www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities
Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences
provides a unique perspective on health inequalities in Canada and
elsewhere. This exciting new volume brings together experiences from seven
wealthy developed nations--the United States, Australia, Britain and
Northern Ireland, Canada, Finland, Norway, and Sweden--to analyze their
contrasting approaches to reducing avoidable health problems. Some nations
are successfully responding to health inequalities, but Canada is not one
of them. Why is this, and what can we learn from other nations?
Through a political economy lens, Tackling Health Inequalities considers
how societal structures and institutions shape the distribution of
economic, political, and social resources that affect health disparities
amongst the population. The volume then goes on to examine how governing
authorities come to either confront or ignore these health inequalities
and the conditions that creat them. Through these illustrations, it
encourages governing authorities that are tackling health inequalities to
continue their efforts and directs those that are not--such as in Canada
and elsewhere--towards what must be done.
This groundbreaking text shows the primary lessons from these
international experiences: that citizens in Canada and elsewhere need to
educate themselves about the importance of tackling health inequalities,
and then build the political and social movements that will compel
governmental authorities to take action. This volume will serve as a rich
resource for professionals and general readers interested in health
studies, nursing, social work, public policy, and political economy.
Reviews and Comments
"For Canada, this book will be an ideal text, and it will be a very good
text for comparative health systems courses in other countries as well...
Many courses tackling the issue of the political economy of health and
health inequalities could make use of such a volume." Dr. Carlos Quiñonez,
University of Toronto
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See what Jack Layton had to say about my books!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election-ndp-layton-platform.html
at 27:20
Dennis Raphael, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management
York University
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Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
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Of interest:
* New * Poverty in Canada, 2nd edition,
Forewords by Rob Ranier and Jack Layton
http://www.cspi.org/books/poverty_canada
About Canada: Health and Illness
http://tinyurl.com/2c2tm6l
Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings
http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu
Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd edition,
Forewords by Carolyn Bennett and Roy Romanow
http://tinyurl.com/3fkbr8u
Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care,
2nd edition
Foreword by Gary Teeple
http://tinyurl.com/4xlu4up
See a lecture! The Politics of Population Health.
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/viewer/?peid=ac604170-9ccc-4268-a1af-9a9e04b28e1d
Also, presentation at the University of Toronto on how Canada stacks up
again other nations in providing citizens with economic and social
security.
http://vimeo.com/33346501
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