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Colleagues: The second edition of "Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives" is now available at http://tinyurl.com/5l6yh9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table of Contents Foreword to the Second Edition, The Honourable Carolyn Bennett Foreword to the First Edition, The Honourable Roy J. Romanow Preface Part One: Introducing the Social Determinants of Health Chapter 1: Social Determinants of Health: An Overview of Key Issues and Themes Dennis Raphael Chapter 2: Social Structure, Living Conditions, and Health Dennis Raphael Part Two: Income Security and Employment in Canada Chapter 3: When Economic Growth Doesn?t Trickle Down: The Wage Dimensions of Income Polarization Ann Curry-Stevens Chapter 4: Income, Income Distribution, and Health in Canada Nathalie Auger and Carolyne Alix Chapter 5: Precarious Work and the Labour Market Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay Chapter 6: Labour Market Flexibility and Worker Insecurity Emile Tompa, Michael Polanyi, and Janice Foley Chapter 7: The Unhealthy Canadian Workplace Andrew Jackson Chapter 8: Understanding and Improving the Health of Work Peter Smith and Michael Polanyi Part Three: Foundations of Lifelong Health: Education Chapter 9: Early Childhood Education and Care as a Social Determinant of Health Martha Friendly Chapter 10: Early Childhood Education and Health Brenda L. Smith-Chant Chapter 11: The State and Quality of Canadian Public Elementary and Secondary Education Charles Ungerleider, Tracey Burns, and Fernando Cartwright . Chapter 12: Literacy and Health Literacy: New Understandings about Their Impact on Health Barbara Ronson and Irving Rootman Part Four: Foundations of Lifelong Health: Food and Shelter Chapter 13: Food Insecurity Lynn McIntyre and Krista Rondeau Chapter 14: Health Implications of Food Insecurity Valerie Tarasuk Chapter 15: Housing Michael Shapcott Chapter 16: Housing and Health: More Than Bricks and Mortar Toba Bryant Part Five: Social Exclusion Chapter 17: Social Exclusion Grace-Edward Galabuzi Chapter 18: Social Inclusion/Exclusion and Health: Dancing the Dialectic Ronald Labonte Chapter 19: The Health of Aboriginal Peoples Janet Smylie Part Six: Public Policy Chapter 20: Follow the Money: How Business and Politics Defi ne Our Health David Langille Chapter 21: Health and Health Care: A Human Rights Perspective Elizabeth McGibbon Chapter 22: Public Policy and the Welfare State Lars K. Hallstrom Chapter 23: Public Policy, Gender, and Health Pat Armstrong Chapter 24: Surmounting the Barriers: Making Action on the Social Determinants of Health a Public Policy Priority Dennis Raphael and Ann Curry-Stevens Appendix: Strengthening the Social Determinants of Health: The Toronto Charter for a Healthy Canada References Contributors? Biographies Copyright Acknowledgements Index --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Raphael, PhD Professor, School of Health Policy and Management York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto ON M3J 1P3 416-736-2100, ext. 22134 email: [log in to unmask] http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/draphael