[afro-nets] New book: Equity, social determinants and public health programmes

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New book:
Equity, social determinants and public health programmes

Edited by Erik Blas and Anand Sivasankara Kurup 2010, 300 pages
ISBN 978 92 4 156397 0
World Health Organization 2010

PDF [300p] Available online at:
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2010/9789241563970_eng.pdf

“…This book is a collection of analyses of the social determinants of health that impact on specific health conditions. Stemming from the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, promising interventions to improve health equity are presented for the areas of: alcohol-related disorders, cardiovascular diseases, child health and nutrition, diabetes, food safety, maternal health, mental health, neglected tropical diseases, oral health, pregnancy outcomes, tobacco and health, tuberculosis, and violence and injuries.

The book was commissioned by the Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights as part of the work undertaken by the Priority Public Health Conditions Knowledge Network of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health, in collaboration with 16 of the major public health programmes of WHO. In addition to this, through collaboration with the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, 13 case studies were commissioned to examine the implementation challenges in addressing social determinants of health in low-and middle-income settings….”

To order the book, please visit: http://www.who.int/bookorders

To know more about the work of WHO on social determinants of health, please visit: www.who.int/social_determinants/en

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment
Foreword

Chapter 1 Introduction and methods of work - Erik Blas and Anand Sivasankara Kurup
Chapter 2 Alcohol: equity and social determinants - Laura A. Schmidt, Pia Mäkelä, Jürgen Rehm and Robin Room
Chapter 3 Cardiovascular disease: equity and social determinants - Shanthi Mendis and A Banerjee
Chapter 4 Health and nutrition of children: equity and social Determinants - Fernando C. Barros, Cesar G. Victora, Robert W. Scherpbier, and, Davidson Gwatkin
Chapter 5 Diabetes: equity and social Determinants -David Whiting, Nigel Unwin, and Gojka Roglic
Chapter 6 Food safety: equity and social determinants - Jean-Louis Jouve, Jens Aaagaard-Hansen and Awa Aidara-Kane
Chapter 7 Mental disorders: equity and social determinant -Vikram Patel, Crick Lund, Sean Hatherill, Sophie Plagerson, Joanne Corrigall, Michelle Funk, and, Alan J. Flisher
Chapter 8 Inequity and Social Determinants of Neglected Tropical Diseases - Jens Aagaard-Hansen and Claire-Lise Chaignat
Chapter 9 Oral health: equity and social determinants - Stella Kwan and Poul Erik Petersen
Chapter 10 Unintended pregnancy and pregnancy outcome: equity and social determinants -Shawn Malarcher, LG Olson and Norman Hearst
Chapter 11 Tobacco use: equity and social determinants -Annette David, Katharine Esson , Anne-Marie Perucic and Christopher Fitzpatrick
Chapter 12 Tuberculosis: the role of risk factors and social determinants -Knut Lönnroth, Ernesto Jaramillo, Brian Williams, Chris Dye, and Mario Raviglione
Chapter 13 Violence and unintentional injury: equity and social determinants -Helen Roberts and David Meddings
Chapter 14 Synergy for equity - Erik Blas and Anand Sivasankara Kurup

Index

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Anand Sivasankara Kurup
Technical Officer -Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights
Information, Evidence and Research Cluster - World Health Organization
mailto:cschuftan@phmovement.org