Abstract
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the meaning and drivers of contemporary globalization, and how globalization affects health.
2. Examine income, wealth, and health inequality trends globally, and in Canada.
3. Explore the two main ways in which capitalist countries can reduce inequalities.
4. Understand the economic meaning of neo-liberalism, and how its three phases since the 1980s have affected health and health equity.
5. Examine the available policy options at national and global scales that can reduce wealth and health inequalities, and the role of the new Sustainable Development Goals in advancing action on these policy choices.
1. Understand the meaning and drivers of contemporary globalization, and how globalization affects health.
2. Examine income, wealth, and health inequality trends globally, and in Canada.
3. Explore the two main ways in which capitalist countries can reduce inequalities.
4. Understand the economic meaning of neo-liberalism, and how its three phases since the 1980s have affected health and health equity.
5. Examine the available policy options at national and global scales that can reduce wealth and health inequalities, and the role of the new Sustainable Development Goals in advancing action on these policy choices.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Health Promotion in Canada |
Subtitle of host publication | New Perspectives on Theory, Practice, Policy, and Research |
Editors | Irving Rootman, Ann Pederson, Katherine L. Frolich, Sophie Dupéré |
Publisher | Canadian Scholars Press Inc |
Chapter | 23 |
Pages | 434-455 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Edition | 4th edition |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-77338-008-7, 978-1-77338-007-0 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-77338-006-3 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- ethics
- health promotion
- health studies
- contemporary globalization
- health inequality trends
- neo-liberalism
- Sustainable Development Goals