Health Assets in a Global Context: Theory, Methods, Action

by Erio Ziglio, Maggie Davies, Antony Morgan

As global health inequities continue to widen, policymakers are redoubling their efforts to address them. Yet the effectiveness and quality of these programs vary considerably, sometimes resulting in the reverse of expected outcomes. While local political issues or cultural conflicts may play a part in these situations, an important new book points to a universal factor: the prevailing deficit model of assessing health needs, which puts disadvantaged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441959203
• ISBN13: 9781441959201
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"