Globalization, Health, and the Environment
An Integrated Perspective
AltaMira Press
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2005
288 pages
978-0-7591-1459-3 (ISBN)
Description
Leading health scholars reveal the impact of globalization on human health, as it is mediated through environmental change. They explore the destabilizing impact of globalization on the planet's ecology, and on the health of the human populations that are dependent on the delicate global bionetwork. Their timely case studies describe the cultural adaptations of indigenous populations to their changing environments, evaluating their technological and global political-economic processes. The authors analyze local and global public health strategies, examine the association between globalization and demographies, and offer creative solutions for future health policies. This book will be a valuable resource for professionals in international health, medical anthropology, sociology and geography, environmental studies, and globalization studies.
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Greg Guest Greg Guest is a Senior Research Associate at Family Health International, and received his Ph.D. in ecological anthropology from the University of Georgia. He has carried out research in Mexico and Ecuador, and currently manages several multi-site projects in Africa. His most recent work deals with HIV/AIDS prevention, and behavioral and ethical aspects of clinical trials.
Content
Part 1 Foreword
Part 2 PART I: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Chapter 3 CHAPTER 1: Globalization, Health and the Environment: An Introduction
Chapter 4 CHAPTER 2: Disease Globalization in the Third Epidemiological Transition
Chapter 5 CHAPTER 3: Poverty and Violence, Hunger and Health: A Political Ecology of Armed Conflict
Part 6 PART II: CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS
Chapter 7 CHAPTER 4: Globalization, Migration, and Indigenous Commodification of Medicinal Plants in Chiapas, Mexico
Chapter 8 CHAPTER 5: Health Ecology in Nunavut: Inuit Elders' Concepts of Nutrition, Health, and Political Change
Chapter 9 CHAPTER 6: Globalization, Dietary Change, and "Second-Hair" Illness in Two Mesoamerican Cultures
Part 10 PART III: POPULATION DYNAMICS
Chapter 11 CHAPTER 7: Canadian Cases of the Public Health Implications of Global Environmental and Economic Change
Chapter 12 CHAPTER 8: Urbanization, Land Use, and Health in Baguio City, Philippines
Chapter 13 CHAPTER 9: Globalization, Demography, and Nutrition: A Bekaa Bedouin Case Study
Part 14 PART IV: GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
Chapter 15 CHAPTER 10: The Political Ecology of Dengue in Cuba and the Dominican Republic
Chapter 16 CHAPTER 11: International Architecture for Sustainable Development and Global Health
Part 17 Index
Part 18 About the Authors
Part 2 PART I: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Chapter 3 CHAPTER 1: Globalization, Health and the Environment: An Introduction
Chapter 4 CHAPTER 2: Disease Globalization in the Third Epidemiological Transition
Chapter 5 CHAPTER 3: Poverty and Violence, Hunger and Health: A Political Ecology of Armed Conflict
Part 6 PART II: CULTURAL ADAPTATIONS
Chapter 7 CHAPTER 4: Globalization, Migration, and Indigenous Commodification of Medicinal Plants in Chiapas, Mexico
Chapter 8 CHAPTER 5: Health Ecology in Nunavut: Inuit Elders' Concepts of Nutrition, Health, and Political Change
Chapter 9 CHAPTER 6: Globalization, Dietary Change, and "Second-Hair" Illness in Two Mesoamerican Cultures
Part 10 PART III: POPULATION DYNAMICS
Chapter 11 CHAPTER 7: Canadian Cases of the Public Health Implications of Global Environmental and Economic Change
Chapter 12 CHAPTER 8: Urbanization, Land Use, and Health in Baguio City, Philippines
Chapter 13 CHAPTER 9: Globalization, Demography, and Nutrition: A Bekaa Bedouin Case Study
Part 14 PART IV: GOVERNANCE AND POLICY
Chapter 15 CHAPTER 10: The Political Ecology of Dengue in Cuba and the Dominican Republic
Chapter 16 CHAPTER 11: International Architecture for Sustainable Development and Global Health
Part 17 Index
Part 18 About the Authors
