Globalisation and public health

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11178494
AutoresDouglas Bettcher (World Health Organization, autor correspondente), K Lee (0000-0002-3625-1915, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Ano2002
Volume56
Fascículo1
Páginas8-17
Data de publicação2002-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738
EditoraBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/jech.56.1.8
PMID11801614
OpenAlexW2108560251
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas37

At the dawn of the 21st century, globalisation is a word that has become a part of everyday communication in all corners of the world. It is a concept that for some holds the promise of a new and brighter future, while for others it represents a threat that needs to be confronted and counteracted. In the area of public health, a wide range of claims have been made about the various impacts, both positive and negative, that can be attributed to globalisation. In the ever expanding literature on globalisation and health, it has become apparent that considerable confusion is emerging in both the ways that terminology is applied and concepts are defined. The determinants of health are increasingly multisectoral, and in tackling these challenges it is necessary to take a multidisciplinary approach that includes policy analyses in such areas as trade, environment, defence/security, foreign policy, and international law. In assembling the terms for this glossary, we have attempted to demonstrate the richness of the globalisation and public health debate, and in so doing have selected some of the core terms that require definition. We hope that this glossary will help to clarify this interesting and challenging area, and will also serve as a useful entry point to this new debate in public health

Globalization · Glossary · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Terminology · Global Health Care Issues · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public health and occupational medicine · Health Policy