Reshaping Health Systems: What Drives Health Care and How You Can Change It illuminates how forces in the health care system ("systems factors") impact patient care before outlining strategies ("systems solutions") to enact change and improve care delivery.

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"Why Black People Die Sooner: What Medicine Gets Wrong About Race and How to Fix It" by evolutionary biologist Joseph L. Graves Jr. exposes how structural racism and false medical beliefs drive life expectancy gaps. It argues that health disparities result from systemic inequities and environmental factors, not genetics.

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This forward-thinking Research Handbook advocates for greater acknowledgment of the increasingly diverse global population in order to achieve health equity. Challenging historic practices in research, such as the blind approach to data collection, the authors assess social determinants of health and propose key strategies for researchers to work with diverse groups.

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The book comprehensively explores the role of structural and systemic determinants of health and health equity, and the social, cultural, economic, commercial, political, natural and built environments.

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Patient No Longer is not just a reflection on past efforts but also a roadmap for healthcare leaders looking to thrive in a new, business-to-consumer landscape. With actionable insights, real-life examples, and a forward-thinking framework, the book equips organizations to deliver the compassionate, human-centered care patients deserve.

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From assessment to application, Obesity and Weight Management: The Exercise Professional's Guide to Fitness Programming equips practitioners with the knowledge to safely and effectively address client needs and challenges. The text provides fitness professionals with the tools they need to help more clients with overweight and obesity become successful in getting stronger, fitter, and healthier.

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"Medical Tourism" looks at the background and rise of health tourism, new emerging facets of the sector, and examines how medical tourism benefits local health care providers, economies and the tourism industry as a whole. It offers a unique overview of an emerging component of the tourist industry and a distinct and controversial element of health provision.

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With an emphasis on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education and health promotion, this best-selling introductory text covers such topics as epidemiology, community organizations, program planning, minority health, mental health, environmental health, drug use and abuse, safety, and occupational health.

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Discover how systemic racism distorts health outcomes across the country, learn about the crucial role nurses and other health professionals play in our health care system and notice how they meet the needs of our nation's veterans. This 6e seeks to cover not only the workings of our health care system, but the numerous broader factors that impact individual and community well-being.

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Death by Design by Princeton sociologist Sanyu A. Mojola investigates why Washington, D.C., suffers from the nation's largest racial life expectancy gap. The book illustrates how the city's physical, social, and policy design continuously produces disproportionate illness and early death among African Americans.

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