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Primary health care in Cuba : the other revolution

Title
Primary health care in Cuba : the other revolution / Linda M. Whiteford and Laurence G. Branch ; with contributions from Enrique Beldarraín Chapel.
Author
Whiteford, Linda M.
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
Branch, Laurence G.
Description
xi, 138 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"Primary Health Care in Cuba examines the highly successful system of primary health care following the 1959 Cuban Revolution. This model, developed during a time of dramatic social and political change, created a preventive care system to better provide equity access to health care. Cuba has been recognized as a paragon of health care and has earned praise from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Pan American Health Organization. In this book, Linda M. Whiteford and Laurence G. Branch take a close look at this model in historical perspective and with an eye toward the lessons that can be applied to all health care systems that seek to emphasize prevention and an equitable distribution of services."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-130) and index.
Contents
1. The Cuban health care revolution -- 2. An overview of the Cuban primary health care model between 1959 and 2000 -- 3. Alma-Ata and the concept of primary health care -- 4. The Cuban primary health care model for child and maternal care -- 5. The Cuban experience with controlling infectious and communicable diseases through primary health care -- 6. Primary health care and chronic diseases in Cuba -- 7. Recasting the "public" in public health : assessing the Cuban experience -- 8. Lessons learned from Cuba's primary health care model.
ISBN
  • 9780742559943 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0742559947 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2007029759
  • 40014931482
OCLC
  • 156994494
  • ocn156994494
  • SCSB-5383593
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries