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View article: Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies
Promoting Health Equity in an Era of Growing Contradictions Between Capital Accumulation and Social Reproduction in Capitalist Economies Open
Background: Despite a robust literature on the importance of promoting health equity, actual progress in doing so is flagging and this is especially the case in Anglo-Saxon liberal welfare states such as Canada, the USA, and the United Kin…
View article: Developing and Adapting the Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics Curriculum for Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Developing and Adapting the Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics Curriculum for Aotearoa (New Zealand) Open
Pediatric Palliative Care provision is currently inequitable for tamariki (children) with serious illness, and their whānau in Aotearoa New Zealand. A lack of access to education for health professionals has long been identified as a barri…
View article: Canadian credit unions and the prospects for a post-capitalist economy
Canadian credit unions and the prospects for a post-capitalist economy Open
The growing polycrisis in Canada and elsewhere associated with deteriorating living and working conditions have increased calls for a post-capitalist socialist economy. Among the means of accomplishing this goal is the late Erik Olin Wrigh…
View article: Critical Analysis of Jane Philpott's Health for All
Critical Analysis of Jane Philpott's Health for All Open
Jane Philpott's Health for All is the most recent contribution to policy discourse related to health care and social determinants of health. Unfortunately, the volume is sadly lacking in critical analysis of the current economic and politi…
View article: Liberal/Individualized Versus Materialist/Structuralist Approaches to Addressing Social and Health Inequalities: Education and Income as Social Determinants of Health
Liberal/Individualized Versus Materialist/Structuralist Approaches to Addressing Social and Health Inequalities: Education and Income as Social Determinants of Health Open
Background: While consensus exists that the sources of health inequalities are social inequalities brought on by the experience of qualitatively different living and working conditions, means of addressing these conditions continue to be t…
View article: Promoting social justice in the capitalist academy? Health equity and the Johns Hopkins University Michael Bloomberg School of Public Health
Promoting social justice in the capitalist academy? Health equity and the Johns Hopkins University Michael Bloomberg School of Public Health Open
The past two decades have seen increasing mentions of health equity and the importance of addressing the social determinants of health in USA public health statements. Yet, there is little uptake of these concepts into USA public policy. W…
View article: Defining health through a critical materialist political economy lens
Defining health through a critical materialist political economy lens Open
It has been recognized since antiquity that the organization of society and how it distributes resources are the primary determinants of health. Yet most definitions of health in the academic and practice literatures limit their focus to t…
View article: Policy-related Homelessness Discourses in Canada: Implications for Nursing Research, Practice, and Advocacy
Policy-related Homelessness Discourses in Canada: Implications for Nursing Research, Practice, and Advocacy Open
Despite Canada’s commitment to several international human rights instruments recognizing the right to housing, homelessness remains widespread nationwide. Informed by critical political economy theory and critical discourse studies, we ex…
View article: 1845 or 2023? Friedrich Engels’s insights into the health effects of Victorian‐era and contemporary Canadian capitalism
1845 or 2023? Friedrich Engels’s insights into the health effects of Victorian‐era and contemporary Canadian capitalism Open
The Condition of the Working Class in England (hereafter, CWCE ) by Friedrich Engels is a masterpiece of urban research not only for its explicit descriptions of the living and working conditions of members of the Victorian‐era working cla…
View article: From personal responsibility to an eco-socialist state: Political economy, popular discourses and the climate crisis
From personal responsibility to an eco-socialist state: Political economy, popular discourses and the climate crisis Open
The adverse effects of climate change are already apparent with action required to forestall a full blown climate catastrophe. Despite findings that social democratic welfare states – Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden – more proactively …
View article: Communicating Friedrich Engels's return to Manchester: Arts and cultural event, history lesson, or call to action?
Communicating Friedrich Engels's return to Manchester: Arts and cultural event, history lesson, or call to action? Open
There is increasing interest by academics and mainstream media in the relevance of Friedrich Engels's writings for understanding contemporary economic and political issues. Still, Engels's writing about the adverse effects of the capitalis…
View article: Emerging Themes in Social Determinants of Health Theory and Research
Emerging Themes in Social Determinants of Health Theory and Research Open
Since 1996, we have been working to have Canadian governmental authorities implement health-promoting public policy that would improve the quality and equitable distribution of the social determinants of health, with rather little to show …
View article: Resisting the Effects of Neoliberalism on Public Policy Comment on "Implementing Universal and Targeted Policies for Health Equity: Lessons From Australia"
Resisting the Effects of Neoliberalism on Public Policy Comment on "Implementing Universal and Targeted Policies for Health Equity: Lessons From Australia" Open
Fisher and colleagues carefully review the extent to which health equity goals of availability, affordability, and acceptability have been achieved in the areas of national broadband network policy and land-use policy, in addition to the m…
View article: Corporate and business domination of food banks and food diversion schemes in Canada
Corporate and business domination of food banks and food diversion schemes in Canada Open
Critics have identified the corporate and business sector as contributing to household food insecurity through its endorsement of low wages, anti-union activities and lobbying for retrenchment of the Canadian welfare state. It is therefore…
View article: Mainstream News Media's Engagement with Friedrich Engels’s Concept of Social Murder
Mainstream News Media's Engagement with Friedrich Engels’s Concept of Social Murder Open
Literature now exists on how the media reports on health inequalities. One compelling concept as to the sources and impacts of health inequalities is “social murder” as articulated by Friedrich Engels in his 1845 volume, The Condition of t…
View article: Unequal Impact of COVID-19: Emergency Neoliberalism and Welfare Policy in Canada
Unequal Impact of COVID-19: Emergency Neoliberalism and Welfare Policy in Canada Open
This paper examines Canada's liberal welfare state in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that contrary to claims that the pandemic is affecting both rich and poor equally, its impact is both gendered, racialized and class-related…
View article: Politics, Policies, Practices and Outcomes: Despite Canada’s Reputation, the Nordic Nations are the Leaders in Health Promotion
Politics, Policies, Practices and Outcomes: Despite Canada’s Reputation, the Nordic Nations are the Leaders in Health Promotion Open
Nordic nations’ public policy approaches to securing economic and social security for its members -- embedded within their tradition of social democratic governance – provide what the World Health Organization (WHO) initially termed the pr…
View article: Welfare States, Cultural Values and Women's Precarious Work:
Welfare States, Cultural Values and Women's Precarious Work: Open
While it is well-established that Canadian women are more likely to experience precarious work and the prevalence of this is increasing, greater attention needs to be paid to the contributions that social theory can make to both understand…
View article: Governmental Illegitimacy and Incompetency in Canada and Other Liberal Nations: Implications for Health
Governmental Illegitimacy and Incompetency in Canada and Other Liberal Nations: Implications for Health Open
The welfare state literature on developing nations is concerned with how governmental illegitimacy and incompetency are the sources of inequality, exploitation, exclusion, and domination of significant proportions of their citizenry. These…
View article: Understanding the Promotion of Health Equity at the Local Level Requires Far More than Quantitative Analyses of YesNo Survey Data Comment on "Health Promotion at Local Level in Norway: The Use of Public Health Coordinators and Health Overviews to Promote Fair Distribution Among Social Groups"
Understanding the Promotion of Health Equity at the Local Level Requires Far More than Quantitative Analyses of YesNo Survey Data Comment on "Health Promotion at Local Level in Norway: The Use of Public Health Coordinators and Health Overviews to Promote Fair Distribution Among Social Groups" Open
Health promotion is a complex activity that requires analytic methods that recognize the contested nature of it definition, the barriers and supports for such activities, and its embeddedness within the politics of distribution. In this co…
View article: Intersectionality Analysis, the Welfare State and Women's Health
Intersectionality Analysis, the Welfare State and Women's Health Open
This article applies intersectionality analysis to consider women's health and well-being in Canada's welfare state with attention to those occupying vulnerable social locations. Political and economic structures and processes associated w…
View article: Labonté Identifies Key Issues for Health Promoters in the New World Order Comment on "Health Promotion in an Age of Normative Equity and Rampant Inequality"
Labonté Identifies Key Issues for Health Promoters in the New World Order Comment on "Health Promotion in an Age of Normative Equity and Rampant Inequality" Open
For over 35 years Ronald Labonté has been critically analyzing the state of health promotion in Canada and the world. In 1981, he identified the shortcomings of the groundbreaking Lalonde Report by warning of the seductive appeal of so-cal…
View article: THE PARAMETERS OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH: KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH LITERATURE
THE PARAMETERS OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH: KEY CONCEPTS FROM THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF HEALTH LITERATURE Open
In this article key aspects of a political economy approach to addressing children’s health are identified. These aspects include a concern with how power and influence of various societal sectors come to shape the social determinants of c…
View article: INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH
INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH Open
A political economy approach to children’s health considers how the economic and political systems of a jurisdiction influence the public policies that shape children’s health. It moves beyond the concrete and observable to look at the soc…