 Understanding the factors associated with ill-health and the role of public health in Africa / Mario J. Azevedo, 39
II. HEALTH AND COMMUNICATION POLICY
4 Nutrition education and communication: a critical examination of research and practice in India / SubbaRao M. Gavaravrapu, 71
5 Communicating HIV and AIDS prevention in India: identifying appropriate health management policies for sustainable development / Ravinda Kumar Vemula, 89
6 Communication for organizational adjustment: how to position development institutions for enhanced health communication / Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi, 101
III. EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELD: RESOURCES AND PRACTICE
7 Persuasion challenges in local communities: polio immunization's failure in northern Nigeria / Cosmos Ikechukwu Eze, 125
8 Changing food and nutrition priorities in the public health agenda of India: an historical perspective / SubbaRao M. Gavaravrapu, 147
IV. IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS: CASE STUIDES AND PRACTITIONERS' EXPERIENCES
9 Bridging gaps in the reproductive health agendas of ministries of health and international financial sponsors: UNFPA's response in Madagascar and Somalia / Achu Lordfred, 165
10 Controversies in public health: a case for prioritizing integrated communication in public health interventions in Africa / Adebayo Fayoyin, 187
V. HEALTH EDUCATION: CULTURAL FACTORS AND FUNDING
11 HIV/AIDS in Africa: contradictions, controversies, and containment now / Charles C. Okigbo, Nan Yu, and Angella Napakol, 211
I. THEORY AND DESIGN
1 The role of communication in supporting health programs: a researcher's perspective and ethical considerations / Andy O. Alali, 3
2 Social structural contexts in health and healthcare: reappraisal of the roles of development and health communication / Srinivas R. Melkote, 19
3 Understanding the factors associated with ill-health and the role of public health in Africa / Mario J. Azevedo, 39
II. HEALTH AND COMMUNICATION POLICY
4 Nutrition education and communication: a critical examination of research and practice in India / SubbaRao M. Gavaravrapu, 71
5 Communicating HIV and AIDS prevention in India: identifying appropriate health management policies for sustainable development / Ravinda Kumar Vemula, 89
6 Communication for organizational adjustment: how to position development institutions for enhanced health communication / Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi, 101
III. EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELD: RESOURCES AND PRACTICE
7 Persuasion challenges in local communities: polio immunization's failure in northern Nigeria / Cosmos Ikechukwu Eze, 125
8 Changing food and nutrition priorities in the public health agenda of India: an historical perspective / SubbaRao M. Gavaravrapu, 147
IV. IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTHCARE PROGRAMS: CASE STUIDES AND PRACTITIONERS' EXPERIENCES
9 Bridging gaps in the reproductive health agendas of ministries of health and international financial sponsors: UNFPA's response in Madagascar and Somalia / Achu Lordfred, 165
10 Controversies in public health: a case for prioritizing integrated communication in public health interventions in Africa / Adebayo Fayoyin, 187
V. HEALTH EDUCATION: CULTURAL FACTORS AND FUNDING
11 HIV/AIDS in Africa: contradictions, controversies, and containment now / Charles C. Okigbo, Nan Yu, and Angella Napakol, 211
