PHM-Exch> Social Medicine latest issue [English and Spanish]

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
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 *Social Medicine - Vol 4, No 2 (2009)

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Full text available online:

English - Table of Contents at:
http://journals.sfu.ca/socialmedicine/index.php/socialmedicine/issue/view/38/showToc



Español - Table de contenidos:
http://journals.sfu.ca/socialmedicine/index.php/medicinasocial/issue/view/35/showToc



Editorials

*The Economic Crisis and Public Health *

*Barry S Levy, Victor Sidel

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“…..The current global economic crisis seriously threatens the health of the
public. Challenges include increases in malnutrition; homelessness and
inadequate housing; unemployment; substance abuse, depression, and other
mental health problems; mortality; child health problems; violence;
environmental and occupational health problems; and social injustice and
violation of human rights; as well as decreased availability, accessibility,
and affordability of quality medical and dental care. Health professionals
can respond by promoting surveillance and documentation of human needs,
reassessing public health priorities, educating the public and policymakers
about health problems worsened by the economic crisis, advocating for sound
policies and programs to address these problems, and directly providing
necessary programs and services…”

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*Lessons from Mexico’s H1N1 Influenza Outbreak *

*Latin American Social Medicine Association, Mexico Region, A.C.  *



Original Research



*‘Top Heavy’ Systems and Quality of Health Care *

*Zakir Husain, Saswata Ghosh, Bijoya Roy  *



*Poverty and Health in Argentina *

*Maria Alejandra Silva  *



Themes and Debates


*An Interview with Sir Michael Marmot *

*Editors  *



*Latin American Social Medicine and the Report of the WHO Commission on
Social Determinants of Health *

*Rafael Gonzalez Guzman  *



*Participation and empowerment in Primary Health Care: from Alma Ata to the
era of globalization *

*Pol De Vos, Geraldine Malaise, Wim De Ceukelaire, Denis Perez, Pierre
Lefèvre, Patrick Van der Stuyft  *



*News & Events*

Health & Life: A tribute to the late Edmundo Granda Ugalde

*Zaida Betancourt

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¡Salud! Southwest Tour

*Joanna Mae Mae Souers

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XI Congress of Latin American Social Medicine & Collective Health

*Mauricio Torres Tovar  *
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