Technology and Global Public Health

✍ Scribed by Padmini Murthy, Amy Ansehl

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores the pivotal role played by technology over the past decade in advancing global public health and health care. At present, the global community faces unprecedented healthcare challenges fueled by an aging population, rising rates of chronic disease, and persistent health disparities. New technologies and advancements have the potential to extend the reach of health professionals while improving quality and efficiency of service delivery and reducing costs within the public and the private health systems.
The chapters highlight the barriers faced by the global healthcare workforce in using technology to promote health and human rights of communities:

• Role of Digital Health, mHealth, and Low-Cost Technologies in Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Emerging Economies
• Telehealth and Homecare Agencies
• Technology and the Practice of Health Education in Conflict Zones
• The Worldwide Digital Divide and Access to Healthcare Technology
• Technology for Creating Better Professional Teams to Strengthen Healthcare Systems
• Global Public Health Disaster Management and Technology

As a resource on the evolution of technology as a valuable and integral component in the promotion and practice of public health and health care, with a focus on SDG 3 targets, Technology and Global Public Health should engage students, instructors, practitioners, and other professionals interested in public health, universal health care, health technology, digital health, and health equity.

Dr. Murthy has been a respected leader and mentor on scientific health-related matters within the UN system for many years. Her book develops a theoretical system connecting concepts that have coined global public health with the rapid development of technology, all with the focus to achieve Sustainable Development Goal number three, within the time frame set by World Leaders.

- Henry L. Mac-Donald, Former Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxvii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Space and Global Health (Camille Wardrop Alleyne)....Pages 3-6
Universal Health Coverage in Japan: Leveraging Technologies to Ensure Equitable, Affordable, and Quality Health Care for All (Satoshi Ezoe)....Pages 7-11
Georgia’s Success Towards Universal Health Coverage (Mariam Jashi, Tamar Tchelidze)....Pages 13-19
Women, Girls, and STEM (Roya Mahboob)....Pages 21-22
Role of New Media in Advancing Gender Harmony (Gender Equality) (Wale Idris Ajibade)....Pages 23-27
Front Matter ....Pages 29-29
Chapter 1: Role of Digital Health, mHealth, and Low-Cost Technologies in Advancing Universal Health Coverage in Emerging Economies (Padmini Murthy, Mahtab Naji)....Pages 31-46
Chapter 2: Social Media and the Practice of Public Health (Amy Ansehl, Jessica Ansehl)....Pages 47-56
Chapter 3: The Role of Technology in Women’s Empowerment and Well-Being and Addressing Gender-Based Violence (Padmini Murthy, Jonathan Ogulnick)....Pages 57-68
Chapter 4: Telehealth and Homecare Agencies (Amy Ansehl, Timothy Leddy)....Pages 69-81
Chapter 5: Health Transformation in Saudi Arabia via Connected Health Technologies (Hebah ElGibreen)....Pages 83-99
Chapter 6: Simple Technology for Menstrual Hygiene Management: A Case Study from Northern Ethiopia (Shewaye Belay, Freweini Mebrahtu, Anne Sebert Kuhlmann, Amanuel Haile, L. Lewis Wall)....Pages 101-109
Chapter 7: Technology and the Practice of Health Education in Conflict Zones (Kamiar Alaei, Arash Alaei)....Pages 111-126
Chapter 8: Law, Technology, and Public Health (Denise Scotto)....Pages 127-142
Chapter 9: mHealth for Better Quality of Life, Healthier Lifestyles, and More Meaningful Lives (Aishwarya Narasimhadevara, Renuka Rambhatla)....Pages 143-159
Chapter 10: Digital Health Transforming Health Care in Rural and Remote Australia (Christine C. Bennett, Uma Srinivasan)....Pages 161-178
Chapter 11: Telehealth and Traumatic Brain Injury (Shana De Caro)....Pages 179-193
Chapter 12: Leveraging Technology for Attaining Sustainable Development Goal 3: The Road Ahead (Gopal Sankaran)....Pages 195-202
Front Matter ....Pages 203-203
Chapter 13: Technology vs. Mercury: The Metal That Scars Civilization (Diane E. Heck, Laurie B. Joseph, Padmini Murthy, Amy Ansehl, Yi-Hua Jan, Gabriella Composto Wahler et al.)....Pages 205-218
Chapter 14: Trafficking, Technology, and Public Health: The Malignant Malady of Modern Slavery (Melissa Jane Kronfeld)....Pages 219-239
Chapter 15: The Worldwide Digital Divide and Access to Healthcare Technology (Irene M. Wohlman)....Pages 241-256
Chapter 16: Technology for Creating Better Professional Teams to Strengthen Healthcare Systems (Elvira Beracochea, Aaron Pied)....Pages 257-274
Chapter 17: Global Public Health Disaster Management and Technology (Erica L. Nelson, Nirma D. Bustamante, Sean M. Kivlehan)....Pages 275-289
Chapter 18: Employing Data Science Technologies Towards Shaping a Sustainably Healthy Future: The Efforts in Contemporary Taiwan (Chih-Wei Chen)....Pages 291-301
Chapter 19: Telemedicine in India and Its Impact on Public Health (Radha Ramana Murthy Gokula)....Pages 303-316
Chapter 20: The Role of Technology in Sustainable Development Goal Performance in Taiwan (Joyce Tsung-Hsi Wang)....Pages 317-329
Chapter 21: Reducing the Burden of Oral Diseases Through Technology (David C. Alexander, Ramon Baez, Prathip Phantumvanit)....Pages 331-352
Chapter 22: Future and Impact of Rehabilitation Robotics on Post-stroke Care and Recovery (Anindo Roy, Prasad Mavuduri)....Pages 353-372
Correction to: Health Transformation in Saudi Arabia via Connected Health Technologies (Hebah ElGibreen)....Pages C1-C1
Back Matter ....Pages 373-388

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Public Health; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Biomedical Engineering; Computer Applications; Health Informatics