Medical Humanities Bibliography: Social Inequalities on Health

Though this is (sadly) not one of Patrick S. O'Donnell's bibs, this helpful list of texts on social inequalities in health was compiled by a participant on the Spirit of 1848 listserv, so I thought I'd reproduce it here for MH Blog readers.  No claims that it is exhaustive, of course:

• Heyman, J., Hertzman, C., Barer, M. L., & Evans, R. G. (2006). Healthier Societies. From Analysis to Action. New York: NY, Oxford University press.
• Amick, B. J., Levine, S., Tarlov, A. R., & Chapman Walsh, D. (1995). Society and health. New York, N Y : Oxford University Press.
• Evans, R.G., Barer, M. L., & Marmor, T.R. (1994). Why are some people healthy and others not? New York : Walter de Gruyter Inc.
• Oakes, J.M., & Kaufman, J.S. (2006). Methods in social epidemiology. San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass.
• Galea, S. (2007). Macrosocial determinants of population health.
• Dying For Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the Poor, by Jim Yong Kim
• Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology, and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease-A Public Health Reader--edited volume (Richard Hofrichter) Jossey-Bass Press.
• The impact of inequality (wilkinson)
• The status syndrome (marmot)
• Ses and health in industrial nations (adler et al)
• Hilary Graham, Unequal Lives: Health and Socioeconomic Inequalities (Open University Press, 2007).
• Judith Green and Ronald Labonte (eds) Critical Perspectives in Public Health (NY: Routledge, 2008)
• Amy Shulz and Leith Mullings (eds) Gender, Race, Class, and Health: Intersectoral Approaches (SF: Jossey-Bass, 2006)
• Sandro Galea (ed.) Macrosocial Determinants of Population Health. (Secaucus, NJ: Springer, 2007).
• Richard Hofrichter & Rajiv Bhatia, Tackling Health Inequities through Public Health Practice: Theory to Action (Oxford University Press, fall 2009).
• Social Injustice and Public Health by Barry Levy and Victor Sidel, 2006
• Race, Ethnicity and Health by Thomas LaVeist, 2002.
• unhealthy health policy: a critical anthropological examination, arachu castro and merrill singer editors.
• The Society and Population Health Reader: Income Inequality and Health, Kawachi, Kennedy and Wilkinson, (eds.), The New Press, New York, 1999
• Poverty, Inequality and Health: An International Perspective, Leon and Walt (eds.), Oxford University Press, New York, 2001
• Social determinants of health, 2nd ed. eds. Marmot & Wilkinson, Oxford Univ Press. 2006.
• Kawachi and Kennedy's book, The Health of Nations
• Bartley, M. (2003). Understanding Health Inequalities. Oxford UK: Polity Press.
• Davey Smith, G. (Ed.). (2003). Inequalities in Health: Life Course Perspectives. Bristol UK: Policy Press.
• Raphael, D. (Ed.). (2004). Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.
• Marone, J. & Jacobs, L. (2005). Healthy, Wealthy, & Fair: Health Care and the Good Society.
• Kawachi/Berkman et al Neighborhoods and Health
• Thomas LaVeist. Minority Populations And Health : An Introduction To Health Disparities In The United States 2005
• Leiyu Shi and LaVeist et al's Vulnerable Populations in the United States 2005
• Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action Evans, Whitehead, Diderichson, Bhuiya, Wirth (2001)
• Davey Smith, G. (Ed.). (2003). Inequalities in Health: Life Course Perspectives. Bristol UK: Policy Press.
• Navarro, V. (Ed.). (2002). The Political Economy of Social Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life. Amityville, NY: Baywood Press.
• Navarro, V. (Ed.). (2007). Neoliberalism, Globalization, and Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life. Amityville NY: Baywood Press.
• Navarro, V., & Muntaner, C. (Eds.). (2004). Political and Economic Determinants of Population Health and Well-being: Controversies and Developments. Amityville NY: Baywood Press.
• Julie Cwikel. Social Epidemiology - Strategies for Public Health Activism. Columbia University Press.

Comments

[Patrick S. O'Donnell]

Some good stuff. I actually hope to put together a bibliography on this subject sometime before the end of the year. But the above should keep most of us busy for a while.

[Jimmy Pan]

I really appreciate this list. I think it'll provide some good material for the next reading round.