Globalization and health / edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Sarah Wamala.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kawachi, Ichirō.

Wamala, Sarah P.

Oxford Scholarship Online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Health aspects.

Globalization.

World health.

Global Health.

Population Dynamics.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Medical Subjects:

Global Health.

Population Dynamics.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 340 pages) : illustrations, map

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Globalization is breaking down of economic, political, cultural, demographic, and social barriers across the world at an astonishing pace. The topic of globalization has caused passionate debate in many circles including academic journals, the popular media, and even on the streets. This new world order is marked by new actors, new rules of governance, new forms of communication, and the global movement of populations. Health is an exquisitely sensitive mirror of social conditions, and this book argues that the assessment of health is an important criterion for evaluating and monitoring the progress of globalization. This book provides an analysis of the most serious global threats to health, the tools that can be used to evaluate them, and the international agencies established to respond to them. Medical threats such as infectious diseases, obesity, tobacco use, and global climate change are discussed, but the book also expands its scope to include socio-political health impacts such as economic inequality. The complex role of organizations such as the World Health Organization, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank is also analyzed, as is the increasing interconnectedness of health and non-health actors. Is this blurring of boundaries really beneficial to the public's health, or have these actors abandoned health issues for power politics? 'Globalization and Health' offers analysis of serious global threats to health, the tools that can be used to evaluate these, and the agencies established to respond to them. This work gives an account of the successes and failures, as well as the challenges and opportunities of globalisation for public health.

Contents:

Globalization and health: challenges and prospects / Ichiro Kawachi and Sarah Wamala

Infectious disease in the age of globalization / Lance Saker, Kelley Lee, and Barbara Cannito

Globalization and tobacco / Derek Yach ... [et al.]

The rapid shifts in stages of the nutrition transition: the global obesity epidemic / Barry M. Popkin and Michelle Mendez

Global climate change and human health / A.J. McMichael and G. Ranmuthugala.

Car culture, transport policy, and public health / Tord Kjellstrom and Sarah Hinde

Poverty and inequality in a globalizing world / Ichiro Kawachi and Sarah Wamala

The consequences of economic globalization on working conditions, labor relations, and workers' health / Christer Hogstedt, David H. Wegman, and Tord Kjellstrom

Population movements / Pascale Allotey and Anthony Zwi

Globalization and women's health / Sarah Wamala and Ichiro Kawachi

Summary measures of population health: controversies and new directions / Daniel D. Reidpath

Health impact assessment: towards globalization as if human rights mattered / Eileen O'Keefe and Alex Scott-Samuel

Structural adjustment programs and health / Anna Breman and Carolyn Shelton

Poverty reduction strategy papers: bold new approach to poverty eradication or old wine in new bottles? / Sarah Wamala, Ichiro Kawachi and Besinati Phiri Mpepo.

Health policy and the World Trade Organization / M. Gregg Bloche and Elizabeth R. Jungman

Promoting public health in the 21st century: the role of the World Health Organization / Ruth Bonita, Alec Irwin, and Robert Beaglehole

What's politics got to do with it? health, the G8, and the global economy / Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonte

Military spending: global health threat or global public good? / Raymond R. Hyatt, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version

OCLC:

492161247

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