Building Healthy Communities: The Challenge of Health Care in the Twenty-First Century
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Author Description
This book provides practical suggestions for how communities can work together to improve the health of their people and their community. Published in conjunction with the Publication Section of Mayo Foundation, the book builds on the successes of the world-renowned Mayo Health System to recommend courses of action for the twenty-first century. This book represents a theme shift from an illness care medical model to a community-based health promotion and disease prevention model with a focus on lifestyle and social issues, e.g. violence, domestic abuse, addictions. Readers will value the insights that health care professionals gained from a ten-year, field-based project. For public/private administrators, academic leaders and health care professionals, and community, policy, and health planners.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This book investigates how communities can transition from an illness-centered medical model to a proactive, community-based framework for health promotion and disease prevention. Authors Annette J. McBeth and Kathryn D. Schweer leverage their experience with the Mayo Health System to present a strategic roadmap for addressing modern health challenges. By synthesizing data from a ten-year, field-based project, the authors argue that improving public health requires a collaborative focus on lifestyle factors and social determinants such as violence, addiction, and domestic abuse. The text serves as a guide for administrators, planners, and academic leaders to implement sustainable health initiatives.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A transition framework from reactive illness care to proactive community health promotion.
- Practical strategies for addressing social determinants of health including addiction and violence.
- Evidence-based insights derived from a ten-year field project within the Mayo Health System.
- Collaborative models for public and private sector health planning.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
The text provides a structured, professional overview of community-based health initiatives, reflecting the institutional expertise of the Mayo Foundation. Its focus on systemic shifts in medical delivery suggests a high level of utility for health planners and policy administrators seeking actionable, field-tested methodologies.
Page Count:
158
Publication Date:
2000-01-20
Publisher:
Benjamin Cummings
ISBN-10:
0205276180
ISBN-13:
9780205276189
Public Health
Health Policy
Community Development
Medical care
Sociology
Community Tags
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