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Social injustice and public health
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication Date
2019.
Language
English
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From the Book - Third edition.
Part I: Introduction: The Nature of Social Injustice and Its Impact on Public Health / Barry S. Levy
Box 1-Concepts of Social Justice
Box 1-2: Science and Social Justice / Omar Khan and Kawika Liu
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
Box 3-1: Racial and Ethnic Definitions in the U.S. Census
Box 3-2: Major Disparities in Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality Rates of African Americans Compared with Others in the United States / Linda Villarosa
Box 3-3: The Importance of Teaching Health Professionals About Cultural Competence – Women / Gina Maranto – Children / Sara Rosenbaum, Kay A. Johnson, and Rachel Gunsalus
Box 5-1: Child Poverty Rates in the United States and Other Countries / Barry S. Levy
Box 5-2: Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Millions Are Dying from Preventable Diseases / Kathryn Bolles and M. James Eliades
Older People / Carroll L. Estes and Steven P. Wallace
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual People / Emilia Lombardi and Talia Bettcher / People with Disabilities / Nora Ellen Groce
Box 8-1: Terminology
Box 8-2: Disability and Education
Box 8-3: Similarities and Differences Among People with Disabilities
Incarcerated People / Ernest M. Drucker
Box 9-1: Political Prisoners / William Schulz
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
Box 12-1: What is Single-payer Health Care? / Steffie Woolhandler and David Himmelstein
Box 12-2: Improving Medical Care by Teaching Medical Students About Racism / Anthony L. Schlaff
Infectious Diseases / Joia S. Mukherjee and Paul E. Farmer
Box 13-1: Case Study of a Man with Tuberculosis – Nutrition / J. Larry Brown
Box 14-1: Definition of Key Terms
Box 14-2: Obesity
Noncommunicable Diseases / Ramla Benmaamar, Madeleine Smith, and Derek Yach
Box 15-1: Noncommunicable Disease Inequities in the United States / Barry S. Levy
Mental Health / Carles Muntaner, Edwin Ng, Haejoo Chung, Philipp Hessel, and William W. Eaton
Box 16-1: The Opioid Crisis and Social Justice / Jay C. Butler – Violence / James A. Mercy and Sarah DeGue
Box 17-1: War and Public Health / Barry S. Levy
Box 17-2: The International Arms Trade / Barry S. Levy
Box 17-3: Nuclear Weapons and Social Injustice / Robert M. Gould and Patrice M. Sutton
Environmental Health / Barry S. Levy
Box 18-1: Childhood Lead Poisoning / Howard Hu
Box 18-2: Impact of Natural Disasters on Social Justice / Linda Young Landesman
Box 18-3: Planetary Health / Samuel S. Myers
Occupational Health and Safety. / Linda Rae Murray
Box 19-1: Economic Globalization / Ellen R. Shaffer and Joseph E. Brenner
Oral Health / Myron Allukian, Jr., and Alice M. Horowitz
Box 20-1: Oral Health Inequalities in Low-income Countries
International and Global Health / Barry S. Levy
Box 21-1: Trafficking in Persons
Box 21-2: Hunger and Malnutrition in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Box 21-3: Export of Hazardous Substances from High-income Countries to Low- and Middle-income Countries
Part IV: An Agenda for Action: Addressing Social Injustice in a Human Rights Context / Sofia Gruskin and Paula Braveman
Box 22-1: Promoting the Rights of "Undocumented Immigrants" / Carmen R. Nevarez
Promoting Social Justice Through Public Health Policies, Programs, and Services / 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
Box 24-1: Strengthening Communities in Low-Income Countries / Gail Snetro-Plewman and Angela Brasington
Box 24-2: How a Community-Based Foundation Addresses Health Consequences of Social Injustice / Martin D. Cohen
Promoting Social Justice Through Education in Public Health / Robert S. Lawrence
Box 25-1: International Declaration of Health Rights
Box 25-2: Teaching Health Equity in a Community-based Program / Shelley K. White
A 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
Box 27-1: Preventing Torture / Leonard S. Rubenstein and Vincent Iacopino
Learning from the Social Movements of the 1960s / Oliver Fein and Charlotte Phillips
Promoting Health with Equitable and Sustainable Human Development / Richard Jolly
Box 29-1: The Role of International Non-governmental Organizations in Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Human Development / Raymond C. Offenheiser and M. Porter McConnell
Box 29-2: The Roles of Foundations in Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Human Development / Mark Sidel
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Levy, Barry S. editor
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9780190914653
9780190914646
9780190914646
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