| ISBN13: | 9781447361398 |
| ISBN10: | 1447361393 |
| Kötéstípus: | Keménykötés |
| Terjedelem: | 176 oldal |
| Méret: | 234x156 mm |
| Súly: | 666 g |
| Nyelv: | angol |
| 700 |
Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities
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In a world facing multiple intersecting crises, the push for healthier, more resilient societies has never been more urgent. This timely book reveals how empowered and organised communities can lead this change. It offers policy makers, academics and activists research-driven insights, decolonial perspectives and real-world examples of organising and collective actions from across the global North and South.
By centring on the power of community development, participation and social movements, the book delivers actionable frameworks to tackle inequality and advance the right to health, making it an essential resource for anyone committed to health justice and for building equitable and sustainable health systems worldwide.
Part 1
1. Introduction
2. History of community participation in public health ? from primary care movement to UHC
3. ?Communities?, Power, and Participation: Unpacking concepts from praxis
Part 2
4. Engaging communities at the Margins to tackle health inequities.
5. Sustaining action through Social Movements for the Right to Health
6. Addressing Political, Economic and Commercial Determinants of Health
7. Strengthening accountability for the realization of the right to health
Part 3
8. Community Activism in Action
9. The role of arts, social media and participatory action research in advancing health rights
10. Conclusion- Community organizing and collective action as Countervailing power for healthy and just societies.
