The political determinants of health / Daniel E. Dawes ; foreword by David R. Williams.

By:

Dawes, Daniel E, 1980- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Williams, David R. (David Rudyard), 1954- [writer of foreword.]

Material type: Text

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781421437897
1421437899

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

362.10973 23

LOC classification:

RA395.A3 D39 2020
RA425

NLM classification:

WA 30

Contents:

The allegory of the orchard : The political determinants of health inequities -- Setting the precedent : America's attempts to address the political determinants of health inequities -- The political determinants of health model -- How the game Is played : successful employment of the political determinants of health -- Winning the game that never ends -- Growing pains : tackling the political determinants of health inequities during a regressive period -- The future of health equity begins and ends with the political determinants of health.

Summary: "This book examines the ways that policy and politics influence health--both the policies we think of as health policy, formally, and those that we don't. The author introduces the concept of the political determinants of health (modeled on the term social determinants of health) and describes the history of health legislation and explains how readers can use this knowledge to take social action"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-207) and index.

"This book examines the ways that policy and politics influence health--both the policies we think of as health policy, formally, and those that we don't. The author introduces the concept of the political determinants of health (modeled on the term social determinants of health) and describes the history of health legislation and explains how readers can use this knowledge to take social action"-- Provided by publisher.

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