Empowerment of Women for Promoting Health and Quality of Life

Zusatztext The central theme of this book is how to strategically empower women to promote global public health (GPH) in rapidly growing, globalized communities. Like the #MeToo movement, Kar's book places women's empowerment on center stage- this time focusing on the healthcare arena. Kar (UCLA Fielding School of Public Health) chronicles how ordinary women can empower themselves and organize movements to combat destructive forces. This book successfully delineates the mechanics of women's empowerment and defines meanings of empowerment on a global scale. This text will appeal to those active in fields related women's health and quality of life, and is a relevant read for men as well; a needed volume which reflects today's cultural climate. Recommended. All academic levels. Informationen zum Autor Snehendu B. Kar, MSc, MPH, DrPH, is a Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair, Associate Dean, and Chair Emeritus of the Fielding School of Public Health; the Founding Director of MPH for Health Professionals Program in Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health; and Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Asian American Studies at UCLA. Klappentext Empowerment of Women for Promoting Health and Quality of Life reviews the theoretical and empirical foundations of Global Public Health and based on the finding presents an EMPOWER model for women's empowerment, and implications for policy, action and research. Zusammenfassung Empowerment of Women for Promoting Health and Quality of Life reviews the theoretical and empirical foundations of Global Public Health and based on the finding presents an EMPOWER model for women's empowerment, and implications for policy, action and research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Empowerment of Women for Global Health Promotion: Justifications Chapter 2: Evolution of Global Public Health: From Germs to Gender Empowerment Chapter 3: Social Determinants of Health Chapter 4: Dynamics of Multicultural Communities Chapter 5: Key Issues in Empowerment Theories: the EMPOWER model Chapter 6: A Meta-Analysis of Women's Self-Organized Empowerment Movements Chapter 7: Human Rights Case Studies Chapter 8. Equal Rights Case Studies Chapter 9: Economic Development Case Studies Chapter 10: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Case Studies Chapter 11: Summing Up: Progress, applications, and Implications ...

Auteur
Snehendu B. Kar, MSc, MPH, DrPH, is a Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair, Associate Dean, and Chair Emeritus of the Fielding School of Public Health; the Founding Director of MPH for Health Professionals Program in Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health; and Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Asian American Studies at UCLA.

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Empowerment of Women for Promoting Health and Quality of Life reviews the theoretical and empirical foundations of Global Public Health and based on the finding presents an EMPOWER model for women's empowerment, and implications for policy, action and research.

Contenu

• Chapter 1: Empowerment of Women for Global Health Promotion: Justifications

• Chapter 2: Evolution of Global Public Health: From Germs to Gender Empowerment

• Chapter 3: Social Determinants of Health

• Chapter 4: Dynamics of Multicultural Communities

• Chapter 5: Key Issues in Empowerment Theories: the EMPOWER model

• Chapter 6: A Meta-Analysis of Women's Self-Organized Empowerment Movements

• Chapter 7: Human Rights Case Studies

• Chapter 8. Equal Rights Case Studies

• Chapter 9: Economic Development Case Studies

• Chapter 10: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) Case Studies

• Chapter 11: Summing Up: Progress, applications, and Implications