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      Public Health Informatics: Designing for change - a developing country perspective

      Sundeep Sahay (Professor in Informatics, Professor in Informatics, Department of Informatics University of Oslo, Norway),T Sundararaman (Professor, School of Health Systems Studies, Professor, School of Health Systems Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India),Jorn Braa (Professor, Professor, Research Group for Information Systems, Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway)

      Challenges in the design, development, and implementation of health information systems, particularly in low and middle income countries, and examines approaches to addressing these.

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      Health, Prevention and Economics

      David R. Cohen (Senior Lecturer, Department of Management and Law, Senior Lecturer, Department of Management and Law, Polytechnic of Wales),John B. Henderson (Associate Research Fellow, Health Economics Research Unit, Associate Research Fellow, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen)

      In the quest for improvements in health and life expectancy, and reductions in the growth of health care costs, attention has focused on the cost-effectiveness of preventive over curative medicine…

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      Community Nutritional Assessment: With Special Reference to Less Technically Developed Countries

      Derrick B. Jelliffe (Professor of Paediatrics),E. F. Patrice Jelliffe (Lecturer and Researcher, School of Public Health, Lecturer and Researcher, School of Public Health, both of the University of California),Alfred Zerfas (formerly Director, Nutrition Assessment Unit, School of Public Health),Charlotte G. Neumann (Professor of Public Health and Pediatrics)

      This book covers both recent developments and long-established practices in the field of nutritional assessment. The authors draw on a wide range of scientific disciplines, suggesting practical methods for assessment…

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      Using evidence: How research can inform public services

      Sandra M. Nutley (University of St Andrews),Isabel Walter (ESRC Research Unit for Research Utilisation, University of St Andrews),Huw T.O. Davies (Department of Management, University of St Andrews)

      There is widespread commitment across public service agencies in the UK and elsewhere to ensuring that the best available evidence is used to improve public services. The challenge is not…

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      Making Wicked Problems Governable?: The Case of Managed Networks in Health Care

      Ewan Ferlie (Professor of Public Services Management, King's College London),Louise Fitzgerald (Visiting Professor (Organizational Change), Said Business School, University of Oxford.),Gerry McGivern (Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Warwick Business School),Sue Dopson (Rhodes Trust Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Said Business School, University of Oxford),Chris Bennett (Independent Research Psychologist)

      The book analyses the developments of inter-organizational networks in the UK National Health Service during the New Labour period, combining empirical case studies from various policy arenas (clinical genetics, cancer…

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      Disaster Evaluation Research: A field guide

      Edmund M. Ricci (Evaluation Institute for Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA),Ernesto A. Pretto, Jr. (Department of Anesthesiology, Leonard A Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA),Knut Ole Sundnes (Center for Risk Management and Societal Safety, University of Stavangar, Norway)

      A definitive guide to applying modern methods of evaluation science to assess the effectiveness of medical and public health responses to disasters. This practical manual provides a range of reliable…

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      Explaining Civil Society Development: A Social Origins Approach

      Lester M. Salamon (Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health),S. Wojciech Sokolowski (Senior Research Associate, Johns Hopkins University),Megan A. Haddock (International Research Projects Manager, Johns Hopkins University)

      Combining solid data and analytical clarity, this pioneering volume offers a critically needed lens for viewing the evolution of civil society and the nonprofit sector throughout the world.

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      Parent Training for Disruptive Behavior: The RUBI Autism Network, Clinician Manual

      Karen Bearss (Assistant Professor, Marcus Autism Center, Assistant Professor, Marcus Autism Center, Emory University School of Medicine),Cynthia R. Johnson (Associate Professor, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical & Health Psychology, University of Florida),Benjamin L. Handen (Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh),Eric Butter (Behavioral Treatment Specialist/Research Associate, Behavioral Treatment Specialist/Research Associate, Research Unit on Pediatric Psychopharmacology, The Ohio State University),Luc Lecavalier (Professor, Professor, Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University)

      To access the video vignettes, please visit oup.com/RUBIAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) begins in early childhood and is characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, restricted interests and repetitive behavior…

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      The Korean State and Social Policy: How South Korea Lifted Itself from Poverty and Dictatorship to Affluence and Democracy

      Stein Ringen (Professor, Professor, Social Science Division, University of Oxford),Huck-ju Kwon (Professor, Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University),Ilcheong Yi (Research Coordinator, Research Coordinator, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development),Taekyoon Kim (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study),Jooha Lee (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Dongguk University)

      This book is about many things: development and modernization, dictatorship and democracy, state capacity and governance, social protection and welfare states, and Korean history. But finally it is about lifting…

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      Transformations of the Welfare State: Small States, Big Lessons

      Herbert Obinger (Professor of Comparative Public and Social Policy, University of Bremen),Peter Starke (Research Fellow, University of Bremen),Julia Moser (Project Manager Human Resources Development , Rationalisierungs- und Innovationszentrum der Deutschen Wirtschaft e.V., RKW Kompetenzzentrum, Eschborn, Germany.),Claudia Bogedan (Head of Department for Labour Market Policy, University of Bremen),Edith Gindulis (Research Fellow, University of Bremen)

      Transformations of the Welfare State analyses several small, advanced OECD economies to assess whether the welfare state can compete under the conditions of an increasingly integrated world economy. Looking to…

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      Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach

      Michele Grodner (Professor<br>Department of Public Health<br>William Paterson University<br>Wayne, New Jersey),Sylvia Escott-Stump (Clinical Assistant Professor and Director<br>Dietetic Internship<br>East Carolina University<br>Greenville, North Carolina),Suzanne Dorner (Assistant Manager <br>Medical Intensive Care Unit<br>Tampa General Hospital<br>Tampa, Florida)

      Discusses and analyzes two USDA guidelines - Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 and the MyPyramid Food Guidance System.

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      Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach

      Michele Grodner (Professor<br>Department of Public Health<br>William Paterson University<br>Wayne, New Jersey),Sylvia Escott-Stump (Clinical Assistant Professor and Director<br>Dietetic Internship<br>East Carolina University<br>Greenville, North Carolina),Suzanne Dorner (Assistant Manager <br>Medical Intensive Care Unit<br>Tampa General Hospital<br>Tampa, Florida)

      Master the nurse’s role in therapeutic nutrition and in teaching dietary health! Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach, 8th Edition describes nutritional healing and wellness from the nurse’s…

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