Preface Organization and Policy –Chapter 1 Organizational Structure –Chapter 2 Expenditure –Chapter 3 Administrative Goals Health and Welfare Indicators –Chapter 1 Population Indicators –Chapter 2 Vital Indicators –Chapter 3 National Health Expenditure –Chapter 4 Social Welfare Indicators –Chapter 5 International Comparisons An Environment Conducive to Health –Chapter 1 Healthy Childbirth and Growth –Chapter 2 Unhealthy Habits –Chapter 3 Active Aging and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases –Chapter 4 Health Communication and Health Surveillance Health Care –Chapter 1 Healthcare Systems –Chapter 2 Mental Health and Psychiatric Care –Chapter 3 Medical and Public Health Manpower –Chapter 4 Health Care Quality –Chapter 5 Health Care in Remote Areas –Chapter 6 Health Care for Specially Targeted Groups Long-Term Care Services –Chapter 1 Long-Term Care Regulations and Systems –Chapter 2 The Long-Term Care Resource Development –Chapter 3 Long-Term Care Human Resources –Chapter 4 Long-Term Care Services Quality Communicable Disease Control –Chapter 1 Communicable Disease Control Regulations and System –Chapter 2 Prevention and Control of Major/Emerging Communicable Diseases –Chapter 3 Communicable Disease Preparedness and Response, and Infection Control –Chapter 4 Immunization Management of Food and Drug –Chapter 1 Management of Food –Chapter 2 Management of Medicinal Products –Chapter 3 Management of Medical Devices and Cosmetics –Chapter 4 National Laboratories and Risk Management –Chapter 5 Food and Drug Information, Communication, and Dissemination National Health Insurance and National Pension –Chapter 1 National Health Insurance –Chapter 2 National Pension System Social Welfare –Chapter 1 Children and Youth Welfare –Chapter 2 Welfare for Women and Family Support –Chapter 3 Welfare for the Elderly –Chapter 4 Welfare for Persons with Disabilities –Chapter 5 Strengthening the Social Safety Net Social Assistance and Social Work –Chapter 1 Social Assistance –Chapter 2 Social Work –Chapter 3 Community and Links to Other Resources Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Protective Services –Chapter 1 Prevention of Gender-Based Violence –Chapter 2 Prevention of Domestic Violence –Chapter 3 Prevention of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment –Chapter 4 Protection of Children, Adolescents, the Elderly, and Individuals with Disabilities Research, Development, and International Cooperation –Chapter 1 Technological Studies on Health and Welfare –Chapter 2 International Cooperation Appendices –Appendix 1 Health and Welfare Indicators –Appendix 2 Notifiable Diseases Statistics –Appendix 3 Technical Term Keys

This book is the first bringing together the work of the ICN NP/APN Network, recognised as the leading authority on advanced practice nursing globally. Since its inception a wide range of projects have been conducted. This book offers readers an overview of global developments led by the Network on advanced practice in addition to findings related to education, research, health policy and clinical practice. This volume recognises the benefits and challenges associated with the development of advanced practice nursing globally. It begins with an overview of the Network before discussing some of the global challenges. The second section of the book presents a variety of the Network's projects and evidence informed data on APN role. This book presents the global context of advanced practice in a variety of settings; As such it is relevant for APNs, students, health policy makers, educators and researchers.

This book explores and develops the ongoing conversation about how Taiwan navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic. Emphasizing the themes of governance and governmentality, it moves the foci of the discussion from COVID policies to the social and political orders undergirding the statecraft of pandemic management. Furthermore, it analyzes how the pandemic fostered a historical moment at which new forms of governance and governmentality were beginning to take root. It also situates Taiwan’s precarious nationhood in its global context, thereby challenging a prevalent methodological nationalism – the assumption that the nation is a natural unit of analysis whose borders are more or less unquestioned – and contributing to decolonizing Western theories with perspectives from the Global South. Presenting rich original materials on the legal and public debates, individual reflections, and grassroots campaigns during COVID, this book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Taiwan's governance and social health policy, as well as medical anthropology and sociology.

Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering, and Computing (AHFE 2023 Hawaii Edition), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 4-6, December 2023

This fully revised directory of international foundations, trusts, charitable and grantmaking NGOs and other similar non-profit institutions provides a comprehensive picture of foundation activity on a worldwide scale. Now in its 32nd edition, The Europa International Foundation Directory includes: Information on some 2,700 organizations, organized by country or territory, including details of funding priorities and projects, geographical area of activity, principal staff and contact details Details of co-ordinating bodies and centres that assist foundations, grantmaking organizations and other NGOs Bibliography Comprehensive index section This new edition has been revised and expanded to include the most comprehensive and up-to-date information on this growing sector.

Pharmacovigilance has historically been based on spontaneous reports. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines pharmacovigilance as "the science and activities relating to detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of adverse effects or any medicine-related problem" (WHO 2004). Pharmacoepidemiological studies can supplement the role of identification, as the spontaneous reporting of adverse drug reactions and conventional pharmacovigilance, can alert us to other, potentially more major, problems, medicine-related or otherwise.

Misery beneath the Miracle in East Asia challenges prevailing views of the East Asian economic miracle. Existing scholarship has overlooked the severity, persistence, and harmful consequences of the social-welfare crises affecting the region. Arvid J. Lukauskas and Yumiko Shimabukuro fill this gap and put a major asterisk on East Asia's economic record. Combining big-picture analysis, abundant data, a dynamic interdisciplinary framework, and powerful human stories, they shed light on the social ills that governments have failed to address adequately, including low wages, child abuse, elderly poverty, and substandard housing. One of the major forces behind the multidimensional welfare crises is the region's productivist welfare strategy, which prioritizes economic growth while abandoning a robust social safety net, leaving the most vulnerable segments of society largely unprotected. Misery beneath the Miracle in East Asia brings the region into debates over the dangers of seeking growth at all costs that are currently embroiling the United States and other advanced industrialized countries.

This insightful book addresses recovery as a comprehensive concept for prevention of health-threats in modern societies through active lifestyles. Several areas of society are addressed, such as sports, work environments, and the military. Internationally renowned experts from different scientific disciplines present results of empirical research as well as applied intervention techniques to effectively manage stress and promote recovery in healthy lifestyles. Recognizing the systemic nature of stress and recovery is critical to designing effective interventions and policies. By promoting a balance between stress and recovery in physiological, psychological, and social terms, individuals and societies can build resilience, promote optimal well-being, and mitigate the negative effects of chronic stress. This book focuses on key research in the area of recovery and healthy living and addresses psychological, somatic and organizational prevention strategies that foster recovery and healthy lifestyles in society. It offers an expanded understanding of recovery in the health field and applies this to different areas, such as the workplace. Though written for the scientific community, the book will also benefit applied health scientists, instructors, and students, as well as readers interested in applying effective well-being and recovery techniques in their own lives.

The 21st century is facing an unprecedented trend of population aging, including in many regions in the Asia Pacific region. Governments and healthcare systems recognise the importance of Advance Care Planning (ACP) in helping people to live well and to leave well.ACP is a complex intervention that is culture and context specific. In our universal endeavour to engender person centred care in healthcare systems and a more compassionate society, we are more similar than different. In this day and age of fast developing medical technologies and evolving social norms, ACP brims with both challenges and potential and a renewed understanding is needed.This book is a paean to the multifaceted nature of ACP as well as a timely update regarding the current landscape of ACP implementation and practice across the Asia Pacific region.