Textbook of global health /
"H1N1. Diabetes. Ebola. Zika. Each of these health problems is rooted in a confluence of social, political, economic, and biomedical factors that together inform our understanding of global health. The imperative for those who study global health is to understand these factors individually and,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Textbook of Global Health; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations: Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Global Health?; Some Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. The Historical Origins of Modern International (and Global) Health; Antecedents of Modern International Health: Black Death, Colonial Conquest, and the Atlantic Slave Trade; Health, "the Tropics," and the Imperial System; Industrialization, Urbanization, and the Emergence of Modern Public Health; The Making of International Health
- International Health Institution-Building: The LNHO and the Inter-War Years 2. Between International and Global Health: Contextualizing the Present; The Post-World War II International (Health) Order; The Rise of the WHO and "Third World" Development; Straddling International and Global Health; 3. Political Economy of Health and Development; Political Economy of Health (and Development); Political Economy of Development (and Health); Recent Development and Global Health Approaches; 4. Global Health Actors and Activities; Snapshot of Global Health Actors, Agencies, and Programs
- Political Economy of Global Health Actors and Activities 5. Data on Health: What Do We Know, What Do We Need to Know, and Why Does it Matter; Why Health Data Matter; Types of Health Data; 6. Epidemiologic Profiles of Global Health and Disease; Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality Across Societies and the Life Cycle; Epidemiology and the Political Economy of Disease; Diseases of Marginalization and Deprivation; Diseases of Modernization and Work; Diseases of Marginalization and Modernization; Diseases of Emerging (Global) Social and Economic Patterns
- 7. Health Equity and the Societal Determinants of HealthHow is Health Societally Determined and What Explains Health Inequities: Pathways and Possibilities; From Political, Economic, Social, and Historical Context to Population Health and Health Inequities; Societal Governance and Social Policies; From Living Conditions to Embodied Influences; Addressing Health Inequities and the Societal Determinants of Health; 8. Health Under Crises and the Limits to Humanitarianism; Ecological Disasters and their Implications; Famine and Food Aid; War, Militarism, and Public Health
- Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Numbers, Types, and PlacesComplex Humanitarian Emergencies; Political Economy of Disasters and CHEs: Where Does Humanitarianism Fit In?; 9. Globalization, Trade, Work, and Health; Globalization and Its (Dis)Contents; Health Effects of Neoliberal Globalization; Work and Occupational Health and Safety Across the World; Signs of Hope for the Future: Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization; 10. Health and the Environment; Framing Environmental Health Problems: The Motors and Drivers; Health Problems as Environmental Problems and Vice Versa