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Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health
This prescient Handbook brings together expert scholars on the social determinants of health, to examine the living and working conditions that impact the wellbeing of populations across the globe. It provides detailed analyses of international case studies, examining how factors such as class, race, gender, and disability can affect personal experiences.
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This prescient Handbook brings together expert scholars on the social determinants of health, to examine the living and working conditions that impact the wellbeing of populations across the globe. It provides detailed analyses of international case studies, examining how factors such as class, race, gender, and disability can affect personal experiences.
Applying a critical materialist social science approach, contributors consider the sources and effects of a range of social determinants, their quality and distribution, and how they come to shape health outcomes. They highlight relevant and contemporary areas, including global health, the idea of COVID as a political economy event, and health in a neoliberalizing world. Ultimately, they identify ways to improve health through political and social change.
The Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health is a crucial resource for academics and researchers in the social sciences, including the sociology of health, political economy, political sociology, public policy, and social epidemiology. It will also be of interest to students in medicine and other health professions.
Applying a critical materialist social science approach, contributors consider the sources and effects of a range of social determinants, their quality and distribution, and how they come to shape health outcomes. They highlight relevant and contemporary areas, including global health, the idea of COVID as a political economy event, and health in a neoliberalizing world. Ultimately, they identify ways to improve health through political and social change.
The Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health is a crucial resource for academics and researchers in the social sciences, including the sociology of health, political economy, political sociology, public policy, and social epidemiology. It will also be of interest to students in medicine and other health professions.
Critical Acclaim
‘An accessible and engaging exploration of the ‘social determinants of health’, which combines historical accounts of the term’s origins with contemporary analyses of unequal health experiences. The book argues that we are experiencing a global ‘polycrisis’ and proposes that ‘post-capitalist’ solutions are needed to achieve more equitable and sustainable outcomes.’
– Katherine Smith, University of Strathclyde, UK
‘This volume provides a much needed critical, contemporary and global analysis of the social determinants of health in an increasingly unequal world. With chapters by leading experts from across the world, I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand and reduce global health inequalities.’
– Clare Bambra, Newcastle University, UK
– Katherine Smith, University of Strathclyde, UK
‘This volume provides a much needed critical, contemporary and global analysis of the social determinants of health in an increasingly unequal world. With chapters by leading experts from across the world, I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand and reduce global health inequalities.’
– Clare Bambra, Newcastle University, UK
