Full Description
Public Health in East and Southeast Asia presents an overview of the state of public health across this vast region and considers the challenges and prospects for its future advancement. It pays particular attention to how rapid economic progress has brought accelerated change, both demographic and epidemiological, to an area already marked by great heterogeneity in health status and public health systems. In comparative and thematically oriented chapters, leading scholars consider such issues as changes in values and lifestyles, infectious diseases, nutrition, tobacco, chronic diseases, accidents and injury, environmental health, occupational health, the effect of globalization, and health services.
Contents
1. Introduction
Roger Detels, Sheena G. Sullivan, and Chorh Chuan Tan
2. Changes in Social Values and Lifestyles
William Lavely
3. Emerging Infectious Diseases in East and Southeast Asia
Rajesh Bhatia, Jai P. Narain, and Samlee Plianbangchang
4. Nutrition
Pattanee Winichagoon and Kraisid Tontisirin
5. Tobacco
Sarah M. McGhee, Tai Hing Lam, and Anthony J. Hedley
6. Chronic Disease
Thomas Tsang, Ting Hung Leung, Lilian W. C. Wan,
Binh Y. Goldstein, Donald Maxwell Parkin, Zuo-Feng Zhang,
Ee Heok Kua, and Sunbaunat Ka
7. Accidents and Injuries
Wen-Ta Chiu, Lu Pai, and Shin-Han Tsai
8. Environmental Issues in East and Southeast Asia
Chien-Jen Chen and Ling-I Hsu
9. Occupational Health
Judy Sng and David Koh
10. Economic Globalization and Public Health in Asia
Elizabeth A. Jahncke, Saumik Paul, Ramkishen S. Rajan,
and Adeline Seow
11. Health Services
U Than Sein and Kumnuan Ungchusak
12. Opportunities and Challenges
Roger Detels, Sheena G. Sullivan, and Chorh Chuan Tan
Contributors
Index
