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Zusatztext 'A truly multidisciplinary approach to public health and global health makes this book special.' - Peter Piot! Professor of Global Health and Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine! UK! and former Executive Director of UNAIDS! and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations"This comprehensive! well-written! and well-edited book is an important contribution to understanding the many complex issues that all nations face. A much-needed addition to the field! and must reading for anyone who is seriously interested in global public health." - R. M. Mullner! University of Illinois at Chicago Informationen zum Autor Richard Parker is Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Anthropology in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City! USA. He is also Director and President of the Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA) in Rio de Janeiro! Brazil. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Global Public Health journal.Marni Sommer is Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences in the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is the Executive Editor of Global Public Health journal. Zusammenfassung The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health addresses emerging issues and conceptualizations in global health, expanding upon the critical priorities in this rapidly evolving field. It provides an authoritative overview for students, practitioners, researchers, and policy makers concerned with public health around the globe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Richard Parker and Marni Sommer PART I The Transition from International Health to Global Health 2. Global Health in Transition Julio Frenk, Octavio Gómez-Dantés, and Fernando Chacón 3. The World Health Organization and the World of Global Health Theodore M. Brown and Marcos Cueto 4. The Shifting Landscape of Public Health: From International to Global Health Adam Kamradt-Scott, Chris Holden, and Kelley Lee 5. From International to Global: Framing Health in the New Millenium Ronald Labonté 6. International Health, Global Health and Human Rights Daniel Tarantola, Laura Ferguson, and Sofia Gruskin PART II Structural Inequalities and Global Public Health 7. Global Health Inequities: Structures, Power and the Social Distribution of Health Sharon Friel and Michael Marmot 8. Eliminating Global Health Inequities – Bridging the Gap David Satcher and Sharon A. Rachel 9. Gender-based Inequities in Global Public Health Gita Sen and Piroska Östlin 10. From Natural History of Disease to Vulnerability: Changing Concepts and Practices in Contemporary Public Health José Ricardo Ayres, Vera Paiva and Ivan França Jr. 11. Attacking Inequality in Health: A Challenging but Winnable War Abdo Yazbeck 12. Pathways to Health Systems Strengthening for the Bottom Billion Andrew Ellner, Gene Bukhman and Paul Farmer PART III Ecological Transformation and Environmental Health in the Global System 13. Climate Change and Global Public Health: Impacts, Research and Actions Elizabeth G. Hanna, Anthony J. McMichael and Colin D. Butler 14. Water and Health: Fragile Sources Peter G. McCornick and John Pasch 15. Double Jeopardy: Vulnerable Children and the Possible Global Lead Poisoning/Infectious Disease Syndemic Merrill Singer 16. Air Pollution and Global Public Health Christopher J. Paul and Marie Lynn Miranda PART IV Population and Reproductive Health 17. The Evolution of Reproductive Health and Rights Susan Purdin, Anne Langston and Ashley Wolfington 18. A Generation at Risk: Prioritizing Child and Youth Health Caroline W. Kabiru, Chi-Chi Undie and Alex C. Ezeh 19. Reducing Death and Disability from Unsafe Abortion Therese McGin...
