BOOK
Mastering public health: a guide to examination and revaluation
Lewis, Geraint | Sheringham, Jessica | Kalim, Kanwal | Crayford, Tim
(2007)
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Abstract
Written by an international team of editors Mastering Public Health is a revision text that will be of use to candidates of post-graduate public health examinations across the world. The book follows the UK Faculty's Part A examination syllabus (also used by the Australian Faculty of Public Health). This consists of five areas of public health knowledge plus a sixth section relating to public health skills. The appendices offer the reader revision strategies, essay frameworks and lists of public health names and concepts.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prelims (Contents, Acknowledgements, Introduction) | |||
| 1. ‘New paradigm microfinance’ – what is it? | |||
| 2. Introduction to financial accounts and analysis | |||
| 3. Field visits to microbusinesses | |||
| 4. Rates of return and the cost of money | |||
| 5. Visit to microfinance groups | |||
| 6. Financial analysis of a microfinance institution | |||
| 7. Planning for MFI profitability | |||
| 8. Marketing microfinance | |||
| 9. Men and women as clients for microfinance | |||
| 10. Arrears and defaults – definition and measurement | |||
| 11. ‘Graduation’ and individual loans | |||
| 12. Individual versus group lending – the pros and cons of each | |||
| 13. Bangladesh Grameen groups or self-help on-lending groups? | |||
| 14. Subsidies – when and how? | |||
| 15. Commercial banks and microfinance | |||
| 16. The need for microsavings services | |||
| 17. Micro-insurance | |||
| 18. MFI staffing – recruitment and motivation | |||
| 19. Management information systems – selection and design | |||
| 20. Measuring the impact of microfinance | |||
| 21. The ‘downside’ of microfinance | |||
| 22. Regulation and supervision – by whom and how? | |||
| Back Matter (Resources, Index) |