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Health systems are fluid and their components are interdependent in
complex ways. Policymakers, academics and students continually
endeavour to understand how to manage health systems to improve the
health of populations. However, previous scholarship has often
failed to engage with the intersections and interactions of health
with a multitude of other systems and determinants. This book
ambitiously takes on the challenge of presenting health systems as
a coherent whole, by applying a systems-thinking lens. It focuses
on Malaysia as a case study to demonstrate the evolution of a
health system from a low-income developing status to one of the
most resilient health systems today. A rich collaboration of
multidisciplinary academics working with policymakers who were at
the coalface of decision-making and practitioners with decades of
experience, provides a candid analysis of what worked and what did
not. The result is an engaging, informative and thought-provoking
intervention in the debate. This title is Open Access.
At the moment, over 65 million people are forcibly displaced from
their homes. The reasons for movement range from extreme weather
conditions and environmental disasters, to war, civil and political
crises, to the need for basic economic survival. Amongst these 65
million people are those that have been forced to leave a country
that is no longer willing or able to offer protection and those who
are displaced within their own country's borders. In order to
improve conditions for displaced people all over the globe, we need
to look at the reason behind their move as this defines their
migration status under international law. In its turn, the
migration status affects the requirements of other countries to
grant asylum, and the individual's right to protection and support.
The definition of migration status and its implications has created
tension in the public debate on refugees for decades and is today
more relevant than ever. In The Health of Refugees: Public Health
Perspectives from Crisis to Settlement, the challenges and
vulnerabilities created from this debate are addressed by public
health policy makers, clinical practitioners, and researchers. An
analysis of public health, international law, the history of
migration, and the media's role in refugee health, it is a
comprehensive and critical work with a strong message in favour of
international and interdisciplinary cooperation. With a focus on
what international obligations entail when it comes to refugees and
migrants, the authors present a reinforced take on our collective
responsibility to leave no one behind. The Health of Refugees:
Public Health Perspectives from Crisis to Settlement traces the
health repercussions on individuals and populations from the moment
of forced mass movement due to conflict and other disasters,
through to the process of resettlement in other countries. These
issues are addressed within the context of other global public
health priorities, and are part of the book's critical analysis not
only of the particular vulnerabilities created by mobility, but
also how these interact and intersect with existing considerations
across gender and age in health systems and international law. With
a wider geographical area and case studies from all over the globe
as a basis for the studies presented, this is a fully updated
edition with new material discussing the current political
landscape. A truly multidisciplinary book, The Health of Refugees
is ideal for public health practitioners, researchers, and
postgraduate students. It is also an important work for those
involved in non-governmental organisations, international aid, and
international development. Furthermore, it provides a critical
background for clinicians, mental health workers, and policymakers
from health, welfare and migration.
Health systems are fluid and their components are interdependent in
complex ways. Policymakers, academics and students continually
endeavour to understand how to manage health systems to improve the
health of populations. However, previous scholarship has often
failed to engage with the intersections and interactions of health
with a multitude of other systems and determinants. This book
ambitiously takes on the challenge of presenting health systems as
a coherent whole, by applying a systems-thinking lens. It focuses
on Malaysia as a case study to demonstrate the evolution of a
health system from a low-income developing status to one of the
most resilient health systems today. A rich collaboration of
multidisciplinary academics working with policymakers who were at
the coalface of decision-making and practitioners with decades of
experience, provides a candid analysis of what worked and what did
not. The result is an engaging, informative and thought-provoking
intervention in the debate. This title is Open Access.
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