Social Determinants of Health: North American Perspectives
A talk by
Dr. Dennis Raphael - Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program
Director, School of Health Policy and Management, Atkinson Faculty of
Liberal and Professional Studies, York University
&
Toba Bryant - Post-Doctor Fellow, Centre for Health Studies, York
University
Dr. Raphael will discuss the political, economic, and social barriers that
make adoption of a population health approach difficult in Canada and the
USA. This situation is contrasted with that seen in European nations where
reducing health inequalities is an ongoing policy concern. Lessons learned
from Dr. Raphael's experiences in Canada are considered for potential
application in the USA.
Toba Bryant, also on the faculty at York University, will present material
on housing and health.
Sponsored by The Department of Health Services & The Population Health
Forum
June 17, 2004
H 670, 1 to 3 pm
Refreshments provided
Biography
Dennis Raphael, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the School of Health
Policy and Management at York University in Toronto, Canada. The most
recent of his over 100 scientific publications have focused on the health
effects of income inequality and poverty, the quality of life of
communities and individuals, and the impact of government decisions on
North American's health and well-being.
He is the author of the Toronto Charter for a Health Canada that
identified the societal barriers to health among Canadians and the editor
of the forthcoming volume (July, 2004) "Social Determinants of Health:
Canadian Perspectives" published by Canadian Scholars Press. He also
contributed two chapters: "A society in decline: The political and
economic determinants of health inequalities in the USA" and "Towards the
future: Policy and community actions to promote population health" in R.
Hofrichter's new book Health and Social Justice: A Reader on Politics,
Ideology, and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease, published by San
Francisco: Jossey Bass/Wiley, 2003.
Dr. Raphael recently instituted a Social Determinants of Health Listserv
at York University that since its inception in late January of 2004 has
enrolled over 1000 members from around the world. He has also just
received a research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council for a three year inquiry into the "Social determinants of the
incidence and management of type 2 diabetes."
Dr. Raphael's website http://atkinson.yorku.ca/draphael contains numerous
papers and publications related to public policy and community-based
approaches to promoting the health of North Americans.
Toba Bryant is a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Health Studies at
York University. Her doctoral thesis examined how housing and health
activists used different forms of knowledge to influence policy
development during the "Common Sense Revolution" in Ontario. She is
currently investigating how the ideological stances of government
policy-makers shape State receptivity to the theoretical concepts and
demonstrated importance of the social determinants of health. Dr. Bryant's
recent publications have been concerned with the policy-change process,
hospital restructuring in Ontario, population health, and Toronto seniors'
quality of life as revealed through a participatory policy process.
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