Healthier Societies: From Analysis to Action - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 019517920X ISBN 13: 9780195179200

Verlag: OUP USA, 2006

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Book by Jody Heymann Clyde Hertzman Morris L Barer Robert

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Thanks in a large part to the efforts of public health researchers, the authors of this book included, an increasing number of policy makers, service providers and members of civil society are debating how to use the science to make societies healthier...this book is a valuable and timely addition to the debate. (Public Health)

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Extensive research has shown that social factors are as important as biological ones in determining health, and their impact is enormous in both adults and children. The challenge of changing public policies and programs remains. Healthier Societies: From Analysis to Action addresses the fundamental questions which will lead the way toward countries investing seriously in improving social conditions, as a way of improving population health.

The book is divided into three parts. Section one addresses to what extent health is determined by biological factors, by social factors, and more fundamentally, by the interaction between the two. Section two examines four case studies that demonstrate the ways in which social change cna dramatically affect adults' health, as well as launch children's lives onto healthy trajectories. This section analyzes the cases of nutrition, working conditions, social inequalities, and geographic disparities. The third section of the book takes a serious look at what would be involved in translating the research findings described throughout the book into action.

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• Verlag: OUP USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 019517920X
• ISBN 13: 9780195179200
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448
• Herausgeber: Heymann Jody, Hertzman Clyde, Barer Morris L., Evans Robert G.