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An important objective of public health practice and policy development is to influence health behavior change in the population. During the pre-COVID-19 era, this core objective of public health was observed in the significant increase of global support for the public health field with increasing attention to preventing exposures to unhealthy behaviors and risk factors while encouraging healthy lifestyle practices through behavioral modifications. The public health practitioners were excited about the positive outcomes of these interventions at private, public and professional levels. However, bridging the disparities gap is still a problem. Globally, there are major health disparity issues concerning healthcare, vaccination, prevention of diseases and treatment of diseases. The disparity gap is also increasing between racial groups and countries. The COVID-19 era significantly exposed the complexities of these disparities within healthcare practices such as access to care, vaccination and treatments for COVID-19 both within and across countries.

This book contains an Open Access chapter. Healthcare organizations today face widespread change as they confront varied grand challenges in uncertain environments. Leaders in healthcare require a comprehensive understanding of effective approaches to organizational change, yet the theoretical and practical landscape is evolving rapidly. Volume 22 of Advances in Health Care Managementfocuses on environmental uncertainty and the responsiveness of health care organizations, the mechanisms of change and how leaders within organizations frame and execute change, and investigates organizational preparedness and response in the face of acute crisis. The authors highlight the key ways in which organizations must orient toward, and build adaptive resilience to weather, an environment of persistent uncertainty and change.

This book highlights how optimized big data applications can be used for patient monitoring and clinical diagnosis. In fact, IoT-based applications are data-driven and mostly employ modern optimization techniques. The book also explores challenges, opportunities, and future research directions, discussing the stages of data collection and pre-processing, as well as the associated challenges and issues in data handling and setup.

This book combines moving accounts of the lived experience of dyslexic adults with tips and strategies for surmounting the challenges you or a loved one or family member may face. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Kelli Sandman-Hurley explores common themes such as school experiences; the impact of dyslexia on mental wellbeing; literacy skills; and being a dyslexic parent, perhaps to a child who is also dyslexic. Interviewees share what helped them (or didn't), the strategies they use daily to tackle literacy-based tasks, anxiety and low self-esteem, the advice they would give to the parent of a dyslexic child who is struggling, and reflect on how their experience has impacted their own parenting style. Whether you're dyslexic yourself or supporting someone who is, this book sheds light on an underrepresented topic, providing much-needed guidance and insight around what life is really like for an adult with dyslexia.