Promoting health and wellness in underserved communities : multidisciplinary perspectives through service learning /
Starting from the premise that our health status, vulnerability to accidents and disease, and life spans - as individuals and communities - are determined by the organization, delivery, and financing (or lack thereof) of health care, this book explores how educators and community caretakers teach th...
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| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sterling, Va. :
Stylus Pub.,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Service learning for civic engagement series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Starting from the premise that our health status, vulnerability to accidents and disease, and life spans - as individuals and communities - are determined by the organization, delivery, and financing (or lack thereof) of health care, this book explores how educators and community caretakers teach the complex web of inter-connection between the micro level of individual health and well-being and the macro level of larger social structures. Through the lenses of courses in anthropology, ESL, gerontology, management information systems, nursing, nutrition, psychology, public health, and sociology. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781579225674 1579225675 |
