Description |
248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Inequalities in health in developing countries : challenges for public health research / Mickey Chopra -- Social capital and the third way in public health / Carles Muntaner, John Lynch, and George Davey Smith -- HIV infection in women : social inequalities as determinants of risk / Sally Zierler and Nancy Krieger -- Poverty, policy, and pathogenesis : economic justice and public health in the US / David G. Whiteis -- Strong theory, flexible methods : evaluating complex community based initiatives / Linda Bauld and Ken Judge -- Developing community and agency engagement in an action research study in South Wales / Martin O'Neill and Gareth Williams -- How useful are trials of public health interventions? : an examination of two trials of HIV prevention / Chris Bonell -- Understanding and improving the health of workers in the new economy : a call for a participatory dialogue based approach to work-health research / Michael Polanyi, Tom McIntosh, and Agnieszka Kosny -- Globalisation and health / Maureen Larkin -- Interrogating globalization, health and development : towards a comprehensive framework for research, policy, and political action / Ronald Labonté and Renée Torgerson -- Medicine keepers : issues in indigenous health / Lori Lambert and Eberhard Wenzel -- The politics of female genital cutting in displaced communities / Pascale Allotey, Lenore Manderson, and Sonia Grover -- Antibiotic resistance : an exemplary case of medical nemesis / Charlotte Humphrey -- Genetics, governance, and ethics / Robin Bunton and Alan Peterson -- Moving bodies : injury, dis-ease and the social organization of space / Peter Freund and George Martin -- Epidemic space / Joost Van Loon |
Notes |
Includes revised articles from the journal Critical public health |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Public health -- Social aspects.
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Social medicine.
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Equality -- Health aspects.
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Globalization -- Health aspects.
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Author |
Green, Judith, 1961-
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Labonte, Ronald N.
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LC no. |
2007011521 |
ISBN |
9780415409513 (paperback) |
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0415409527 (paperback) |
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9780415409520 (hardback) |
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0415409519 (hardback) |
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