López-Cevallos and Team Contribute Chapter for New Textbook on Global Health and Healthcare Systems

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Daniel López-Cevallos

Associate Professor of Community Health Education Daniel López-Cevallos and a team of researchers, including doctoral candidate Mariana Pinto-Alvarez and Ecuador-based colleagues Irene Torres and Daniel Romero-Alvarez, have contributed a chapter to the textbook Health and Healthcare Systems: A Global View. Their chapter on Ecuador provides an overview of the country’s geographic, population, and cultural characteristics. Moreover, it examines the health profile of the Ecuadorian population, highlighting prevalent morbidity and mortality issues, and their social determinants. The authors conclude with a call for building a community-based healthcare system, incorporating community voices in policy decisions aimed at addressing systemic inequities.

Health and Healthcare Systems: A Global View explores the world’s health systems through a comparative, equity-driven lens. Divided into thirteen regional sections, the book offers critical insights into global healthcare structures, historical and cultural contexts, and innovative approaches to enhance service delivery. Learn how economic status, geography, and policy impact healthcare delivery, and build skills in cultural humility, advocacy, and systems thinking to navigate and improve health systems worldwide.

Key features of the book include:

• An analysis of health systems across 13 regions, highlighting structural challenges, financing models, and innovative practices, while also emphasizing equity, innovation, and cultural context.
• Chapters highlighting region-specific overviews, key demographics and context, and diverse global healthcare practice examples that support engagement and critical thinking.
• Written by global health experts with lived experience and academic leadership in public health, policy, and international education.

Health and Healthcare Systems: A Global View is available directly from the publisher Springer or through most major book sellers.