Globalization and social determinants of health

Introduction and methodological background (part 1 of 3)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19534372
AutoresRonald Labonté (0000-0002-0615-740X, University of Ottawa), Ted Schrecker (0000-0002-4447-5281, University of Ottawa, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume3
Fascículo1
Páginas5
Data de publicação2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobalization and Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1744-8603 • E-ISSN: 1744-8603
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1186/1744-8603-3-5
PMID17578568
PMCIDPMC1924848
OpenAlexW2022647390
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas37
Referências citadas40

Globalization is a key context for the study of social determinants of health (SDH). Broadly stated, SDH are the conditions in which people live and work, and that affect their opportunities to lead healthy lives.In this first article of a three-part series, we describe the origins of the series in work conducted for the Globalization Knowledge Network of the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health and in the Commission's specific concern with health equity. We explain our rationale for defining globalization with reference to the emergence of a global marketplace, and the economic and political choices that have facilitated that emergence. We identify a number of conceptual milestones in studying the relation between globalization and SDH over the period 1987-2005, and then show that because globalization comprises multiple, interacting policy dynamics, reliance on evidence from multiple disciplines (transdisciplinarity) and research methodologies is required. So, too, is explicit recognition of the uncertainties associated with linking globalization - the quintessential "upstream" variable - with changes in SDH and in health outcomes

Biology · Economic growth · Economics · Global health · Globalization · Health care · Health services research · International health · Political science · Public health · Social determinants of health · Social policy · Social science · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health disparities and outcomes · Law · Medicine · Health Policy