Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Social Determinants of Health : Looking Upstream by Kathryn Strother Ratcliff (2017, Trade Paperback)
Rarewaves (663564)
98.5% positive feedback
Price:
US $32.31
ApproximatelyRM 138.23
+ $3.99 shipping
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPolity Press
ISBN-10150950432X
ISBN-139781509504329
eBay Product ID (ePID)3038770292
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSocial Determinants of Health : Looking Upstream
Publication Year2017
SubjectPublic Health, Sociology / General, Disease & Health Issues
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, Medical
AuthorKathryn Strother Ratcliff
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2017-000625
Reviews"This book offers a fresh, original, and much needed approach to social determinants of health. Ratcliff shows - through straightforward, clear writing punctuated with timely and riveting examples - how the conditions of life that we take for granted are created and maintained. At the same time, she strikes a balance by underscoring both human agency and the realities of power dynamics, adding an invaluable sociological perspective. Students will love this book!" Professor Mary Zimmerman, University of Kansas School of Medicine "What we breathe in, eat, and drink; where we work and live; how we travel - each, done badly, can damage health. Kathryn Strother Ratcliff takes us on a wonderfully informative journey to examine the governmental and industrial causes of exposures that determine health." Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Chair of the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2005-2008)
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal362.1
Table Of ContentChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Social Determinants of Health Chapter Three: Poverty and Health Chapter Four: Environmental Health Chapter Five: Water and Health Chapter Six: Automobiles and Health Chapter Seven: Occupational Health Chapter Eight: Food and Health Chapter Nine: Conclusion References Index
SynopsisThis timely book takes seriously the idea of understanding how our social world and not individual responsibility or the healthcare system is the primary determinant of our health., This timely book takes seriously the idea of understanding how our social world - and not individual responsibility or the healthcare system - is the primary determinant of our health. Kathryn Strother Ratcliff puts into practice the "upstream" imagery from public health discourse, which locates the causes (and solutions) of health problems within the social environment. Each chapter explains how the policies, politics, and power behind corporate and governmental decisions and actions produce unhealthy circumstances of living - such as poverty, pollution, dangerous working conditions, and unhealthy modes of food production - and demonstrates that putting profit and politics over people is unhealthy and unsustainable. While the book examines how these unhealthy conditions of life generate significant class and ethnic health disparities, the focus is on everyone's health. Arguing that none of us should be placed in health-threatening situations that could have been prevented, Ratcliff's provocative analysis uses social justice and human rights lenses to guide the discussion "upstream," toward possible changes that should produce a healthier world for us all. Using data and ideas from many disciplines, the book provides a synthesis of invaluable information for activists and policymakers, as well as for professionals and students in sociology, public health, and other fields related to health.
LC Classification NumberRA418.R336 2017
Be the first to write a review
