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  • The Health Gap

    The Challenge of an Unequal World

    In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, and in other cities around the world.In Sierra Leone, one in 21 fifteen-year-old women will die in her ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Status Syndrome

    How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity

    Based on decades of his own research, a pioneering epidemiologist reveals the surprising factors behind who lives longer and whyYou probably didn't realize that when you graduated from college you increased your lifespan, or that your co-worker who has a master's degree is more likely to live a longer and healthier life. Seemingly small social differences in education, job title, income, even the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Social Determinants of Health

    Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life as the primary ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • The Social Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened health disparities worldwide. Across all nations, the burden of COVID-19 has fallen most heavily on the socially disadvantaged. In the United States, the COVID-19 mortality rate for Black Americans is over twice that of their White American counterparts, and people in prisons have more than double the COVID-19 mortality rate of the general U.S. population. Other ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Social Determinants of Health

    Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life as the primary ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine

    by Geoffrey Rose ...
    The Strategy of Preventive Medicine, by Geoffrey Rose, first published in 1993 remains a key text for anyone involved in preventive medicine. Rose's insights into the inextricable relationship between ill health, or deviance, in individuals and populations they come from, have transformed our whole approach to strategies for improving health. His personal and unique book, based on many years ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Health Justice

    An Argument from the Capabilities Approach

    Social factors have a powerful influence on human health and longevity. Yet the social dimensions of health are often obscured in public discussions due to the overwhelming focus in health policy on medical care, individual-level risk factor research, and changing individual behaviours. Likewise, in philosophical approaches to health and social justice, the debates have largely focused on ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • The Science of Occupational Health

    Stress, Psychobiology, and the New World of Work

    The Science of Occupational Health is an evidence-based resource for all members of the health care team working with those affected by work-based stress - whether individuals suffering physical or psychological symptoms, or organizations trying to provide optimum conditions for healthy and productive employees.The authors offer a unique psychobiological perspective, discussing the modern ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

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    The Health Gap

    The Challenge of an Unequal World

    Narrated by Chris Courtenay ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 52 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Health Gap by Michael Marmot, read by Chris Courtenay.'Punchily written … He leaves the reader with a sense of the gross injustice of a world where health outcomes are so unevenly distributed' Times Literary Supplement'Splendid and necessary' Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, New StatesmanThere are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries. But ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

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  • Health Promotion and the Policy Process

    Scholars and governments recognize the importance of policy development and implementation for population health, but there is a lack of systematic theoretical and conceptual development in the health field to address the issue. Health Promotion and the Policy Process is the first book to take an in-depth look at the theoretical advances in the political sciences, including discussing the ... Read more

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  • Criminology

    The Essentials

    [![A companion website is available for this text][]][A companion website is available for this text 1]This is an essential introduction to undergraduate studies in criminology. Short, clear and concise, it provides a comprehensive overview of the key themes covered on your criminology course.The second edition provides:- Summaries of key course content, including new sections on race and ... Read more

    $65.69 USD