Globalization and Health
Oxford University Press
Edited by ICHIRO KAWACHI, Professor of Social Epidemiology, HSPH Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, and SARAH WAMALA, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Social Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute
Globalization and Health analyzes the most serious global threats to health and describes tools with which to respond and international agencies in charge of addressing the threats. The book covers a wide range of topics, including infectious diseases, obesity, tobacco use, climate change, and economic inequality.
10 LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH GLOBALLY
- Ischemic heart disease
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Lower respiratory infections
- HIV/AIDS
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Perinatal conditions
- Diarrheal diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Malaria
- Cancers of the trachea, bronchi, and lungs
From Globalization and Health, p. 277
Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness
Duke University Press
MATT WRAY, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar, HSPH Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Not Quite White examines the source and history of the term of abuse "white trash." Wray uses literary texts, folklore, diaries and journals, medical and scientific articles, and social scientific analyses to describe the impact of stereotypes imposed on poor whites in the U.S.
Copyright, 2007, President and Fellows of Harvard College
