The Epidemiological transition : policy and planning implications for developing countries /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gribble, James N., ed
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bethesda, MD : National Academies Press, 1993.
Temas:
Epidemiology > Developing countries > Congresses.
Health care rationing > Developing countries > Congresses.
Health planning > Developing countries > Congresses.
Epidemiology
Health care rationing
Health planning
Developing countries
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""The Epidemiological Transition""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""TRANSITIONS IN MORTALITY AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC PATTERNS""; ""DATA DEFICIENCIES""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS VOLUME""; ""Demographic and Epidemiologic Data""; ""Setting Priorities in a Changing Epidemiological Environment""; ""Providers of Services: Roles of Government, Private Sector, and Families""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Shifts in the Structure of Population and Deaths in Less Developed Regions""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""POPULATION GROWTH AND AGE STRUCTURES""; ""Child Population Aged 0â€?14""
  • ""Reproductive Age Population Aged 15â€?49""""Postreproductive Age Population: Those 50 and Older""; ""Urban-Rural Makeup""; ""DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS BY SEX AND AGE""; ""Age Patterns of Mortality""; ""African Distribution of Deaths""; ""Changes in Deaths Over the Next 25 Years Without the AIDS Pandemic""; ""Potential Effect of the AIDS Pandemic on the Number and Distribution of African Deaths""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Mortality by Cause, 1970 to 2015""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""METHOD""; ""Grouping Causes of Death""; ""Data on Causes of Death""; ""Estimating and Projecting Mortality""
  • ""Estimating Mortality Rates by Major Cause""""Estimating Cause-Specific Mortality Rates""; ""RESULTS""; ""Demographic Background""; ""Current Causes of Death""; ""Trends in Major Causes of Death""; ""Age-Sex Specific Patterns""; ""Reliability of Estimates""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Childhood Precursors of Adult Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries: Implications for Health Programs""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES OR CONDITIONS OF INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR ADULTS""; ""Perinatal Conditions""; ""Low Birthweight""
  • ""Birth Trauma, Asphyxia, Metabolic Disorders""""Congenital and Perinatal Infections""; ""Infectious Diseases of Childhood""; ""Tuberculosis""; ""Rheumatic Fever""; ""Polio""; ""Trachoma""; ""Chagas' Disease""; ""Schistosomiasis""; ""Helicobacter Pylori""; ""Epstein-Barr Virus""; ""Nutritional Deficiencies in Infancy and Childhood""; ""Protein-Energy Malnutrition""; ""Micronutrient Deficiencies""; ""Environmental Hazards""; ""Indoor Air Pollution""; ""Lead Exposure""; ""SYNERGISM OF CHILDHOOD RISK FACTORS PRODUCING ADULT DISEASE""
  • ""INFLUENCE OF CHILDHOOD-ACQUIRED DISEASES ON ADULT MORTALITYâ€?COUNTRY STUDIES""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Projecting Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries During Adulthood""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""COMBINING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES""; ""Developed Countries""; ""Developing Countries""; ""FORECASTING MODEL BASED ON INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CHANGES""; ""Risk Factor Regressions""; ""Multivariate Hazard Functions""; ""Cost Estimation""; ""EXAMPLES""; ""Risk Factor Intervention""; ""Active Life Expectancy (ALE)""; ""SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""

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