Social Injustice and Public Health

Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a past president of the American Public Health Association, has had extensive experience in public health practice, education, research, and consulting in the United States and many other countries. He has written more than 200 articles and book chapters on a wide range of public health subjects and has co-edited 19 other books.

• Part I: Introduction1: The Nature of Social Injustice and Its Impact on Public HealthBarry S. Levy Box 1-1: Concepts of Social JusticeBox 1-2: Science and Social JusticeOmar Khan and Kawika LiuPart II: How Social Injustice Affects the Health of Specific Population Groups2: Socioeconomically Disadvantaged PeopleMichael Marmot and Ruth Bell3: People of ColorCarol Easley Allen and Cheryl E. EasleyBox 3-1: Racial and Ethnic Definitions in the U.S. CensusBox 3-2: Major Disparities in Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality Rates of African Americans Compared with Others in the United StatesLinda VillarosaBox 3-3: The Importance of Teaching Health Professionals About Cultural Competence4: WomenGina Maranto 5: ChildrenSara Rosenbaum, Kay A. Johnson, and Rachel GunsalusBox 5-1: Child Poverty Rates in the United States and Other CountriesBarry S. LevyBox 5-2: Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Millions Are Dying from Preventable Diseases Kathryn Bolles and M. James Eliades6: Older PeopleCarroll L. Estes and Steven P. Wallace 7: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender/Transsexual PeopleEmilia Lombardi and Talia Bettcher 8: People with DisabilitiesNora Ellen Groce Box 8-1: TerminologyBox 8-2: Disability and EducationBox 8-3: Similarities and Differences Among People with Disabilities9: Incarcerated People.Ernest M. Drucker Box 9-1: Political PrisonersWilliam Schulz10: People Who Are HomelessElizabeth M. Moore, Theresa H. Cheng, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, and Lillian Gelberg11: Forced Migrants: Refugees and Internally Displaced PersonsMichael ToolePart III: How Social Injustice Affects Areas of Public Health12: Medical CareOliver Fein and H. Jack GeigerBox 12-1: What is Single-payer Health Care?Steffie Woolhandler and David HimmelsteinBox 12-2: Improving Medical Care by Teaching Medical Students About RacismAnthony L. Schlaff13: Infectious DiseasesJoia S. Mukherjee and Paul E. FarmerBox 13-1: Case Study of a Man with Tuberculosis14: NutritionJ. Larry BrownBox 14-1: Definition of Key TermsBox 14-2: Obesity 15: Noncommunicable DiseasesRamla Benmaamar, Madeleine Smith, and Derek YachBox 15-1: Noncommunicable Disease Inequities in the United StatesBarry S. Levy16: Mental HealthCarles Muntaner, Edwin Ng, Haejoo Chung, Philipp Hessel, and William W. EatonBox 16-1: The Opioid Crisis and Social JusticeJay C. Butler17: Violence James A. Mercy and Sarah DeGueBox 17-1: War and Public HealthBarry S. Levy Box 17-2: The International Arms TradeBarry S. LevyBox 17-3: Nuclear Weapons and Social Injustice Robert M. Gould and Patrice M. Sutton18: Environmental HealthBarry S. LevyBox 18-1: Childhood Lead PoisoningHoward HuBox 18-2: Impact of Natural Disasters on Social JusticeLinda Young LandesmanBox 18-3: Planetary HealthSamuel S. Myers19: Occupational Health and Safety.Linda Rae MurrayBox 19-1: Economic GlobalizationEllen R. Shaffer and Joseph E. Brenner20: Oral HealthMyron Allukian, Jr., and Alice M. Horowitz Box 20-1: Oral Health Inequalities in Low-income Countries21: International and Global HealthBarry S. Levy Box 21-1: Trafficking in Persons Box 21-2: Hunger and Malnutrition in Low- and Middle-income CountriesBox 21-3: Export of Hazardous Substances from High-income Countries to Low- and Middle-income CountriesPart IV: An Agenda for Action 22: Addressing Social Injustice in a Human Rights Context Sofia Gruskin and Paula BravemanBox 22-1: Promoting the Rights of "Undocumented Immigrants"Carmen R. Nevarez23: Promoting Social Justice Through Public Health Policies, Programs, and ServicesAlonzo Plough and Priya Gandhi24: Strengthening Communities and the Roles of Individuals in Building Community LifeRobert E. Aronson, Kay Lovelace, John W. Hatch, and Tony L. Whitehead Box 24-1: Strengthening Communities in Low-Income CountriesGail Snetro-Plewman and Angela BrasingtonBox 24-2: How a Community-Based Foundation Addresses Health Consequences of Social Injustice Martin D. Cohen25: Promoting Social Justice Through Education in Public HealthRobert S. LawrenceBox 25-1: International Declaration of Health RightsBox 25-2: Teaching Health Equity in a Community-based ProgramShelley K. White26: A Critical Research Agenda for Social Justice and Public Health: An Ecosocial ProposalNancy Krieger 27: Protecting Human Rights through International and National LawHenry A. Freedman and Martha F. DavisBox 27-1: Preventing Torture Leonard S. Rubenstein and Vincent Iacopino28: Learning from the Social Movements of the 1960sOliver Fein and Charlotte Phillips29: Promoting Health with Equitable and Sustainable Human DevelopmentRichard JollyBox 29-1: The Role of International Non-governmental Organizations in Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Human DevelopmentRaymond C. Offenheiser and M. Porter McConnellBox 29-2: The Roles of Foundations in Promoting Equitable and Sustainable Human DevelopmentMark SidelIndex

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