Globalization and health / edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Sarah Wamala.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- 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 -- 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.

"Globalization is breaking down economic, political, cultural, demographic, and social barriers across the world at an astonishing pace. The topic of globalization can arouse passionate debate in many circles including academic journals, the popular media, and even on the streets. This newworld order is marked by new actors, new rules of governance, new forms of communication, and the global movement of populations. Health is an exquisitely sensitive mirror of social conditions, and the authors of this book argue that the assessment of health is an important criterion for evaluatingand monitoring the progress of globalization.This book provides an analysis of the most serious global threats to health, the tools that can be used to evaluate them, and the international agencies established to respond to them. Medical threats such as infectious diseases, obesity, tobacco use, and global climate change are discussed, but theauthors also expand their scope to include socio-political health impacts such as economic inequality. The complex role of organizations such as the World Health Organization, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank is also analyzed, as is the increasing interconnectedness of health andnon-health actors. Is this blurring of boundaries really beneficial to the public's health, or have these actors abandoned health issues for power politics? By drawing together an international group of health experts,Globalization and Health provides a comprehensive account of the successes andfailures, as well as the challenges and opportunities of globalization for public health."--Publisher description.

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