Ronald Labonté
Globalization and social determinants of health : promoting health equity in global governance (part 3 of 3)
Labonté, Ronald; Schrecker, Ted
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Ted Schrecker
Abstract
This article is the third in a three-part review of research on globalization and the social determinants of health (SDH). In the first article of the series, we identified and defended an economically oriented definition of globalization and addressed a number of important conceptual and metholodogical issues. In the second article, we identified and described seven key clusters of pathways relevant to globalization's influence on SDH. This discussion provided the basis for the premise from which we begin this article: interventions to reduce health inequities by way of SDH are inextricably linked with social protection, economic management and development strategy. Reflecting this insight, and against the background of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), we focus on the asymmetrical distribution of gains, losses and power that is characteristic of globalization in its current form and identify a number of areas for innovation on the part of the international community: making more resources available for health systems, as part of the more general task of expanding and improving development assistance; expanding debt relief and taking poverty reduction more seriously; reforming the international trade regime; considering the implications of health as a human right; and protecting the policy space available to national governments to address social determinants of health, notably with respect to the hypermobility of financial capital. We conclude by suggesting that responses to globalization's effects on social determinants of health can be classified with reference to two contrasting visions of the future, reflecting quite distinct values.
Citation
Labonté, R., & Schrecker, T. (2007). Globalization and social determinants of health : promoting health equity in global governance (part 3 of 3). Globalization and Health, 3, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-3-7
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jun 1, 2007 |
Deposit Date | Jun 24, 2013 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 24, 2013 |
Journal | Globalization and Health |
Publisher | BioMed Central |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 3 |
Article Number | 7 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-3-7 |
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