Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/002625182/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 36 of
36
with 100 items per page.
- catalog contributor b3805487.
- catalog coverage "Developing countries.".
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description "A-1 Country-specific estimates of child and adult mortality risk -- A-2 Classification of causes of death in various ICD revisions -- A-3 Cause-specific 45Q15 for women and men in countries with complete recent vital registration data classified according to cause of death -- A-4 Sample distributions of the 1982 Census and the 1988 Disease Surveillance Points in China by type of area.".
- catalog description "Cross-Sectional Surveys of Self-Perceived Impairment -- Egypt, Bahrain, and Sri Lanka -- Prospective Studies of Self-Perceived Symptoms -- 4. The Consequences of Adult Ill-Health / Mead Over, Randall P. Ellis, Joyce H. Huber and Orville Solon -- Effects on the Health and Composition of the Household -- Health of the Household -- Composition of the Household -- Medical Costs of Treating Adult Illness -- Costs of Adult Hospital Care -- Cost of Primary Care for Adults -- Effects on Production, Consumption, Investment, and Income -- Effects of Adult Ill-Health on Individual Productivity and Income-Generating Potential -- Reallocation of Labor Force -- Change in Investment/Consumption Patterns -- Income Distribution -- Costs of Avoiding or Ameliorating the Effects of Adult Ill-Health: Informal and Formal Insurance Mechanisms -- Informal Insurance Mechanisms -- Investment and Savings -- Formal Health Insurance -- 5.".
- catalog description "Current and Future Determinants of Adult Ill-Health / Tord Kjellstrom, Jeffrey P. Koplan and Richard B. Rothenberg -- Introductory Issues -- Identifying the Determinants: The Basis of Prevention -- The Underlying Socioeconomic Factors: Poverty and Adult Ill-Health -- The Impact of Case Management -- Assessing the Importance of Different Determinants -- Major Determinants at Early Stages of Development -- The Precarious Coexistence with Infectious Disease -- Unfinished Business: Providing the Basic Necessities for a Healthy Life -- Hunger: A Persistent Threat -- Giving Birth: A Frequent and High-Risk Activity -- Being an Unhealthy Child -- Other Traditional Health Hazards of Adults -- Major Determinants Emerging with Economic Development -- Developing Unhealthy Habits -- AIDS: An Infectious Disease of New Dimensions -- The Motorized Epidemic -- Destroying the Environment -- Safety Shortcuts and Dangerous Jobs --".
- catalog description "Foreword / Hiroshi Nakajima -- 1. Introducing Adult Health / Richard G.A. Feachem, Margaret A. Phillips and Rodolfo A. Bulatao -- The Objective -- The Scope -- The Age Focus -- The Disease and Mortality Focus -- The Need -- The Adult Health Policy Vacuum -- The Importance of Adult Health -- The Changing Picture of Adult Health -- The Health Transition -- The Book -- 2. Adult Mortality: Levels, Patterns, and Causes / Christopher J.L. Murray, Gonghuan Yang and Xinjian Qiao -- Measuring Adult Mortality -- Overview of Adult Mortality in the Developing World -- The Age Pattern of Mortality -- Avoidable Mortality -- Years of Potential Life Lost -- 45Q15 and Other Probabilities of Death -- Empirical Patterns of Overall Adult Mortality -- Historical Changes in Overall Adult Mortality -- Current Overall Levels of Adult Mortality -- Relationships between Probabilities of Death for Various Ages and Sexes -- Child and Adult Mortality --".
- catalog description "Gender Differentials in Adult Mortality -- Mortality in Younger and Older Adults -- Reference Tables -- Causes of Adult Death -- Review of Previous Studies -- Framework Used in this Analysis -- Analysis of Empirical Data on Causes of Adult Death -- The Relationship between Cause-Specific Adult Mortality and Total Adult Mortality -- Other Sources of Cause-of-Death Data for Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Causes of Death in China -- 3. Adult Morbidity: Limited Data and Methodological Uncertainty / Christopher J.L. Murray, Richard G.A. Feachem, Margaret A. Phillips and Carla Willis -- Measures of Morbidity -- Observed Measures of Morbidity -- Self-Perceived Measures of Morbidity -- Interpretation of Differences in Self-Perceived Morbidity -- Selected Surveys of Observed Morbidity -- Comparative Studies of Self-Perceived and Observed Morbidity -- Selected Surveys of Self-Perceived Morbidity -- Cross-Sectional Surveys of Self-Perceived Symptoms --".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Reducing the Impact of Determinants -- Modes of Intervention -- Examples of Successful Interventions -- 6. The Emerging Agenda for Adult Health / Margaret A. Phillips, Richard G.A. Feachem and Jeffrey P. Koplan -- The Findings -- An Agenda for Improving the Information Available for Decisionmaking -- Levels and Causes of Adult Ill-Health -- Consequences of Adult Ill-Health -- Determinants of Adult Ill-Health -- An Agenda for Action -- Principles and Provisos -- Withdraw Resources from Inefficient and Inequitable Government Health Services for Adults -- Stop Smoking -- Make Road Travel Safer -- Vaccinate against Hepatitis B -- Make Motherhood Safe -- Promote Safe Sex and Treat STDs -- Improve Case Management for Tuberculosis -- Screen for Cervical Cancer -- Relieve Cancer Pain -- Treat Diabetes -- Other Important Agenda Items -- An Agenda for Intervention-Related Research -- An Agenda for Policy.".
- catalog extent "xv, 350 p. :".
- catalog identifier "019520879X".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Published for the World Bank by Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "613/.0434/091724 20".
- catalog subject "Developing Countries.".
- catalog subject "Health Status.".
- catalog subject "Public Health statistics.".
- catalog subject "Public Health.".
- catalog subject "Public health Developing countries.".
- catalog subject "RA441.5 .H454 1992".
- catalog subject "WA 395 H4343 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "A-1 Country-specific estimates of child and adult mortality risk -- A-2 Classification of causes of death in various ICD revisions -- A-3 Cause-specific 45Q15 for women and men in countries with complete recent vital registration data classified according to cause of death -- A-4 Sample distributions of the 1982 Census and the 1988 Disease Surveillance Points in China by type of area.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Cross-Sectional Surveys of Self-Perceived Impairment -- Egypt, Bahrain, and Sri Lanka -- Prospective Studies of Self-Perceived Symptoms -- 4. The Consequences of Adult Ill-Health / Mead Over, Randall P. Ellis, Joyce H. Huber and Orville Solon -- Effects on the Health and Composition of the Household -- Health of the Household -- Composition of the Household -- Medical Costs of Treating Adult Illness -- Costs of Adult Hospital Care -- Cost of Primary Care for Adults -- Effects on Production, Consumption, Investment, and Income -- Effects of Adult Ill-Health on Individual Productivity and Income-Generating Potential -- Reallocation of Labor Force -- Change in Investment/Consumption Patterns -- Income Distribution -- Costs of Avoiding or Ameliorating the Effects of Adult Ill-Health: Informal and Formal Insurance Mechanisms -- Informal Insurance Mechanisms -- Investment and Savings -- Formal Health Insurance -- 5.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Current and Future Determinants of Adult Ill-Health / Tord Kjellstrom, Jeffrey P. Koplan and Richard B. Rothenberg -- Introductory Issues -- Identifying the Determinants: The Basis of Prevention -- The Underlying Socioeconomic Factors: Poverty and Adult Ill-Health -- The Impact of Case Management -- Assessing the Importance of Different Determinants -- Major Determinants at Early Stages of Development -- The Precarious Coexistence with Infectious Disease -- Unfinished Business: Providing the Basic Necessities for a Healthy Life -- Hunger: A Persistent Threat -- Giving Birth: A Frequent and High-Risk Activity -- Being an Unhealthy Child -- Other Traditional Health Hazards of Adults -- Major Determinants Emerging with Economic Development -- Developing Unhealthy Habits -- AIDS: An Infectious Disease of New Dimensions -- The Motorized Epidemic -- Destroying the Environment -- Safety Shortcuts and Dangerous Jobs --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Hiroshi Nakajima -- 1. Introducing Adult Health / Richard G.A. Feachem, Margaret A. Phillips and Rodolfo A. Bulatao -- The Objective -- The Scope -- The Age Focus -- The Disease and Mortality Focus -- The Need -- The Adult Health Policy Vacuum -- The Importance of Adult Health -- The Changing Picture of Adult Health -- The Health Transition -- The Book -- 2. Adult Mortality: Levels, Patterns, and Causes / Christopher J.L. Murray, Gonghuan Yang and Xinjian Qiao -- Measuring Adult Mortality -- Overview of Adult Mortality in the Developing World -- The Age Pattern of Mortality -- Avoidable Mortality -- Years of Potential Life Lost -- 45Q15 and Other Probabilities of Death -- Empirical Patterns of Overall Adult Mortality -- Historical Changes in Overall Adult Mortality -- Current Overall Levels of Adult Mortality -- Relationships between Probabilities of Death for Various Ages and Sexes -- Child and Adult Mortality --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Gender Differentials in Adult Mortality -- Mortality in Younger and Older Adults -- Reference Tables -- Causes of Adult Death -- Review of Previous Studies -- Framework Used in this Analysis -- Analysis of Empirical Data on Causes of Adult Death -- The Relationship between Cause-Specific Adult Mortality and Total Adult Mortality -- Other Sources of Cause-of-Death Data for Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa -- Causes of Death in China -- 3. Adult Morbidity: Limited Data and Methodological Uncertainty / Christopher J.L. Murray, Richard G.A. Feachem, Margaret A. Phillips and Carla Willis -- Measures of Morbidity -- Observed Measures of Morbidity -- Self-Perceived Measures of Morbidity -- Interpretation of Differences in Self-Perceived Morbidity -- Selected Surveys of Observed Morbidity -- Comparative Studies of Self-Perceived and Observed Morbidity -- Selected Surveys of Self-Perceived Morbidity -- Cross-Sectional Surveys of Self-Perceived Symptoms --".
- catalog tableOfContents "Reducing the Impact of Determinants -- Modes of Intervention -- Examples of Successful Interventions -- 6. The Emerging Agenda for Adult Health / Margaret A. Phillips, Richard G.A. Feachem and Jeffrey P. Koplan -- The Findings -- An Agenda for Improving the Information Available for Decisionmaking -- Levels and Causes of Adult Ill-Health -- Consequences of Adult Ill-Health -- Determinants of Adult Ill-Health -- An Agenda for Action -- Principles and Provisos -- Withdraw Resources from Inefficient and Inequitable Government Health Services for Adults -- Stop Smoking -- Make Road Travel Safer -- Vaccinate against Hepatitis B -- Make Motherhood Safe -- Promote Safe Sex and Treat STDs -- Improve Case Management for Tuberculosis -- Screen for Cervical Cancer -- Relieve Cancer Pain -- Treat Diabetes -- Other Important Agenda Items -- An Agenda for Intervention-Related Research -- An Agenda for Policy.".
- catalog title "The Health of adults in the developing world / edited by Richard G.A. Feachem ... [et al.].".
- catalog type "text".