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Social injustice and public health /

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"This newly revised edition of the classic text is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource for understanding and addressing the profound impacts of social injustice on public health. Across chapters from experts in health and medicine, readers learn to recognize both the threads of inequity and th...

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Other Authors: Levy, Barry S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Social medicine.
Social justice.
Public health > Social aspects.
Public health.
Social Medicine
Social Justice
Public Health
Justice sociale.
Sociologie de la santé.
Médecine sociale.
Santé publique.
public health.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Public health > Social aspects
Social justice
Social medicine
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction. Impact of social injustice and Its Impact on public health / Barry S. Levy
  • Part II: How social injustice affects the health of specific population groups. Socioeconomically disadvantaged people / Michael Marmot and Ruth Bell
  • People of color / Carol Easley Allen and Cheryl E. Easley
  • Older people / Steven P. Wallace and Caroll L. Estes
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual people / Emilia Lombardi and Talia Mae Bettcher
  • People with disabilities / Nora Ellen Groce
  • Incarcerated people / Ernest M. Drucker
  • People who are homeless / Elizabeth M. Moore, Theresa H. Cheng, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, and Lillian Gelberg
  • Forced migrants: Refugees and internally displaced persons / Michael Toole
  • Part III: How social injustice affects areas of public health. Medical care / Oliver Fein and H. Jack Geiger
  • Infectious diseases / Joia S. Mukherjee and Paul E. Farmer
  • Nutrition / J. Larry Brown
  • Noncommunicable diseases / Ramla Benmaamar, Madeleine Smith, and Derek Yach
  • Mental health / Carles Muntaner, Edwin Ng, Haejoo Chung, Philipp Hessel, and William W. Eaton
  • Environmental health / Barry S. Levy
  • Occupational health and safety / Linda Rae Murray
  • Oral health / Myron Allukian, Jr., and Alice M. Horowitz
  • Part IV: Agenda for Action. Addressing social injustice in a human rights context / Sofia Gruskin and Paula Braveman
  • Promoting social justice through public health practices / Alonzo Plough and Priya Gandhi
  • Strengthening communities and the roles of individuals in building community life / Robert E. Aronson, Kay Lovelace, John W. Hatch, and Tony L. Whitehead
  • Promoting through education in public health / Robert S. Lawrence
  • Critical research agenda for social justice and public health: An ecosocial proposal / Nancy Krieger
  • Protecting human rights through international and national law / Henry A. Freedman and Martha F. Davis
  • Learning from the social movements of the 1960s / Oliver Fein and Charlotte Phillips
  • Promoting health with equitable and sustainable human development / Richard Jolly
  • Roles of foundations in promoting equitable and sustainable human development / Mark Sidel.