Globalization and Health: Pathways, Evidence and Policy - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 041564805X ISBN 13 : 9780415648059

Editeur : Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Based on the findings of a global research project undertaken by the World Health Organization, this volume systematically analyzes the relationship between globalization and global trends in health outcomes. This will be a necessary addition for scholars studying globalization, health and social policy, and public health across the social sciences.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ronald Labonté is Canada Research Chair in Globalization & Health Equity, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa. Chair of the Globalization Knowledge Network for the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2005-2008), recent books include Critical Public Health: A Reader (co-edited with Judith Greene, Routledge. 2007); Health Promotion: From Community Empowerment to Global Justice (co-authored with Glenn Laverack, Palgrave Macmillan. 2008); Health for Some: Death, Disease and Disparity in a Globalizing Era (co-authored with Ted Schrecker and Amit Sen Gupta, Centre for Social Justice, 2005); Fatal Indifference: The G8, Africa and Global Health (co-authored with Ted Schrecker, David Sanders and Wilma Meeus, University of Cape Town Press/IDRC Books, 2004).

Ted Schrecker is a Scientist and Associate Professor at the Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Canada. A political scientist by background, he served as Hub coordinator of the Globalization Knowledge Network for the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, he was a co-author of Fatal Indifference: The G8, Africa and Global Health (University of Cape Town Press/IDRC Books, 2004) and the editor of Surviving Globalism: The Social and Environmental Challenges (Macmillan, 1997).

Corinne Packer is at the Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa. She has written two books on reproductive health and human rights. She has also written numerous articles and book chapters on the migration of health professionals, the African Union, and Roma women and health care, inter alia.

Vivien Runnels is a Ph.D. student in Population Health and a research associate with the Globalization and Health Equity Research Unit at the University of Ottawa. Her previous employment includes research coordination, rehabilitation counseling and teaching. She researches community-based participatory research; knowledge translation; food insecurity and health human resources.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 041564805X
• ISBN 13: 9780415648059
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 378
• Éditeur: Labonté Ronald, Schrecker Ted, Packer Corinne, Runnels Vivien
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible