Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Sustainable Community Health

Systems and Practices in Diverse Settings

  • Book
  • © 2020

Overview

Editors:
  1. Elias Mpofu

    1. University of North Texas, Denton, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Presents evidence-based strategies to build and sustain communities that are active agents in their own health and wellbeing
  • Applies a trans-disciplinary approach to examine the interdependence of environmental, economic and social justice factors and their influence on community health
  • Proposes forward-thinking health systems that are equitable, environmentally sustainable, and effective

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Foundations of Sustainable Community Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Concepts and Models in Sustainable Community Health

      • Elias Mpofu
      Pages 3-38

    3. Health Disparities and Their Impact on Community Health

      • Errol D. Crook, Carrie E. Crook, Martha I. Arrieta, Roma Stovall Hanks
      Pages 39-70

    4. Creating Livable Communities

      • Laura M. Keyes, Abraham David Benavides
      Pages 71-112

    5. Economics of Community Health

      • M. Harvey Brenner
      Pages 113-141

  3. Policies and Practices in Sustainable Community Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Nutrition Practices to Grow Healthy Communities

      • Kathleen Davis, Clare Brock
      Pages 145-199

    3. Community Substance Use Safety

      • Justin R. Watts, Bradley McDaniels, Solymar Rivera-Torres, Danielle Resiak, Elias Mpofu, Sonia Redwine
      Pages 201-237

    4. Community Mental Health Resourcing

      • Justin R. Watts, Elias Mpofu, Qiwei Li, Veronica Cortez, Ganesh Baniya
      Pages 239-269

    5. Community Epidemiological Approaches

      • Chisom Nmesoma Iwundu, Diana Kuo Stojda, Kirsteen Edereka-Great, Heath Harllee
      Pages 271-297

  4. Indicators and Outcomes of Sustainable Community Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Quality Care Improvement

      • David Palm, Valerie Pacino, Li-Wu Chen
      Pages 301-336

    3. Community Health Informatics

      • Gayle Prybutok
      Pages 337-360

    4. Telehealth Utilization in Low Resource Settings

      • Charles P. Bernacchio, Josephine F. Wilson, Jeewani Anupama Ginige
      Pages 361-391

    5. Metrics and Evaluation Tools for Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases

      • Lu Liang
      Pages 393-431

  5. Sustainable Community Health in Populations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 433-433
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Older Adults’ Wellbeing

      • Maidei Machina, Elias Mpofu, Solymar Rivera-Torres, Rebekah Knight, Theresa Abah
      Pages 435-459

    3. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Wellbeing

      • Elias Mpofu, Elizabeth Houck, April Linden, Crystal Fernandez
      Pages 461-497

    4. The Wellbeing of People with Neurodiverse Conditions

      • Andrew M. Colombo-Dougovito, Suzanna Rocco Dillon, Elias Mpofu
      Pages 499-535
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Applying a trans-disciplinary approach, this book provides a comprehensive, research-based guide to understanding, implementing, and strengthening sustainable community health in diverse international settings. By examining the interdependence of environmental, economic, public health, community wellbeing and development factors, the authors address the systemic factors impacting health disparities, inequality and social justice issues.

The book analyzes strategies based on a partnership view of health, in which communities determine their health and wellness working alongside local, state and federal health agencies. Crucially, it demonstrates that communities are themselves health systems and their wellbeing capabilities affect the health of individuals and the collective alike. It identifies health indicators and tools that communities and policy makers can utilize to sustain truly inclusive health systems. This book offers a unique resource for researchers and practitioners working across psychology, mental health, rehabilitation, public health, epidemiology, social policy, healthcare and allied health.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of North Texas, Denton, USA

    Elias Mpofu

About the editor

Elias Mpofu, PhD, DEd, CRC, FASROC, MAPS, is Professor of Health Sciences at the University of North Texas, USA, Honorary Professor of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Mpofu is editor of Community-Oriented Health Services: Practices Across Disciplines (2015) and several other community health related titles.

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation