Public Health and Welfare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

1570 Pages·2017·29.45 MB·English

by  Information Resources Management Association (USA)

Public Health and Welfare:
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools,
and Applications
Information Resources Management Association
USA
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Names: Information Resources Management Association, editor, issuing body.
Title: Public health and welfare : concepts, methodologies, tools, and
applications / Information Resources Management Association, editor.
Other titles: Public health and welfare (Information Resources Management
Association)
Description: Hershey PA : Information Science Reference, [2017] | Includes
bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016037415| ISBN 9781522516743 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781522516750 (ebook)
Subjects: | MESH: Public Health | Social Welfare | Health Policy
Classification: LCC RA418 | NLM WA 100 | DDC 362.1--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016037415
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Editor-in-Chief
MehdiKhosrow-Pour,DBA
Information Resources Management Association, USA
Associate Editors
SteveClarke,University of Hull, UK
MurrayE.Jennex,San Diego State University, USA
AnnieBecker,Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Ari-VeikkoAnttiroiko,University of Tampere, Finland
Editorial Advisory Board
SherifKamel,American University in Cairo, Egypt
InLee,Western Illinois University, USA
JerzyKisielnicki,Warsaw University, Poland
AmarGupta,Arizona University, USA
CraigvanSlyke,University of Central Florida, USA
JohnWang,Montclair State University, USA
VishanthWeerakkody,Brunel University, UK

List of Contributors
Akdağ, Yaşar /Hakkari University, Turkey.......................................................................................621
Alami, Randa /University of London, UK..........................................................................................38
Alfonso, Moya L./Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, USA.................................................437
Alvarez-Rivera, Lorna L./Valdosta State University, USA.............................................................941
Anastasia, Pitsou /The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece...............................................779
Antunes, Adelaide M. S./National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI), Brazil & University
of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil...........................................................................................662,682
Arsevska, Elena /French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization
(CIRAD), France..........................................................................................................................565
Behnassi, Mohamed /Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco.........................................................91
Behr, Joshua /Old Dominion University, USA.................................................................................203
Biswas, Seema /Medical School for International Health, Israel...................................................1269
Block, Derryl E./Northern Illinois University, USA......................................................................1519
Bogdanović, Dragan /State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia..........................................................527
Boumezzough, Ali /Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco.................................................91
Boussaa, Samia /Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques of Marrakesh,
Morocco..........................................................................................................................................91
Bucci, Sabina /Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy..................................................264
Buse, Chris G./University of Northern British Columbia, Canada...............................................1186
Carey, Gemma /Australian National University, Australia..............................................................636
Cartaxo, R. /Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil..................................................682
Cassiolato, José Eduardo/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...........................................64
Chavernac, David /French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization
(CIRAD), France..........................................................................................................................565
Cito, Francesca /Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”,
Italy...............................................................................................................................................313
Colangeli, Patrizia /Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G.
Caporale”, Italy...........................................................................................................................313
Cruz, Minerva /Western Michigan University, USA......................................................................1398
Das, Sukanya /TERI University, India..............................................................................................789
De Massis, Fabrizio /Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G.
Caporale”, Italy...........................................................................................................................313
Diaz, Rafael /Old Dominion University, USA...................................................................................203
Dotson, Ebbin /University of Illinois at Chicago, USA....................................................................755
Dufour, Barbara /Université Paris Est, France................................................................................565



Dumbrell, Dan /The University of Sydney, Australia.......................................................................372
Ebomoyi, E. William/Chicago State University, USA..............................................................183,999
Emmanouil, Dimitrios /University of Athens, Greece...................................................................1316
Eneanya, Augustine Nduka/University of Lagos, Nigeria.............................................................134
Falala, Sylvain /French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), France.....................565
Ford, Jacqueline Y./Walden University, USA................................................................................1064
Foulvia, Androutsou /University of Crete, Greece.........................................................................1358
Fue, Kadeghe G./Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.......................................................418
Gallagher-Lepak, Susan /University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA............................................1519
Geofrey, Anna M./Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.....................................................418
George, Reece /University of Newcastle, Australia...........................................................................327
Ghosh, Anupa /The Bhawanipur Education Society College, India..............................................1102
Ghosh, Duke /Global Change Research, India...............................................................................1102
Giulio de Belvis, Antonio /Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy...............................264
Gleason, Mikell /University of Georgia, USA...................................................................................826
Goch, Aleksander /Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland & Military Clinical
Hospital No. 10, Poland.............................................................................................................1465
Gray, Monica /The Lincoln University, USA..................................................................................1208
Green, Celia /Australian National University, Australia..................................................................636
Gunda, Abdulhamid Mauyag/Namık Kemal University, Turkey...................................................457
Haider, Muhiuddin /University of Maryland, USA........................................................................1379
Hallett, Jonathan /Curtin University, Australia...............................................................................636
Halliru, Salisu Lawal/Federal College of Education Kano, Nigeria............................................1128
Hannelly, Toni /Curtin University, Australia....................................................................................636
Harata, Noboru /The University of Tokyo, Japan............................................................................227
Hartz, Zulmira /Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), Portugal.....................................................662
Hawkins, Joyce Marie/Wake Technical Community College, USA..............................................1043
Hendrikx, Pascal /French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Safety (ANSES),
France...........................................................................................................................................565
Hibbler, Dan K./DePaul University, USA.......................................................................................755
Hsu, Pi-Fang /Shih Hsin University, Taiwan....................................................................................588
Hung, Rose /Shih Hsin University, Taiwan.......................................................................................588
Idowu, Peter Adebayo/Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.......................................................495
Işık, Abdulkadir /Namık Kemal University, Turkey.........................................................................457
Işik, Hayriye /Namık Kemal University, Turkey...............................................................................621
Jabri, Fouad Farouk/Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia.................................................................151
Jana, Arnab /Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India............................................................227
Jha, Shailesh /IHBAS, India...........................................................................................................1498
Jolani, Nina /National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), USA............437
Joo, Yoohyung /Seoul National University, South Korea.................................................................900
Jorge, Susana Margarida Faustino/University of Coimbra, Portugal...........................................289
Joyce, Andrew /Swinburne University of Technology, Australia......................................................636
K., Sharmila Banu/VIT University, India......................................................................................1257
Kahime, Kholoud /Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco..................................................91
Karimmian, Zohreh /University of Tehran, Iran...........................................................................1228

Kasemsap, Kijpokin /Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand.........................................1,242
Khalil, Georges Elias/University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA & The
University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA........................................................1421
Khanna, Amit /IHBAS, India..........................................................................................................1498
Khanna, Prerna /Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital, India................................................................1498
Khuntia, Jiban /University of Colorado, USA..................................................................................603
King, Kathleen P./University of Central Florida, USA...................................................................964
Kipanyula, Maulilio J./Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania.............................................418
Koivisto, Juha /National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland.................................................740
Kubsch, Sylvia May/University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA....................................................1519
Lancelot, Renaud /French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization
(CIRAD), France..........................................................................................................................565
Landaeta, Rafael /Old Dominion University, USA..........................................................................203
Lazarević, Konstansa /State University of Novi Pazar, Serbia........................................................527
Lee, D. Israel/Southern Illinois University, USA & University of Phoenix, USA..........................1043
Lee, Hee Yeon/Seoul National University, South Korea..................................................................900
Leksowski, Krzysztof /Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland & Military Clinical
Hospital No. 10, Poland.............................................................................................................1465
Leksowski, Łukasz /Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland........................................1465
Leos, Julie A./University of South Florida, USA.............................................................................964
Longo, Francesco /University of Calabria, Italy..............................................................................203
Lorena, Androutsou /University of Thessaly, Greece....................................................................1358
Ma, Liang /Renmin University of China, China & Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore....................................................................................................................................1166
Magalhaes, J. L./Ministry of Health, Brazil....................................................................................682
Magalhães, Jorge Lima/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil.......................................662
Makrinos, Theofani /Independent Public Health Consultant, USA..............................................1379
Malakar, Crystalmichelle L./Bellin Health System, USA.............................................................1519
Manzoor, Amir /Bahria University, Pakistan.................................................................................1447
Marinescu, Valentina /University of Bucharest, Romania.............................................................1091
Marinova, Dora /Curtin University, Australia...............................................................................1335
Marinova, Mira /Notre Dame University, Australia......................................................................1335
Mazuz, Keren /Hadassah Academic College, Israel......................................................................1269
McIntyre Jr., Roger Neal/Valdosta State University, USA.............................................................941
McKeown, A. Elaine/Independent Researcher, USA......................................................................110
Mendes, Rui Amaral/Case Western Reserve University, USA......................................................1269
Mercante, Maria Teresa/Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G.
Caporale”, Italy...........................................................................................................................313
Messouli, Mohammed /Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakesh, Morocco...........................................91
Mourtzikou, Antonia /University of Athens, Greece.....................................................................1316
Mukhopadhyay, Kuheli /Jadavpur University, India & West Bengal State University, India.......1102
Nicoletti, Letizia /University of Calabria, Italy................................................................................203
Norstrand, Lu /University of South Florida, USA............................................................................964
Occelli, Sylvie /Istituto di Ricerche Economico Sociali del Piemonte (IRES), Italy.........................471
Owens, T. Chris/Independent Researcher, USA..............................................................................941

Page, Rachel /Massey University, New Zealand...............................................................................826
Panayotov, Jordan /Independent Centre for Analysis and Research of Economies (ICARE),
Australia.......................................................................................................................................884
Patro, Chandra Sekhar/GVP College of Engineering (Autonomous), India........................809,1026
Pereira de Campos, Carla Marina/University of Aveiro, Portugal................................................289
Perry, Lane /Western Carolina University, USA..............................................................................826
Pessoa de Matos, Marcelo /Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.........................................64
Peters, Robert A./Western Michigan University, USA..................................................................1398
Pohjola, Pasi /National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland...................................................740
Queiroz, Julia /Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade, Brazil........................................................64
Rabbani, Golam /Rajshahi University, Bangladesh.........................................................................925
Raphaely, Talia /Curtin University, Australia................................................................................1335
Ricci, Lucilla /Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise “G. Caporale”,
Italy...............................................................................................................................................313
Ricciardi, Walter /Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy............................................264
Roche, Mathieu /French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Organization
(CIRAD), France..........................................................................................................................565
Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima/University of Minho, Portugal..................................................................289
Rosiek, Anna /Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.................................................1465
Rosiek-Kryszewska, Aleksandra /Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.................1465
Rouzbehani, Khadijeh /University of Tehran, Iran........................................................................1284
Roy, Joyashree /Jadavpur University, India...................................................................................1102
Rubino, Louis /California State University, Northridge, USA.......................................................1296
Ruffin, T. Ray/University of Phoenix, USA & Colorado Technical University, USA & University
of Mount Olive, USA & Wake Technical Community College, USA............................354,389,1043
Sanga, Camilius /Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania........................................................418
Sarkar, Madhurima /Nationwide Children’s Hospital, USA.........................................................1379
Scott, Leodis /Columbia University, USA.........................................................................................755
Shah, Gulzar H./Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, USA..................................................437
Shahtahmasebi, Said /The Good Life Research Centre Trust, New Zealand & University of
Kentucky, USA................................................................................................................................22
Soares, Maria Clara Couto/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.......................................64
Steele, Robert /The University of Sydney, Australia.........................................................................372
Stoner, Krystina R./University of Georgia, USA............................................................................826
Stoner, Lee /Massey University, New Zealand..................................................................................826
Strom, Jan /Northern Illinios University, USA...............................................................................1519
Sygit, Bogusław /University of Łódź, Poland..................................................................................1147
Tanniru, Mohan /Oakland University, USA.....................................................................................603
Tanzariello, Maria /Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy..........................................264
Tarrant, Michael A./University of Georgia, USA...........................................................................826
Tomšić, Željko /University of Zagreb, Croatia.................................................................................701
Topçu, Birol /Namık Kemal University, Turkey................................................................................457
Tripathy, Balakrushna /VIT University, India...............................................................................1257
Tsai, Chia-Wen /Ming Chuan University, Taiwan............................................................................588
Vandenhouten, Christine /University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA...........................................1519
Wadsworth, Daniel /Massey University, New Zealand....................................................................826

Wąsik, Damian /Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland..............................................1147
Wei, Donghai /Guangzhou Medical University, China...................................................................1296
Wrightman, Stephanie /Catholic Mission Australia, Australia.......................................................848
Zamanian, Mostafa /University of Tehran, Iran............................................................................1228
Zervos, John /Henry Ford Health System, USA...............................................................................603
Table of Contents
Preface.................................................................................................................................................xxi
Volume I
Section 1
Fundamental Concepts and Theories
This section serves as a foundation for this exhaustive reference tool by addressing underlying principles
and provides in-depth coverage of conceptual architecture frameworks essential to the understanding of
Public Health and Welfare. Chapters found within these pages provide an excellent framework in which
to position Public Health and Welfare within the field of information science and technology. Insight
regarding the critical incorporation of global measures into Public Health and Welfare is addressed,
and examinations to specific discussions on methodology. With 13 chapters comprising this foundational
section, the reader can learn and chose from a compendium of expert research on the elemental theories
underscoring the Public Health and Welfare discipline.
Chapter 1
TheFundamentalsofHealthLiteracy....................................................................................................1
Kijpokin Kasemsap, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand
Chapter 2
TheInformationParadox:ResearchingHealthServiceInformationSystemsDevelopment...............22
Said Shahtahmasebi, The Good Life Research Centre Trust, New Zealand & University of
Kentucky, USA
Chapter 3
HealthinMENA:PoliciesforInclusiveDevelopment.........................................................................38
Randa Alami, University of London, UK
Chapter 4
InnovationintheHealthSystem:EvidencesfromBrazilianLocalProductionandInnovation
Systems.................................................................................................................................................64
Marcelo Pessoa de Matos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Maria Clara Couto Soares, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
José Eduardo Cassiolato, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Julia Queiroz, Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade, Brazil