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----- Original Message ----- From: "alex scott-samuel" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health reports The WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) will not produce its final report until next Spring: however, the final reports of the CSDH Knowledge Networks are now nearly all available on the WHO website: in my view, this constitutes the most authoritative collection of knowledge and opinion on social determinants of health ever written. You can access it at: www.who.int/social_determinants/resources/latest_publications/en/ Alex Scott-Samuel Employment Conditions and Health Inequalities Final report [pdf 1.30Mb] Our cities, our health, our future: Acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings Final report [pdf 786kb] The social determinants of health: Developing an evidence base for political action Final report [pdf 618kb] Civil society reports highlights Civi society report final [pdf 733kb] | Civil society summary report [pdf 118kb] Unequal, unfair, ineffective and inefficient Gender inequity in health: Why it exists and how we can change it Authors: Gita Sen, Piroska Östlin, Asha George September 2007 Final report [pdf 753kb] Challenging health inequity through health systems Authors: Lucy Gilson, Jane Doherty, Rene Loewenson and Victoria Francis June 2007 Final report [pdf 1.19Mb] Cracking the nut of health equity: top down and bottom up pressure for action on the social determinants of health Author: Fran Baum 2007 Report [pdf 978kb] Early childhood development: a powerful reminder Authors: Lori G. Irwin, Arjumand Siddiqi, Clyde Hertzman June 2007 Final report [pdf 7.63Mb] Towards health-equitable globalisation: rights, regulation and redistribution Author: Ronald Labonté June 2007 Final report [pdf 1.38Mb] Publications commissioned by the Health Systems Knowledge Network Health systems papers Framework prepared for the Commission on Social Determinants of Health by the members of the WHO secretariat April 2007 Discussion paper [pdf 1.23Mb] Indigenous people's health April 2007 Report [pdf 478kb] Social Determinants of Health in Countries in Conflict and Crises: The Eastern Mediterranean Perspective Authors: Susan Watts, Sameen Siddiqi, Ala Shukrullah, Kabir Karim and Hani Serag2 May 2007 Report [pdf 933kb] Globalization and social determinants of health Authors: Ronald Labonté and Ted Schrecker June 2007 Part 1 [pdf 270kb] | Part 2 [pdf 317kb] | Part 3 [pdf 356kb] Most read publications Who we are About the Commission: its goals, specific themes, country examples, civil society participation, knowledge networks, and the Commissioners. English [pdf 747kb] | French [pdf 5.54Mb] | Spanish [pdf 5.51Mb] Health in an unequal world The Harveian Oration - delivered before the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 18 October 2006, by Professor Sir Michael Marmot Read the lecture [pdf 479kb] Action on social determinants of health: learning from previous experiences Backround information about the Commission - historical overview, roots of a social approach to health, the Alma-Ata declaration on primary health care, aims and key issues of the Commission. Commission background [pdf 543kb] CSDH knowledge network on urban settings English [pdf 2.39Mb] | French [pdf 6.87Mb] | Spanish [pdf 2.86Mb] Building healthy and equitable societies What Australia can contribute to and learn from the Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Baum F and Simpson S - Health Promotion Journal 2007 Article [pdf 1.14Mb] Social determinants, political contexts and civil society action An historical perspective on the Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Solar O and Irwin A. Health Promotion Journal. 2007 Article [pdf 1.14Mb] Foreign policy matters: a normative view of the G8 and population health Labontea R, Schrecker T. Bulletin of the WHO - March 2007 Article [pdf 355kb] Tackling social determinants of health through community based initiatives Assai M, Siddiqi S, Watts S. - BMJ, 21 October 2006 Article The Commission: tackling the social roots of health inequities Vega J et al. - PLoS Medicine. June 2006. Article Promoting global action on the social determinants of health Article by Commissioner Hoda Rashad in Diabetes Voice: policy, action and leadership to address social factors can improve health and access to healthcare, September 2006. Article [pdf 233kb] Health inequalities across the globe demand new global policies Vagero D. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - April 2007 Article [pdf 154kb] **************************************************************************** Dr Alex Scott-Samuel EQUAL (Equity in Health Research and Development Unit) Division of Public Health University of Liverpool Whelan Building Quadrangle Liverpool L69 3GB UK Tel (+44)151-794-5569 Fax (+44)151-794-5588 http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~alexss e-mail [log in to unmask] ****************************************************************************