Social Injustice and Public HealthOxford University Press, 25 aug. 2005 - 552 pagini Two past presidents of the American Public Health Association have edited this book, on the ways in which social injustice causes and contributes to public health problems. Their previous books, War and Public Health and errorism and Public Health, both dealt with specific issues of social injustice as they relate to public health. The current book addresses a broader set of issues in a more comprehensive manner. This book defines social injustice as the denial or violation of economic, sociocultural, political, civil, or human rights of specific populations or groups in society. These groups are socially defined in terms of racial or ethnic status, language, country of origin, socioeconomic status, age, gender, sexual orientation or other perceived group characterisitics. Social injustice manifests in many ways ranging from various forms of overt discrimination to the wide gaps between the "haves" and the "have-nots" within a country or between richer and poorer countries. It increases the prevalence of risk factors and hazardous exposures, which in turn lead to higher rates of disease, injury, disability, and premature death. Public health professionals as well as students need to have a clear understanding of social injustice in order to address these problems, but few books address such a wide range of issues. This book will enable readers to understand social injustice and will prepare them to recognize, document, investigate, and prevent social injustice and its effects on health. This book is organized so that health professionals, students in the health professions, and others will find it of practical value in public health and medical care, research, education, policy development, and advocacy. |
Cuprins
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How Social Injustice Affects Health | 205 |
What Needs to Be Done | 403 |
Some Organizations Addressing Social Injustice | 509 |
Index | 519 |
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Accessed January adults African-Americans American associated Available behavior cancer Center child chronic disease cultural death developing countries disability discrimination disorders drug economic effects environmental example families federal Fund gender global groups Health and Human health care health disparities health professionals health services health status Hispanic HIV/AIDS homeless human rights hunger impact improve incarceration income increased individuals inequalities in health infection institutions issues January 28 justice Latinos lesbian LGBT live Medicaid mental health million minority mortality nutrition older oral health percent policies political poor population poverty prevention programs promote public health public health practice racial and ethnic rates reduce risk factors sexual social inequalities social injustice society socioeconomic strategies tion tobacco transgender treatment U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Department United Nations violence Washington women workers World Bank World Health Organization York