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.

The book is packed full of data, rich with details, and organized into four key sections ... [it] is an important reference that fills a need in the field.

• Part I: Introduction 1: The Nature of Social Injustice and Its Impact on Public HealthBarry S. Levy Box 1-1: Concepts of Social Justice Box 1-2: Science and Social Justice Omar Khan and Kawika Liu Part II: How Social Injustice Affects the Health of Specific Population Groups 2: Socioeconomically Disadvantaged People Michael Marmot and Ruth Bell 3: 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 States Linda VillarosaBox 3-3: The Importance of Teaching Health Professionals About Cultural Competence 4: WomenGina Maranto 5: ChildrenSara Rosenbaum, Kay A. Johnson, and Rachel Gunsalus Box 5-1: Child Poverty Rates in the United States and Other Countries Barry S. LevyBox 5-2: Children in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Millions Are Dying from Preventable Diseases Kathryn Bolles and M. James Eliades 6: 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 Disabilities 9: Incarcerated People.Ernest M. Drucker Box 9-1: Political Prisoners William Schulz 10: People Who Are Homeless Elizabeth M. Moore, Theresa H. Cheng, Roya Ijadi-Maghsoodi, and Lillian Gelberg 11: Forced Migrants: Refugees and Internally Displaced PersonsMichael Toole Part III: How Social Injustice Affects Areas of Public Health 12: 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 Racism Anthony L. Schlaff 13: Infectious DiseasesJoia S. Mukherjee and Paul E. FarmerBox 13-1: Case Study of a Man with Tuberculosis 14: NutritionJ. Larry BrownBox 14-1: Definition of Key TermsBox 14-2: Obesity 15: Noncommunicable Diseases Ramla Benmaamar, Madeleine Smith, and Derek YachBox 15-1: Noncommunicable Disease Inequities in the United StatesBarry S. Levy 16: Mental HealthCarles Muntaner, Edwin Ng, Haejoo Chung, Philipp Hessel, and William W. EatonBox 16-1: The Opioid Crisis and Social JusticeJay C. Butler 17: 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. Sutton 18: Environmental HealthBarry S. LevyBox 18-1: Childhood Lead Poisoning Howard HuBox 18-2: Impact of Natural Disasters on Social JusticeLinda Young LandesmanBox 18-3: Planetary HealthSamuel S. Myers 19: Occupational Health and Safety.Linda Rae MurrayBox 19-1: Economic GlobalizationEllen R. Shaffer and Joseph E. Brenner 20: Oral HealthMyron Allukian, Jr., and Alice M. Horowitz Box 20-1: Oral Health Inequalities in Low-income Countries 21: International and Global Health Barry 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 Countries Part 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. Nevarez 23: Promoting Social Justice Through Public Health Policies, Programs, and ServicesAlonzo Plough and Priya Gandhi 24: 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. Cohen 25: 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. White 26: 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 Iacopino 28: Learning from the Social Movements of the 1960sOliver Fein and Charlotte Phillips 29: 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 Sidel Index