| Introduction to Syndemics: A Critical Systems Approach to Public and Community Health Contributor(s): Singer, Merrill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470472030 ISBN-13: 9780470472033 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $88.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: There is a need for a text that explains syndemics--the systems approach methodology for understanding and addressing complex public health problems. The book explains the use of systems approaches for brining together the largest possible picture for understanding health issues afflicting those most vulnerable in our society. The author explains new ways for understanding the health of the poor by looking at the whole and to considering the interconnections among the parts. This text provides an ideal text for courses in epidemiology, medical anthropology, community health nursing, and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Public Health - Medical | Health Care Delivery |
| Dewey: 362.1 |
| LCCN: 2009008869 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.9" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explains the growing field of syndemic theory and research, a framework for the analysis and prevention of disease interactions that addresses underlying social and environmental causes. This perspective complements single-issue prevention strategies, which can be effective for discrete problems, but often are mismatched to the goal of protecting the public's health in its widest sense. "Merrill Singer has astutely described why health problems should not be seen in isolation, but rather in the context of other diseases and the social and economic inequities that fuel them. An important read for public health and social scientists." "Not only does this book provide a persuasive theoretical biosocial model of syndemics, but it also illustrates the model with a wide variety of fascinating historical and contemporary examples." "The concept of syndemics is Singer's most important contribution to critical medical anthropology as it interfaces with an ecosocial approach to epidemiology." "Merrill Singer offers the public the most comprehensive work ever written on this key area of research and policy making." "Exquisitely describes how this new approach is a critical tool that brings together veterinary, medical, and social sciences to solve emerging infectious and non-infectious diseases of today's world." "For too long the great integrative perspectives on modern biomedicine and public health disease ecology and social medicine-have remained more or less separate. In this innovative and provocative book, Merrill Singer develops a valuable synthesis that will reshape the way we think about health and disease." |