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050 _aRA 566.27 .M55 1984
100 _aMiller, Dean F.
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245 0 _aDimensions of community health /
_cDean F. Miller
260 _aDubuque :
_bWm. C. Brown Publishers,
_cc1984
300 _axv, 395 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a1. Health: Community Involvement -- 2. Official health organization: federal government's role -- 3. Government actions: an influence on community health -- 4. State and local health: expanded importance in the 1980s -- 5. International health: need for cooperation in problem solving -- 6. The private sector: of increasing importance in community health -- 7. Socioeconomic considerations: focus on minorities -- 8. Economic dimensions: third-party payment -- 9. Health personnel and facilities: the resources of health care -- 10. Child and maternal health: a measure of a community's well-being -- 11. Diseases: Sickness, debilitation, and death caused by microorganisms -- 12. Schools: comprehensive programs for better health -- 13. Community nutrition: Developing healthy eating patterns -- 14. Community mental health: from a sad past to a dynamic future -- 15. Drugs: substances of abuse -- 16. Occupational safety and health: protection and prevention at the work site -- 17. The environment: more than a search for the cause of disease -- 18. Health education/health promotion: The forefront of health prevention and wellness -- 19. Senior citizens: needs, services, and hope for life's later years.
520 _aDimensions of community health has been written for the individual with little or no knowledge of community health. It will provide an overview of the field of community health, but will also focus on many important community health problems and issues facing humanity in the 1980s.
650 _aCOMMUNITY HEALTH
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