Dear Dennis,
Pleasant & peaceful holidays to you and all on this list!
Best wishes for a happy, healthy & prosperous New year!
Sincerely,
Bojana
Bojana Beric, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Health Studies
The Marjorie K. Unterberg School of Nursing & Health Studies
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764
Phone: 732-923-4675
Fax: 732-263-5131
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From: Social Determinants of Health on behalf of Dennis Raphael
Sent: Fri 12/21/2007 10:30 AM
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Subject: [SDOH] Another Year Ends and an Offering
Friends:
Another year of SDOH activity ends...
The Good News (not necessarily in order of importance as much as top of
Dennis' mind):
1. Labour wins in Australia
2. Newfoundland Red Tories undertake a serious anti-poverty initiative
3. California Newsreel creates "Hidden Epidemic: Is Inequality Making Us
Sick?"
4. Numerous health agencies and NGOs in Canada address SDOH (see table in
attachment)
5. National Coordinating Centre on Determinants of Health at St. Francis
Xavier University begins its work
6. SDOH list maintains its 1200 members
7. Dennis gets to meet people in Louisville, Cleveland (twice), Hiram
Ohio, Seattle, Calgary, Halifax, Edmonton, St. Johns, Ottawa on
SDOH-related initiatives
8. Reaching for a Healthier Life; Facts on Socioeconomic Status and Health
in the U.S. published by MacArthur Foundation Research Network on SES &
Health
9. Policy Press and the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research
in Bristol UK continue their work
10. Politics of Health Group at U Liverpool and Durham University continue
their activity
11. National Association of County and City Health Officials
publishesTackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice: A
Handbook for Action
12. Population Health Forum continues work at University of Seattle
13. Poverty and Policy in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of
Life published
14. Canadian Senate Sub-Committee on Population Health addresses the
social determinants of health
15. Conrad Black convicted of three counts of fraud and one of obstruction
The Bad News
1. Income and wealth inequalities grow in Canada and USA
2. Poverty deepens and inequalities increase in Toronto
3. York University's proposed MA and PhD in Health Policy and Equity put
on hold for lack of funds/interest from/at the top
4. Published papers "Telling Stories: News Media, Health Literacy and
Public Policy in Canada" and "Spreading the News: Social Determinants of
Health Reportage in Canadian Daily Newspapers" present a bleak picture of
how newspaper media cover health issues.
5. Gene-related explanations for high incidence of type II diabetes among
marginalized and impoverished minorities raise their ugly heads by those
who should know better
6. Labour union strength continues to decline in Canada and USA
7. McGuinty government in Ontario needs 365 days to "set poverty targets"
and probably another four years to not do anything about it.
8. Harper government in Ottawa cuts more funding from Status of Women
Canada
9. Infant mortality rates increase in Alberta for second consecutive year
10. Public and media coverage of WHO Commission on SDOH virtually
non-existant
11. George Bush is still president of the USA
Attached is "Surmounting the Barriers: Making Action on the Social
Determinants of Health a Public Policy Priority" which will appear in
"Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 2nd Edition" in
February, 2009. that's right 2009.
Happy Holidays and the Best for the New Year!
Of related interest:
Poverty and Policy in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life
by Dennis Raphael
Foreword by Jack Layton
http://tinyurl.com/2hg2df
Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care,
edited by Dennis Raphael, Toba Bryant, and Marcia Rioux
Foreword by Gary Teeple
http://tinyurl.com/2zqrox
Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, edited by Dennis
Raphael
Foreword by Roy Romanow
http://tinyurl.com/yptzae
See a lecture! The Politics of Population Health
http://msl.stream.yorku.ca/mediasite/viewer/?peid=ac604170-9ccc-4268-a1af-9a9e04b28e1d
Also, presentation on Politics and Health at the Centre for Health
Disparities in Cleveland Ohio
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4129139685624192201&hl=en
Dennis Raphael, PhD
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director
School of Health Policy and Management
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto ON M3J 1P3
416-736-2100, ext. 22134
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/draphael
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