Social Injustice and Public Health

Social Injustice and Public Health

Edited by past presidents of the American Public Health Association, with chapters written by 48 experts in various aspects of social injustice, this book addresses many aspects of social injustice and their relationship to public health. Major sections of the book focus on population groups affected by social injustice, areas of public health and medical care in which social injustice has an adverse impact, and approaches to the reduction and elimination of social injustice and its adverse effects on public health. "...a useful contribution to a critical field of public health."-- International Journal of Epidemiology "...an invaluable primer on how inequity breeds ill health...It should be widely read by policymakers and practitioners looking for a passionate and scholarly review of societal changes that would avert enormous suffering."-- New England Journal of Medicine Edited by two leading public health physicians with chapters written by 48 experts in various aspects of social injustice, this book addresses many aspects of social injustice and their relationship to public health. Barry S. Levy is Adjunct Professor of Community Health at Tufts University, School of Medicine.