[EQ] Social Medicine [English and Spanish]

de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) - ruglucia@paho.org
para: EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org
fecha: 30 de junio de 2009 09:44
asunto: [EQ] Social Medicine [English and Spanish]


Social Medicine - Vol 4, No 2 (2009)


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English - Table of Contents at: http://journals.sfu.ca/socialmedicine/index.php/socialmedicine/issue/view/38/showToc

Español - Table de contenidos: http://journals.sfu.ca/socialmedicine/index.php/medicinasocial/issue/view/35/showToc



Editorials
The Economic Crisis and Public Health
Barry S Levy, Victor Sidel


“…..The current global economic crisis seriously threatens the health of the public. Challenges include increases in malnutrition; homelessness and inadequate housing; unemployment; substance abuse, depression, and other mental health problems; mortality; child health problems; violence; environmental and occupational health problems; and social injustice and violation of human rights; as well as decreased availability, accessibility, and affordability of quality medical and dental care. Health professionals can respond by promoting surveillance and documentation of human needs, reassessing public health priorities, educating the public and policymakers about health problems worsened by the economic crisis, advocating for sound policies and programs to address these problems, and directly providing necessary programs and services…”



Lessons from Mexico’s H1N1 Influenza Outbreak
Latin American Social Medicine Association, Mexico Region, A.C.

Original Research

‘Top Heavy’ Systems and Quality of Health Care
Zakir Husain, Saswata Ghosh, Bijoya Roy

Poverty and Health in Argentina
Maria Alejandra Silva

Themes and Debates

An Interview with Sir Michael Marmot
Editors

Latin American Social Medicine and the Report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Rafael Gonzalez Guzman

Participation and empowerment in Primary Health Care: from Alma Ata to the era of globalization
Pol De Vos, Geraldine Malaise, Wim De Ceukelaire, Denis Perez, Pierre Lefèvre, Patrick Van der Stuyft

News & Events
Health & Life: A tribute to the late Edmundo Granda Ugalde
Zaida Betancourt


¡Salud! Southwest Tour
Joanna Mae Mae Souers


XI Congress of Latin American Social Medicine & Collective Health
Mauricio Torres Tovar