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This book describes various applications of the Dreyfus Health Foundation's Problem-Solving for Better Health Program, and related programs, featuring problem solving models used in communities, hospitals, and academic settings, including institutional policy changes to accommodate such programs officially. For each of the 15 countries the Dreyfus Health Foundation is active in, there is a separate chapter that will illustrate successful interventions per country. Personal experiences from international nursing consultants attached to the Dreyfus program are cited throughout chapters to illustrate the realities faced on the ground as well as to gain perspective on program development since inception. The Dreyfus Health Foundation problem solving model is now integrated into various baccalaureate nursing curricula internationally and in 75 medical colleges in India. The tools available in this curricula provide a practical approach to health problem solving at a local level. These tools have been proven to benefit not only baccalaureate nursing students, but also students from other health disciplines (dental, international health, and public health policy) both at undergraduate and graduate levels.
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Problem Solving for Better Healthcovers human potential and possibilities for change in a global environment where health issues have now reached crisis proportions. Through the Dreyfus Health Foundation's Problem Solving for Better Health? and related programs, this book presents innovative methodologies that promote grass-roots solutions to pressing health issues. A progress report and call to further action, the book speaks to such issues in 27 countries, including the United States.
With contributions from Dreyfus Health Foundation international program leaders and esteemed health care practitioners and educators, Problem Solving for Better Health presents practical interventions through community and institutional initiatives to improve health and quality of life. The tools presented are currently integrated into nursing and medical curricula internationally, including 75 medical institutions in India and 20 in China. This book is an essential resource for doctors, nurses, public health care providers, and individuals working at the community, institutional, and policy levels.
Co-publication with the Dreyfus Health Foundation, this book:
- Offers new approaches to health challenges at the local level for teachers and students in nursing, public health, medicine, and health policy programs
- Provides useful problem-solving tools now in use in various settings internationally
- Gives examples of interventions that have influenced policy in and across institutions and at the national level
- Incorporates perspectives from international health leaders
Barry Smith worked for 28 years with the Department of Conservation and Extension (CONEX) in Zimbabwe. He was sent to the United States for five months under the FAO of the United Nations to study agricultural techniques and extension methods. In 1984, he was appointed as assistant director of Natural Resources at Cedara, where he was involved in the task of identifying and mapping natural resources into a user-friendly computerised programme. In his retirement, he is an agricultural consultant, an external examiner for the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a moderator at Cedara.
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- PublisherSpringer Publishing Company
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0826104681
- ISBN 13 9780826104687
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages330
- EditorSmith Barry, Fitzpatrick Joyce J., Hoyt Pamela
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