Social injustice and public health

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