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The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124064
Marmot, Michael. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing , 2015.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 MAR 2015
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, an…
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Author
Marmot, Michael
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date
2015
Physical Description
387pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Social Injustice
Abstract
In Baltimore's inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man's life expectancy is sixty-three; not far away, in the Greater Roland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three. The same twenty-year avoidable disparity exists in the Calton and Lenzie neighborhoods of Glasgow, and in other cities around the world.
In Sierra Leone, one in 21 fifteen-year-old women will die in her fertile years of a maternal-related cause; in Italy, the figure is one in 17,100; but in the United States, which spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world, it is one in 1,800 (and now, with the new administration chipping away at Obamacare, the statistics stand to grow even more devastating). Why?
Dramatic differences in health are not a simple matter of rich and poor; poverty alone doesn't drive ill health, but inequality does. Indeed, suicide, heart disease, lung disease, obesity, and diabetes, for example, are all linked to social disadvantage. In every country, people at relative social disadvantage suffer health disadvantage and shorter lives. Within countries, the higher the social status of individuals, the better their health. These health inequalities defy the usual explanations. Conventional approaches to improving health have emphasized access to technical solutions and changes in the behavior of individuals, but these methods only go so far. What really makes a difference is creating the conditions for people to have control over their lives, to have the power to live as they want. Empowerment is the key to reducing health inequality and thereby improving the health of everyone. Marmot emphasizes that the rate of illness of a society as a whole determines how well it functions; the greater the health inequity, the greater the dysfunction.
Marmot underscores that we have the tools and resources materially to improve levels of health for individuals and societies around the world, and that to not do so would be a form of injustice. Citing powerful examples and startling statistics (?young men in the U.S. have less chance of surviving to sixty than young men in forty-nine other countries?), The Health Gap presents compelling evidence for a radical change in the way we think about health and indeed society, and inspires us to address the societal imbalances in power, money, and resources that work against health equity.
ISBN
9781-63286-0781
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 MAR 2015

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Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF Available
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The Racial Healing Handbook:: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124059
Singh, Anneliese A. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications Inc , 2019.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 SIN 2019
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety. This journey can be a bumpy ride, and before we begin healing, we need to gain an understanding of the role history plays in racial/ethnic myths and stereotypes. In so many w…
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Singh, Anneliese A.
Place of Publication
Oakland, CA
Publisher
New Harbinger Publications Inc
Publication Date
2019
Physical Description
222pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety. This journey can be a bumpy ride, and before we begin healing, we need to gain an understanding of the role history plays in racial/ethnic myths and stereotypes. In so many ways, to heal from racism, you must re-educate yourself and unlearn the processes of racism. This book can help guide you.
The Racial Healing Handbook offers practical tools to help you navigate daily and past experiences of racism, challenge internalized negative messages and privileges, and handle feelings of stress and shame. You?ll also learn to develop a profound racial consciousness and conscientiousness, and heal from grief and trauma. Most importantly, you?ll discover the building blocks to creating a community of healing in a world still filled with racial microaggressions and discrimination.
This book is not just about ending racial harm?it is about racial liberation. This journey is one that we must take together. It promises the possibility of moving through this pain and grief to experience the hope, resilience, and freedom that helps you not only self-actualize, but also makes the world a better place.
ISBN
9781-68403-2709
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 SIN 2019

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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

https://cwslc.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog124061
DiAngelo, Robin. Boston: Beacon Press , 2018.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 DIA 2018
Availability
3 copies, 2 available
In this ?vital, necessary, and beautiful book? (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and ?allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ?bad people? (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that whit…
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Author
DiAngelo, Robin
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Beacon Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
168pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
In this ?vital, necessary, and beautiful book? (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and ?allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ?bad people? (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
ISBN
9780-8223-52365
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 DIA 2018

Copies

Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF On Loan, due Monday, February 19, 2024
Copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF Available
Copy 3 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF Available
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