Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health in Asia

<p>Global public health is of growing concern to most governments and populations, nowhere more so than in Asia, the world’s largest and most populous continent. Whilst major advances have been made in controlling infectious diseases through public health measures as well as clinical medical treatments, the world now faces other challenges including ageing populations and the epidemic crisis of obesity and non-communicable diseases. New emerging infections continue to develop and the growing threats to health due to environmental pollution and climate change increase the need for resilience and sustainability. These threats to health are global in nature, and this Handbook will explore perspectives on current public health issues in South, Southeast and East Asia, informing global as well as regional debate. </p><p>Whilst many books cite Western examples of the development of global public health, this Handbook brings together both Western and Eastern scholarship, creating a new global public health perspective suitable to face modern challenges in promoting the population’s health. This Handbook is essential reading not only for students, professionals and scholars of global public health and related fields but is also written to be accessible to those with a general interest in the health of Asia.</p> <p>Foreword<i> </i>Introduction<i> </i><strong>Part 1: Historical Context</strong> Introduction to Part 1: Historical Context<i> </i>1. Historical Perspectives in Public Health – Experiences from Hong Kong <strong>Part 1: Introductory Concepts </strong>Introduction to Part 1: Introductory Concepts<i> </i>2. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Relevance for Low-Income Countries in Asia<i> </i>3. Migration and Health: Lessons from China<i> </i>4. The Challenges of Ageing in Japan<i> </i>5. Developing Public Health Infrastructure in India<i> </i>6. Public Health in the Age of Genomics, ‘Big Data’ and Massively Collaborative Global Science<i> </i>7. Research Challenges for Public Health in Asia<i> </i>8. Developing the Public Workforce in Asia<i> </i><strong>Part 2: The Public and Public Health</strong> Introduction: Epidemiology – Research Methods in Public Health<i> </i>9. Epidemiology: From Observation to Public Health Action<i> </i>10. Evidence-Based Decision Making in Health Care<i> </i><i> </i>11. The Challenges of Cancer in China<i> </i><strong>Part 3: Communicable Diseases</strong> Introduction to Part 3: Communicable Diseases<i> </i>12. Chronic Neglected Diseases of Poverty: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead<i> </i>13. Role of Government Agencies in Controlling Disease: Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection as a Case Study<i> </i>14. Centre for Disease Control’s Role in China: The Case of Shanghai<i> </i>15. Reflections on Public Health Challenges for the HIV Epidemic among Men who have Sex with Men in China<i> </i>16. Tuberculosis Control in Asia: The Case of China<i> </i>17. Viral Hepatitis in Southeast Asia<i> </i>18. Emerging Infectious Diseases in Asia<i> </i>19. Climate Change and its Impact on the Patterns of Disease with a Case Study on Malaria in the People’s Republic of China<i> </i><strong>Part 4: Environment</strong> Introduction to Part 4: Environment<i> </i>20. Climate Change and Health<i> </i>21. Case Study on the Climate and Health Council: Engaging Health Professions in Change<i> </i>22. Air Pollution: The Public Health Challenge<i> </i>23. Water: The Public Health Challenges<i> </i> 24. Food Security and Safety in China and Hong Kong<i> </i>25. Responding to Disasters in Low-Income Countries<i> </i>26. Lessons for Public Health from the 2011 Japanese Earthquake<i> </i>27. Public Health Roles in Response to the 2011 Thailand Flooding 28. Occupational Health<i> </i><strong>Part 5: Health Improvement </strong>Introduction to Part 5: Prevention Rather than Cure – the Challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases<i> </i>29. Policy for, and the Prevention of, Diet-Related Non-Communicable Diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region<i> </i>30. The Challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases in Asia: The Case of Diabetes<i> </i>31. Community Outreach to Prevent Diabetes in Hong Kong: Diabetes Hongkong as a Case Study<i> </i>32. Challenges of Non-Communicable Diseases in China<i> </i>33. Mental Health<i> </i>34. Controlling the Tobacco Epidemic: Lessons from Hong Kong<i> </i>35. Public Health Case Law Study: Plain Packaging of Tobacco Products<i> </i>36. Screening for Cancer: Colorectal Cancer and Breast Cancer in Hong Kong as Case Studies<i> </i><strong>Part 6: Health Services</strong> Introduction: Health Services<i> </i>37. Child and Teen Health in Southeast Asia<i> </i>38. Non-Government Organisations and Health: A Case Study on Save the Children, China<i> </i>39. Providing Services for Women’s Health<i> </i>40. Developing Primary Care in China<i> </i>41. Conceptualising the Integration of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Health Systems: Patients, Policies, Professions and Providers<i> </i>42. Health Systems in Asia: Achievements and Challenges<i> </i>43. Health Care Financing in Taiwan<i> </i>44. The Challenge of Managing Health Human Resources: A Case Study on the Philippines<i> </i>45. Medical Tourism in Thailand<i> </i>46. Comparative Health Systems in Asia<i> </i><strong>Part 7: Future Challenges</strong> 47. The Future</p>