[afro-nets] New book: Social determinants approaches to public health: from concept to practice

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*New book: Social determinants approaches to public health: from concept to practice
Edited by Erik *Blas, Johannes Sommerfeld *and *Anand Sivasankara Kurup *
ISBN 978 92 4 156413 7
*World Health Organization 2011

Available online PDF [222p.] at: http://bit.ly/jGKRYq

The thirteen case studies contained in this publication were commissioned by the research node of the Knowledge Network on Priority Public Health Conditions (PPHC-KN), a WHO-based interdepartmental working group associated with the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.

The publication is a joint product of the Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights (ETH), Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), and Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR).

The case studies describe a wealth of experiences with implementing public health programmes that intend to address social determinants and to have a great impact on health equity. They also document the real-life challenges in implementing such programmes, including the challenges in scaling up, managing policy changes, managing intersectoral processes, adjusting design and ensuring sustainability.

*Table of Contents *

Chapter 1 Introduction and methods of work
*Erik Blas, Anand Sivasankara Kurup and Johannes Sommerfeld *

Chapter 2 Scaled up and marginalized: A review of the Bangladesh Menstrual Regulation Programme and its impact
*Heidi Bart Johnston, Anna Schurmann, Elizabeth Oliveras and Halida Hanum
Akhter *

Chapter 3 Youth for Youth - A Model for Youth Suicide Prevention: Case Study of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Youth Council & Secretariat
*Stephanie Sinclair, Amanda Meawasige and, Kathi Avery Kinew*

Chapter 4.* *Food and vegetable promotion and the 5-a-day programme in Chile for the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases: Across-sector relationships and public-private partnerships
*Irene Agurto, Lorena Rodriguez and, Isabel Zacarías*

Chapter 5 Dedicated delivery centre for migrants in Minhang District, Shanghai: intervention on the social determinants of health and equity in pregnancy outcome for internal migrants in Shanghai, China
*Su Xu, Jia Cheng, Jia Cheng, Shaokang Zhan and Erik Blas*

Chapter 6 Reviving health posts as an entry point for community
development: A case study of the *Gerbangmas* movement in Lumajang district, Indonesia
*Siswanto Siswanto and Evie Sopacua*

Chapter 7 Child malnutrition: engaging health and other sectors: The case of Iran
*Sara Javanparast*

Chapter 8 The Millennium Villages Project: improving health and eliminating extreme poverty in rural African communities
*Yeşim Tozan, Joel Negin and James Ogola Wariero*

Chapter 9 Immunization programme in Anambra State, Nigeria: an analysis of policy development and implementation of the reaching every ward strategy
*Benjamin Uzochukwu, Benjamin Onwughalu, Erik Blas, Obinna Onwujekwe, Obinna Onwujekwe, Daniel Umeh and Uche Ezeoke*

Chapter 10 Women's Empowerment and its Challenges: Review of a multi-partner national project to reduce malnutrition in rural girls in Pakistan
*Kausar S Khan and Ajmal Agha*

Chapter 11 Local Health Administration Committees (CLAS): Opportunity and empowerment for equity in health in Perú
*Laura C. Altobelli and Carlos Acosta-Saal*

Chapter 12 What happens after a trial? Replicating a cross-sectoral intervention addressing the social determinants of health: the case of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE)
*James Hargreaves, Abigail Hatcher, Vicki Strange, Godfrey Phetla, Julia Kim, Charlotte Watts, Linda Morison, John Porter, Paul Pronyk and Chris Bonell*

Chapter 13 Insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania mainland: challenges in reaching the most vulnerable, most exposed and poorest groups

*J**aap Koot, Romanus Mtung'e and Jane Miller*

Chapter 14 Addressing the social determinants of alcohol use and abuse with adolescents in a Pacific Island country (Vanuatu)

*Patrick Harris, Jan Ritchie, Graham Tabi and Tony Lower

Chapter 15 From concept to practice: Synthesis of findings
Erik Blas

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

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Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)
mailto:ruglucia@paho.org