Overview
- Authors:
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Ronald Labonté
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University of Ottawa, Canada
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Glenn Laverack
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The University of Auckland, New Zealand
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xvii
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 1-5
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 6-24
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 25-52
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 53-72
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 73-102
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 103-126
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 127-158
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- Ronald Labonté, Glenn Laverack
Pages 159-184
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Back Matter
Pages 185-215
About this book
Globalization is reshaping the field of health promotion practice. In this innovative study, the authors outline health promotion's traditional concerns and argue that 'a policy of glocalization' (thinking globally, acting locally) can succeed in establishing health equality and achieving empowerment individually, locally, nationally and globally. Drawing on international examples across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, this study analyses economic policies and their link to health, particularly in relation to the developing world. Globalization affects health in varied ways and this book examines the competing ways in which 'global health' has been framed in public policy, concluding by revealing how health promoters can respond to globalization's new challenges.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Ottawa, Canada
Ronald Labonté
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The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Glenn Laverack
About the authors
Author Glenn Laverack: Glenn Laverack is seen as a leader in health promotion and empowerment and has a distinguished career in public health for more than 25 years working in Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and the Pacific regions. He formerly worked as the TDR Coordinator (Empowerment) at the WHO in Geneva and as a senior research fellow at the Southgate Institute, Flinders University, Australia. Dr Laverack is currently an honorary professor at the University of Southern Denmark and has a wide range of publications including books in English, Portugese, Russian and German. His Ph.D. investigated the accommodation of community empowerment within top-down public health programming in the South Pacific. He has a significant range of professional experience in cross-cultural settings that facilitates a broad insight at both a theoretical and practice level.
