Gaps and Actions in Health Improvement from Hong Kong and Beyond
All for Health
This book provides a timely review on what has been accomplished, and what remains amiss, following the World Health Organization’s 1978 ‘Health for All’ campaign, by identifying enduring gaps in health care within a global context. The WHO declaration of "Health for All by the Year 2000" mapped out a road towards primary health care for all people and demarcated it as essential for human progress in terms of economic development and social justice. However, 45 years have gone by, and most societies and countries have yet achieved 'health for all’, despite so much having changed in technology, disease patterns, and population demographics. In promoting community health and improving service delivery, the book advocates the development and implementation of “All For Health” strategies to steer stakeholders in the right direction towards universal health care. The book covers the gaps and actions in health improvements, the ‘All For Health’ strategies, and the Health in All Policies (HiAP), reviewing and discussing issues through both Asian and international examples. Contributors include both academics and practitioners from diverse professional backgrounds including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, dietetics, social sciences, life sciences, education, business, administration, law, and public policy. Essential to scholars in public health and related disciplines, this book is also useful to policymakers, community and public health practitioners, and health care executives and interns.
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| Veröffentlichung: | 15.09.2024 |
| Höhe/Breite/Gewicht | H 23,5 cm / B 15,5 cm / - |
| Seiten | 524 |
| Art des Mediums | Buch |
| Preis DE | EUR 149.79 |
| Preis AT | EUR 153.99 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-9-819-94493-4 |
| ISBN-10 | 9819944937 |
Über den Autor
Ben Y. F. Fong had his medical training at the University of Sydney, where he had also completed a master’s in public health. He is a specialist in Community Medicine, holding Honorary Clinical Associate Professorship at the two local medical schools in Hong Kong, China. He is currently the Professor of Practice (Health Studies), and associate division head of the Division of Science, Engineering, and Health Studies, and the Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.
Vincent Law is a senior lecturer and associate division head of the Division of Social Sciences, Humanities and Design of the College of Professional and Continuing Education, and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Vincent received Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Master of Business Administration (MBA) (with distinction) from the City University of Hong Kong, and Bachelor of Science from The University of Hong Kong. Vincent teaches social sciences, applied sciences, and management subjects. He is an experienced researcher in social sciences and public policy. He also participated in some large-scale consultancy or research projects for the government and private organisations. He edited three books on primary care, ageing, and sustainability and authored a few journal articles and book chapters, as well as a Chinese book series which attempts to apply Chinese philosophy to the contemporary world.
Albert Lee, MD, FRCP, FCIArb, LLM with distinction (Arbitration and DR), is an emeritus professor of public health and primary care, and clinical professional consultant in Family Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an adjunct professor of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an honorary professor of the International Centre for Future Health System at the University of New South Wales, Australia and Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and senior research fellow of Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at the University of Hong Kong. He is a member of National Academy of Medicine (NAM) USA and served NAM Forum on Investing in Children Globally, honorary fellow of Faculty of Public Health, UK. He has served as a WHO advisor/consultant and contributed models of care for school health and healthy city, applicable internationally. He has published over 270 journal papers and edited 6 books on primary healthcare, healthcare law and ethics, healthy setting approach, and healthy school.
