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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 communities on the defensive while ignoring their potential strengths.§The asset model proposed in Health Assets in a Global Context International Health and Development offers a necessary complement to the problem-focused framework by assessing multiple levels of health-promoting aspects in populations, and promoting joint solutions between communities and outside agencies. The book provides not only rationales and methodologies (e.g., measuring resilience and similar elusive qualities) but also concrete examples of asset-based initiatives in use across the world on the individual and community levels.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Medicine Medicine: general issues Health systems & services

• Full title: Health Assets in a Global Context
• Author: Antony Morgan
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 362
• EAN: 9781441959201
• ISBN: 1441959203
• ID: 04226759
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 738 g
• Dimensions: 166 × 271 × 31 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. May 2010

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