An add on to the social policies and health disparities question reading list:

Kanaaneh, Rhoda Ann.  Birthing the Nation: Strategies of Palestinian
Women in Israel. University of California Press. 2002
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/8923.php

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>  Castro, A., Singer, M. (2004) Unhealthy Health Policy: A Critical Anthropological Examination, Altamira Press. http://tinyurl.com/6n8qju and http://tinyurl.com/5agrj3
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>  Coe, A. B. (2004). From anti-natalist to ultra-conservative: restricting reproductive choice in Peru. Reproductive Health Matters, 12(24):56-
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>  Crothers, C. (Editor). (2002). Against their will: North Carolina's sterilization program.
>  http://againsttheirwill.journalnow.com/
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>  Farmer, Paul. Pathologies of Power. University of California Press. 2003.
>  http://tinyurl.com/68zf8p
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>  Farmer, Paul. Infections and inequalities: The Modern Plagues. 2001.
>  http://tinyurl.com/67n6pd
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>  Graham, Hilary. Unequal Lives: Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities. Open University Press, Buckingham, 2007.
>  http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335213693.html
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>  Hofrichter, Richard. Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology, and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease. 2003.
>  http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0787967335,descCd-tableOfContents.html
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>  Kingdon, John. America The Unusual. Worth Publishers. 1999 -- a must read book (while not specifically on SDOH) but gives great insight as to why we are in the position we are with disparities.
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>  Krieger, N., D. Rowley, et al. (1993). "Racial Differences in Preterm Delivery:  Developing a New Research Paradigm." American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement to Volume 9(6 (November/December)): 82-122.   Krieger and colleagues discuss the way social policy has contributed to disparities both historically and in the present.
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>  Marchevsky, Alejandra; Theoharis,Jeanne. Not Working: Latina Immigrants, Low-wage Jobs and the Failure of Welfare Reform. New York: New York University Press, 2006. $75.00 hardcover, $22.00 papercover -- a good brief historical overview of formal and informal social policies such as white-only convenants, and of course, welfare reform. While the connection to specific inequities in health outcomes are not made directly, the leap is not a far one.
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>  MacArthur Foundation. Reaching for a Healthier Life: Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health in the U.S. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health.
>  http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/News/Reaching%20for%20a%20Healthier%20Life.pdf
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>  Moffitt, P. M. (2004). Colonialization: A health determinant for pregnant Dogrib women.  Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15(4), 323-330. PMID 15359066
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>  PBS series -- UNNATURAL CAUSES
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>  Raphael, D. Poverty and Policy in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life
>  http://tinyurl.com/2hg2df
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>  RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America
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>  Siegel, B. Berliner, H., Adams, A., Wasongarz. D. (2003). Addressing health disparities in community settings [On-line].  Available at http://www.rwjf.org/research/researchdetail.jsp?id=1380&ia=133
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>  Smedley, B.D., Stith, A.Y., Nelson, A.R. (2002). Unequal treatment: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.  Free Executive Summary available at:
>  http://books.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/10260.pdf
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>  Tiedje, L. B. (2005). Thirty years of maternal-child health policies in the community.  Maternal Child Nursing, 30 (6), 373-379. PMID 16260942
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>  WHO. A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of Health. WHO Discussion paper for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. DRAFT April 2007
>  http://www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/csdh_framework_action_05_07.pdf
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>  The emphasis below is on past UK work that undertook research on this topic and tried to make it as policy relevant as possible. The "Diderichsen" model, as am I sure you know, has been adopted and revised by the WHO social determinants initiative.  Along with the model is a link to Health Variations Programme, a small treasure of policy relevant research.
>  http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/apsocsci/hvp/intro.htm
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>  Whitehead, M. A framework for researching the impact of public policy on inequalities in health. July, 2000.
>  http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/apsocsci/hvp/newsletters/whitehead6.htm
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>  Whitehead, M., Diderichsen, F., Burström, B. The contribution of social welfare policies in addressing inequalities in health. May, 2000. (putting the social policy framework to work in research)
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