PHA-Exch> Critical Perspectives in Public Health

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 *Critical Perspectives in Public Health*

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*Judith Green, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK and Ronald
Labonte, University of Ottawa, Canada**
**Publisher: Routledge, October 2007  ISBN
978-0-415-40952-0<http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isbn=9780415409513&parent_id=&pc=/shopping_cart/search/search.asp?search=critical%20perspectives>
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Website:
http://www.globalhealthequity.ca/about/labonte_CriticalPerspectives_cover.shtml



"…..This book explores the concept of 'critical' public health, at a point
when many of its core concerns appear to have moved to the mainstream of
health policy. Issues such as addressing health inequalities and their
socioeconomic determinants, and the inclusion of public voices in
policy-making, are now emerging as key policy aims for health systems across
Europe and North America.

Combining analytical introductory chapters, edited versions of influential
articles from the journal *Critical Public Health* and specially
commissioned review articles, this volume examines the contemporary roles of
'critical voices' in public health research and practice from a range of
disciplines and contexts. The book covers many of the pressing concerns for
public health practitioners and researchers including:

·         the implications of new genetic technologies for public health

·         the impact of globalization on local practice

·         the politics of citizen participation in health programmes

·         the impact of car-centred transport systems on health

·         the ethics of evaluation methods and the persistence of health
inequalities.

*Critical Perspectives in Public Health* is organized into sections covering
four key themes in public health:
1. social inequalities;
2. evidence for practice;
3. globalization;
4. technologies and the environment.

With contributions from a range of countries including the United States,
Canada, the UK, Australia and South Africa, it provides an accessible
overview for students, practitioners and researchers in public health,
health promotion, health policy and related fields.



*Available online:
Chapter 1 – PDF file [11p.] at:*
http://www.globalhealthequity.ca/electronic%20library/Introduction%20to%20Critical%20Perspectives%20in%20Public%20Health%202007.pdf

*Introduction: from critique to engagement*

*Why critical public health matters*

By Judith Green and Ronald Labonté

*Ronald Labonte - Presentations *[image: sd]

Domestic Politics and Global Health: Getting Inside the Black Box of G8
Policies?<http://www.globalhealthequity.ca/electronic%20library/Domestic%20Policies%20and%20Global%20Health.%20%20Getting%20Inside%20the%20Black%20Box%20of%20G8%20Politics%20-%20ISA%20Conference%201-30%202007.pdf>with
Ted Schrecker and David Sanders, International Association of
Sociology
Conference 2007, pp/ 1-30.

Globalization and social determinants of health: A diagnostic overview and
agenda for innovation<http://www.globalhealthequity.ca/electronic%20library/Globalization%20and%20the%20Social%20Determinants%20of%20Health%20-%20WIDER%201-71%20Aug%202006.pdf>,
with Ted Schrecker, Prepared for WIDER Conference on Advancing Health
Equity, Helsinki, 29-30 Sept 2006.

Ronald Labonté, Canada Research Chair, Globalization/Health Equity,
Institute of Population Health

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Institute of
Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

web: www.globalhealthequity.ca
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