Prevention and Health Promotion for the Excluded and the Destitute in Europe.
Material type: TextPublisher: Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781601294548Subject(s): Equality -- Health aspects -- Europe, Western | Health promotion -- Europe, Western | Medicine, Preventive -- Europe, Western | People with social disabilities -- Health and hygiene -- Europe, Western | People with social disabilities -- Medical care -- Europe, Western | Poor -- Health and hygiene -- Europe, Western | Poor -- Medical care -- Europe, WesternGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prevention and Health Promotion for the Excluded and the Destitute in EuropeDDC classification: 362.1/086/942094 LOC classification: RA418.3.E85 -- P74 2002ebOnline resources: Click to ViewCover -- Title page -- Contents -- Part 1. An Overview on Europeans' Health Care Systems -- The Aggravation of Health Inequalities in Europe Demands New Responses -- Exclusion from Health in Different European Countries -- The European Health Care Systems: a Focus on Germany, Belgium, France, Spain. Greece, Italy. Portugal, and Switzerland. -- Part 2. Europeans' Experiences -- Illegal Immigrants in Spain -- Tuberculosis in an Indian Community in Lisbon -- The Bremen Health Programme for Asylum Seekers and Refugees -- Evaluation of the Impact of Trauma and Torture on Asylum Seekers: the Geneva Experience -- Roma and Social Exclusion in Greece -- The Rom Population in Spain -- Homeless in the Paris Area: Health and Access to Care -- Situation of the Homeless in Spain -- The Medical Emergency Care Facility for Single Homeless in Bremen -- Substance Abuse in Spain -- The Advisory Service on Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Bremen -- Part 3. Health Promotion -- Public Health and Health Promotion -- Definition of Target Groups for Health Promotion or Preventive Programmes: The Example of Migrants -- Prevention and Health Promotion among Populations in Precarious Conditions: A Critical Approach -- Integrating Prevention and Health Promotion Practices into Primary Care for Deprived Populations -- Framework for Describing the Process of Health Promotion Activities: The "Healthy School" Programme at Sant'Elia, Cagliari, Italy -- SMILE: A Tooth Decay Prevention Project among Children of Asylum Seekers in Geneva -- Influence of the Social Characteristics of Patients on the Behaviour of Physicians as Regards Prevention within a Hospital Outpatients Consultation -- Establishing Health Promotion Programmes among Migrant Rom Populations Living in Precarious Conditions in Europe -- A Workshop for HIV+ African Women Living in Paris.
Trends in European Health Care Systems: Implications for Destitute Populations -- Prevention and Health Promotion for the Excluded and the Destitute in Europe: Recommendations for the Health Professionals and Health Institutions -- Appendix: Presentation of the Institutions Participating in the Europromed Project.
The social inequalities of health have persisted, or even increased, in Europe in the last few years. This text presents the experiences of professionals from various institutional backgrounds in eight European countries, as well as their recommendations to improve the access of excluded people.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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