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Globalization and health / edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Sarah Wamala.
| Other author | Kawachi, Ichirō. |
| Other author | Wamala, Sarah P. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | xv, 340 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Globalization and health: challenges and prospects / Ichiro Kawachi and Sarah Wamala -- Infectious disease in the age of globalization / Lance Saker, Kelley Lee, and Barbara Cannito -- Globalization and tobacco / Derek Yach ... [et al.] -- The rapid shifts in stages of the nutrition transition: the global obesity epidemic / Barry M. Popkin and Michelle Mendez -- Global climate change and human health / A.J. McMichael and G. Ranmuthugala -- |
| Contents | Car culture, transport policy, and public health / Tord Kjellstrom and Sarah Hinde -- Poverty and inequality in a globalizing world / Ichiro Kawachi and Sarah Wamala -- The consequences of economic globalization on working conditions, labor relations, and workers' health / Christer Hogstedt, David H. Wegman, and Tord Kjellstrom -- Population movements / Pascale Allotey and Anthony Zwi -- Globalization and women's health / Sarah Wamala and Ichiro Kawachi -- Summary measures of population health: controversies and new directions / Daniel D. Reidpath -- Health impact assessment: towards globalization as if human rights mattered / Eileen O'Keefe and Alex Scott-Samuel -- Structural adjustment programs and health / Anna Breman and Carolyn Shelton -- Poverty reduction strategy papers: bold new approach to poverty eradication or old wine in new bottles? / Sarah Wamala, Ichiro Kawachi and Besinati Phiri Mpepo -- |
| Contents | Health policy and the World Trade Organization / M. Gregg Bloche and Elizabeth R. Jungman -- Promoting public health in the 21st century: the role of the World Health Organization / Ruth Bonita, Alec Irwin, and Robert Beaglehole -- What's politics got to do with it? health, the G8, and the global economy / Ted Schrecker and Ronald Labonte -- Military spending: global health threat or global public good? / Raymond R. Hyatt, Jr. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005026737 |
| ISBN | 019517299X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780195172997 (cloth : alk. paper) |