Library

Health

Child Health

• Children's Environmental Health resources provided by the World Health Organization.
• Dimmock, S., et al. (2011). Together with children - for children: A guide for non-governmental organizations accompanying children in CRC reporting. Published by NGO Group for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (1.79 Mb pdf)
• Gordon, B., Mackay, R. & Rehfuess, E. (2004). Inheriting the world: The atlas of children's health and the environment.
• Hargreaves, J. & Boler, T. (2006). Girl power: The impact of girls' education on HIV and sexual behavior. Action Aid International (Education and HIV Series 01). (903K pdf)
• Plan International. (2012). Because I am a girl: The state of the world's girls 2012.
• Progress for Children, UNICEF. No. 1-8, 2004-2009.
  • No. 9, 2010
  • No. 10, 2012
• Save the Children UK. (2012). The child development index 2012: Progress, challenges and inequality. (1.91 Mb pdf)
• The state of the world's children, UNICEF (1996-current). Library has copies: 362.7 G767s.
• UNICEF. (2004). Summary report of the study on the impact of the implementation on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. (742K pdf)
• World Council of Churches (WCC). (2005). Contact 179. Chapters 1, 3, 5, 6. (2.92 Mb pdf) Library has hard copy.

Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases

• Beaglehole, R., et al. (2011). UN high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases: addressing four questions. The Lancet, 378. (181K pdf)
• Bloom, D. E., et al. (2011). The global economic burden of noncommunicable diseases. Geneva: World Economic Forum. (1.77 Mb pdf)
• Chand, S. (2012). Silent killer, economic opportunity: rethinking non-communicable disease. (Briefing paper GH BP 2012/01). (665K pdf)
• Gender and HIV/AIDS, BRIDGE Gender and Development In Brief, Issue #11, (2002).
• Heggenhougan, K., et al. (2003). The behaviorial and social aspects of malaria and its control: An introduction and annotated bibliography.
• Inter-American Development Bank, Pan American Health Organization, Sabin Vaccine Institute. (2011). A call to action: addressing soil-transmitted helminths in Latin America & the Caribbean. (1.93 Mb pdf)
• Kamal-Yanni, M. (2012). Salt, sugar, and malaria pills: how the affordable medicine facility-malaria endangers public health. (Oxfam Briefing Paper 163).
• Schneider, M., et al. (2011). Elimination of neglected diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: A mapping of selected diseases. PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(2).
• Stuckler, D., King, L. & Basu, S. (2008). International Monetary Fund programs and tuberculosis outcomes in post-Communist countries. PLoS Medicine, 5(7).
• World Bank. (2011). The growing danger of non-communicable diseases: acting now to reverse course. (Conference Ed.). (524K pdf)
• WHO. (2012). Global report for research on infectious diseases of poverty.

Community Development and Health

• Apusigah, A. (2005). Diagnosing poverty in northern Ghana: Institutional versus community views. Ghana Journal of Development Studies, 2(2), 1-14. (164K pdf) On Reserve in library.
• Birn, A. Pillay, Y. & Holtz, T. (2009). Textbook of international health: Global health in a dynamic world (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. Library has copy: 362.1 B537t.
  • Chapter 7: Societal determinants of health and social inequalities in health. On Reserve in library.
  • Chapter 13: Toward healthy societies: From ideas to action. On Reserve in library.
• Chambers, R. (2005). Behaviour, attitudes and beyond (Chapter 6). In R. Chambers, Ideas for development. London: Earthscan. On Reserve in library.
• Chambers, R. (2005). For our future: Responsible well-being: A personal agenda for development (Chapter 7). In R. Chambers, Ideas for development. London: Earthscan. On Reserve in library.
• Chambers, R. (2005). Participation: Review, reflections and future (Chapter 4). In R. Chambers, Ideas for development. London: Earthscan. On Reserve in library.
• Chile, L. & Simpson, G. (2004). Spirituality and community development: Exploring the link between the individual and the collective. Community Development Journal 39(4), 318-331. (94K pdf) (StFX only). (95K pdf)
• Frank, F. & Smith, A. (1999). The community development handbook: A tool to build community capacity. Hull, QC: Human Resources Development Canada. (199K pdf)
  • Read pages 5-24. On Reserve in library.
• Fraser, H. (2005). Four different approaches to community participation. Community Development Journal, 40(3), 286-300. (86K pdf) (StFX only).
• Harvey, P. & Reed, R. (2007). Community managed water supplies in Africa: Sustainable or dispensable? Community Development Journal, 42(3), 365-378. (147K pdf) (StFX only).
• Kane, M. (2008). The World Bank, community development and education for social justice. Community Development Journal, 43(2), 194-209. (106K pdf) (StFX only).
• Kuenzi, M. (2006). Non-formal education and community development in Senegal. Community Development Journal, 41(2), 210-222. (95K pdf) (StFX only).
• Labonte, R. (1998). Community development as a health promotion practice. In R. Labonte, A community development approach to health promotion: A background paper on practice tensions, strategic models and accountability requirements for health authority work on the broad determinants of health: selected excerpts. Edinburgh: Health Education Board for Scotland, University of Edinburgh. On Reserve in library.
• Tesoriero, F. (2005). Strengthening communities through women's self-help groups in South India. Community Development Journal, 41(3), 321-333. (92K pdf) (StFX only).
• University of Kansas. (2011). Community tool box. A resource that promotes community health and development by providing essential skills for building healthy communities.
• Volunteer Services Overseas. (n.d.). Principles of participation (Part 1). In Participatory approaches: A facilitators guide. (264K pdf)
• Ward, C., et al. (2008). Framing development: Community and NGO perspectives in Mali. Community Development Journal, 44(4), 470-487. (103K pdf) (StFX only).
• Williams, L. (2004). Culture and community development: Towards new conceptualizations and practice. Community Development Journal, 39(4), 345-359. (97K pdf) (StFX only).
• World Health Organization. (2008). Community-directed interventions for major health problems in Africa: A multi-country study: final report. (4.65 Mb pdf)

Conflict and Violence

• Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men. (2009). Sexual violence against women in armed conflict. (Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly Doc. 11916). (268K pdf)
• Gardam, J. (2005). The neglected aspect of women and armed conflict-progressive development of the law. Netherlands International Law Review, 52, 197-219. (369K pdf)
• Haas, J. (2009). Women and men in conflicts: Fair and equal? German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). (1.44 Mb pdf)
• Haeri, M. & Puechguirbal, N. (2010). From helplessness to agency: Examining the plurality of women's experiences in armed conflict. International Review of the Red Cross, 92(877). (298K pdf)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (2008). Women and war.
• Inter-Parliamentary Union & UNICEF. (2007). Eliminating violence against children.
• Save The Children. (2005). Forgotten casualties of war: Girls in armed conflict. (778K pdf)
• UNICEF. (2005). Violence against children in West and Central Africa: A concise appraisal. (1.37 Mb pdf)
• UNIFEM. (2007). Violence against women: Facts and figures. (86K pdf)
• United Nations. (2009). Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. (64th session of the United Nations General Assembly). (94k pdf)
• WHO. (2009). Violence prevention: The evidence: overview. (1.35 Mb pdf)

Disabilities

• World report on disability, published in 2011 by the World Health Organization and the World Bank. Library has copy: 362.4 W893w.

Drug and Substance Abuse

• Drug abuse and addiction: Understanding the signs, symptoms, and effects, excellent article from Helpguide.org, a trust non-profit resource.
• Substance abuse and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Special issue of African Journal of Drug & Alcohol Studies, 5(2), (2006). (739K pdf)

Environment and Health

• Birn, A., Pillay, Y. & Holtz, T. (2009). Textbook of international health: Global health in a dynamic world. New York: Oxford University Press. Library has copy: 362.1 B537t.
  • Chapter 8: Health under crisis. (p. 365-416) On Reserve in library.
  • Chapter 10: Health and the environment. (p. 470-536) On Reserve in library.
• Chakraborti, D., et. al. (2003). Arsenic groundwater contamination in middle Ganga Plain, Bihar India: A future danger. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(9). (1.02 Mb pdf)
• Costello, A. et al. (2009). Managing the health effects of climate change. The Lancet, 373, 1693-1733. (StFX only)
• DARA. (2012). Climate vulnerability monitor: A guide to the cold calculus of a hot planet (2nd ed.).
• Gordon, B., MacKay, R. & Rehfuess, E. (2004). Inheriting the world: The atlas of children's health and the environment.
• Labonte, R. (2004). Fatal indifference: The G8, Africa and global health. Ottawa: IDRC. Library has copy: 362.1096 L113h.
  • Chapter 8: The environment.
• Lebel, J. (2003). In-focus: Health an ecosystem approach. Ottawa: IDRC.
  • Chapter 1: The issues
  • Chapter 2: The approaches
  • Chapter 3: Lessons and successes
• People and Planet explores issues of population, poverty, health, consumption and the environment.
• Pettit, J. (2004). Climate justice: A new social movement for atmospheric rights. IDS Bulletin, 35(3), 102-106. (243K pdf) (StFX only). (243K pdf)
• Portier, C. J., et al. (2010). A human health perspective on climate change: a report outlining the research needs on the human health effects of climate change. Published by the Environmental Health Perspectives and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. (4.85 Mb pdf)
• Pruss-Ustun, A. & Corvalan, C. (2006). Preventing disease through healthy environments: Towards an estimate of the environmental burden of disease. Geneva: WHO.
  • Read Executive Summary, Chapters 1 & 2, Conclusion.
• Pruss-Ustun, A., et. al. (2008). Safer water, better health: Costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health. Geneva: WHO. (2.62 Mb pdf)
• Simms, A., et al. (2004). Up in smoke? Threats from and responses to global warming on human development. London, UK: New Economics Foundation. (770K pdf)
• UNICEF. (2008). Climate change and children: A human security challenge. (Policy review paper). Florence, Italy: UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. (543K pdf)
• WHO. (2003). Climate change and human health: Risks and responses. (1.51 Mb pdf) Library has copy: 362.19698 M228c.
• WHO. (2003). Making a difference: Indicators to improve children's environmental health. (628K pdf)

Food Security / Nutrition

• Food Security: Local & Global Connections, courselinks offered as part of the 2012 Coady Diploma Program.
• Bailey, R. (2011). Growing a better future: Food justice in a resource-constrained world. Published by Oxfam.
• Bunting, M. (2011, January 21). How can we feed the world and still save the planet? [Web log].
• Committee on World Food Security (CFS). (2011). Global strategic framework for food security and nutrition: annotated outline. (125K pdf)
• FAO. (2012). The state of food insecurity in the world.
• FIAN International. (2012). Right to food and nutrition watch: Who decides about global food and nutrition?: strategies to regain control. (657K pdf)
• Food security and gender, an Eldis resource guide.
• Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) is a community of practitioners who exchange knowledge on food security and nutrition through online discussions.
• Hansen-Kuhn, K. (2011). Making U.S. trade policy serve global food security goals. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).
• IFPRI. (2012). 2012 Global hunger index: The challenge of hunger: ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses.
• Kickbusch, I., et al. (2010). The food system: A prism of present and future challenges for health promotion and sustainable development. (1.92 Mb pdf)
• Labonte, R., et al. (2004). Nutrition, food security and biotechnology. In R. Labonte, et al., Fatal indifference: The G8, Africa, and global health. IDRC: Ottawa. Library has copy: 362.1096 L113h.
• Mukherjee, A. (2010). Food insecurities faced by women and girl children. (CAPSA Occasional Paper 2). (407K pdf)
• Muller, O. & Krawinkel, M. (2005). Malnutrition and health in developing countries. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 173(3).
• Oberoi, G. (2010). Colonisation for the food: what lies beneath?. (365K pdf)
• Save the Children. (2003). Thin on the ground: Questioning the evidence behind World Bank-funded community nutrition projects in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Uganda.
  • Read Chapters 1 & 2.
• Tansey, G. & Rajotte, T. (2008). The future control of food: A guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security. Library has copy: 346.048 T159f.
  • Read Part 1.
• United Nations. (2010). Climate change: Food and nutrition security implications. SCN News, no. 38. (5.42 Mb pdf)
  • Read pages 2-35.
• United Nations. (2010). Progress in nutrition: 6^th report on the world nutrition situation. (2.08 Mb pdf)
• United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
• Urquhart, P. (2010). WFP and climate change: A review of ongoing experience and recommendations for action. (World Food Programme Occasional Paper no. 23). (402K pdf)
• Van de Poel, E., et al. (2008). Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86(4).
• World Food Programme. (2007). World hunger series 2007: Hunger and health. (3.53 Mb pdf)
  • Read Overview and either;
  • Part 1: The global hunger and health situation, or
  • Part 2: Undernutrition and disease: Impacts throughout the life cycle.
• World Food Programme. (2009). WFP gender policy: Promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women in addressing food and nutrition challenges. (1.49 Mb pdf)

Gender

• Danguilan, M. (2008). Keeping the faith: Overcoming religious fundamentalism. Arrows For Change, 14(1/2), 1-3. (1.69 Mb pdf)
• Greig, A. (2009). Troublesome masculinities: Masculinity in trouble. IDS Bulletin, 40(1), 69-76. (STFX only).
• Hausmann, R., Tyson, L. & Zahidi, S. (2012). The global gender gap report 2012. Published by the World Economic Forum.
• UNDP & AusAID. (2009). The gendered dimensions of disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change: Stories from the Pacific. (973K pdf)
• World Bank. (2012). World development report 2012: Gender equality and development. Library has copy: 330.9 W893 2012.
• WHO. (2007). Engaging men and boys in changing gender-based inequity in health: Evidence from programme interventions. (1.20 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2007). Fatherhood and health outcomes in Europe. (645K pdf)

Global Burden of Illness and Disease

• Birn, A., Pillay, Y. & Holtz, T. (2009). Epidemiologic profiles of global health and disease. In A. Birn, Y. Pillay, & T. Holtz, Textbook of international health: Global health in a dynamic world (p. 242-301). New York: Oxford University Press. Library has copy: 362.1 B537t. On Reserve in library.
• Hunt, P., Stewart, R., Bueno de Mesquita, J. & Oldring, L. (2007). Neglected diseases: A human rights analysis. (Social, Economic and Behavioural Research Special Topics Report No. 6). (642K pdf)
• Schneider, M., et al. (2011). Elimination of neglected diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: A mapping of selected diseases. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 5(2).
• UNICEF, UNAIDS & WHO. (2008). Children and AIDS: Second stocktaking report: actions and progress. (2.5 MB pdf)
• WHO. (2008). The global burden of disease: 2004 update. (4.85 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2009). Global health risks: Mortality and burden of disease attributable to selected major risks. (924K pdf)
• WHO. (2010). Working to overcome the global impact of neglected tropical diseases: First WHO report on neglected tropical diseases. (2.96 Mb pdf)
  • Read Part 1, p. 1-37.
• WHO. (2012). World malaria report 2012.
• WHO. (2012). WHO global health expenditure atlas. (6.56 Mb pdf)

Globalization and Health

• Birn, A., Pillay, Y. & Holtz, T. (2009). Textbook of international health: Global health in a dynamic world. New York: Oxford University Press. Library has copy: 362.1 B537t.
• Deaton, A. (2004). Health in an age of globalization. Prepared for the Brookings Trade Forum, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, May 13-14, 2004. (316K pdf) On Reserve in library.
• Garrett, L. & Schneider, K. (2008). Global health: Getting it right. In A. Gatti & A. Boggi, Health and development: Toward a matrix approach. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Library has copy: 362.1091724 G229h.
• Labonte, R. (2003). Dying for trade: Why globalization can be bad for our health. (Social Justice Series). CSJ Foundation for Research and Education. On Reserve in library. (552K pdf)
• Labonte, R. (2004). Fatal indifference: The G8, Africa, and global health. IDRC. Library has copy: 362.1096 L113h.
  • Chapter 1: Globalization, Health and Development: The Right Prescription? On Reserve in library.
  • Chapter 2: Macroeconomic Policy, Structural Adjustment and Debt Relief. On Reserve in library.
  • Chapter 3: Health and Health Systems
• Labonte, R. & Gagnon, M. (2010). Framing health and foreign policy: Lessons for global health diplomacy. Globalization and Health, 6(14).
• Labonte, R. & Sanger, M. (2006). Glossary of the World Trade Organisation and public health: Part 1. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60. (192K pdf) (StFX only). On Reserve in library. (192K pdf)
• Labonte, R., Mohindra, K. & Lencucha, R. (2011). Framing international trade and chronic disease. Globalization and Health, 7(21). (403K pdf)
• Labonte, R., Schrecker, T. & Gupta, A.S. (2005). Health for some: Death, disease and disparity in a globalizing era. Toronto: CSJ Research and Education. (714K pdf) Library has copy: 362.1042 L113h.
• Milner, A., et al. (2011). Globalisation and suicide: an empirical investigation in 35 countries over the period 1980-2006. Health & Place, 17(4), 996-1003. (StFX only).
• Ooms, G., Hammonds, R., Decoster, K. & Damme, W. Van. (2011). Global health: what it has been so far, what it should be, and what it could become. (Working Paper Series of the Studies in Health Services Organisation and Policy, 2). (1.68 Mb pdf)
• People's Health Movement. (2005). Health and globalization in Global health watch 2005-2006: An alternative world health report. London: Zed Books. (890K pdf) Library has copy: 362.1 P39g 2005. On Reserve in library.
• People's Health Movement. (2008). An alternative paradigm for development. In Global health watch 2: An alternative world health report. London: Zed Books. (237K pdf) Library has copy: 362.1 P39g 2008.
• Ravishankar, N., et al. (2009). Financing of global health: Tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007. The Lancet, 373/9681, 2113-2124. (StFX only).
• Steel, Z., Liddell, B., Bateman-Steel, C. & Zwi, A. (2011). Global protection and the health impact of migration interception. PLoS Medicine, 8(6).

Governance and Health

• Kickbusch, I. & Gleicher, D. (2012). Governance for health in the 21^st century. Published by WHO. (2.32 Mb pdf)
• Ng, N. & Prah Ruger, J. (2011). Global health governance at a crossroads. Global Health Governance, 4(2). (383K pdf)

Health and Development

• Bambra, C., Fox, D. & Scott-Samuel, A. (2005). Towards a politics of health. Health Promotion International, 20(2). (StFX only).
• Clark, R. (2011). World health inequality: Convergence, divergence, and development. Social Science & Medicine, 72(4), 617-624. (StFX only).
• Drexhage, J. & Murphy, D. (2010). Sustainable development: From Brundtland to Rio 2012. Paper prepared for consideration by the High Level Panel on Global Sustainability. (140K pdf)
• Hancock, T. (2009). Act locally: Community-based population health promotion. A report for the Senate Subcommittee on Population Health. (665K pdf)
• Kickbusch, I., et al. (2012). Global health. Published by NewsDeskMedia. (4.61 Mb pdf)
• Labonte, R., & Sanger, M. (2006). Glossary of the World Trade Organisation and public health: Part 1.  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60. (StFX only).
• McCoy, D. (2003). Global Equity Gauge Alliance: Reflections on early experiences. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 21(3), 272-287. (237K pdf)
• Millennium Development Goals Africa Steering Group. (2008). Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. (2.32 Mb pdf)
• Molina, G. & Purser, M. (2010). Human development trends since 1970: A social convergence story. (UNDP Human Development Reports Research Paper 2010/02). (1.26 Mb pdf)
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights & World Health Organization. (2008). The right to health. (Fact Sheet no. 31). (2.52 Mb pdf)
• Ocean, C. (2005). Policies of exclusion, poverty & health. Podcasts available for download.
• Oxfam. (2009). Blind optimism: Challenging the myths about private health care in poor countries. (Briefing Paper 125). (371K pdf)
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). (2011). Report of the Consultative Meeting on health and sustainable development in the region of the Americas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 10-11.
• Sridhar, D. (n.d.). Seven challenges in international development assistance for health and ways forward. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 38(3). (172K pdf)
• United Nations. (2012). Millennium Development Goals Report 2012.
• Wallerstein, N. (2006). What is the evidence on effectiveness of empowerment to improve health?. Health Evidence Network report. WHO Regional Office for Europe. (359K pdf)

Health Impact Assessment

• Community-Driven Health Impact Assessment, certificate course offered by Coady Institute.
• Antigonish Town and County Community Health Board (ATCCHB) and People Assessing Their Health (PATH) Network, 2002. (195K pdf)
• PATHways II: The Next Steps: A Guide to Community Health Impact Assessment, 2002. (282K pdf)
• Health Impact Assessment, resources from the WHO Regional Office for Europe.
• Health Impact Assessment, WHO's site contains tools, methods and resources.

Health and Trade

• Andrew, C., et al. (2010). Trade, growth and population health: an introductory review. Published by the Institute of Public Health, University of Ottawa. (1.06 Mb pdf)
• Berne Declaration, CCIC, & Misereor. (2010). Human rights impact assessment for trade and investment agreements. Report of the Expert Seminar, June 23-24, Geneva, Switzerland. (392k pdf)
• Blouin, C., Chopra, M., & van der Hoeven, R. (2009). Trade and social determinants of health. The Lancet, 373/9662, 502-507. (StFX only).
• Fidler, D., Drager, N. & Lee, K. (2009). Managing the pursuit of health and wealth: the key challenges. The Lancet, 373/9660, 325-331. (StFX only).
• Lee, K., Sridhar, D., & Patel, M. (2009). Bridging the divide: Global governance of trade and health. The Lancet, 373/9661, 416-422. (StFX only).
• Legge, D., Sanders, D., & McCoy, D. (2009). Trade and health: the need for a political economic analysis. The Lancet, 373/9663, 527-529. (StFX only).
• MacDonald, R. & Horton, R. (2009). Trade and health: time for the health sector to get involved. The Lancet, 373/9660, 273-274. (StFX only).
• Smith, R., Chanda, R., & Tangcharoensathien, V. (2009). Trade in health-related services. The Lancet, 373/9663, 593-601. (StFX only).
• Smith, R., Correa, C., & Oh, C. (2009). Trade, TRIPS, and pharmaceuticals. The Lancet, 373/9664, 684-691. (StFX only).
• Smith, R., Lee, K., & Drager, N. (2009). Trade and health: an agenda for action. The Lancet, 373/9665, 768-773. (StFX only).
• Songkhla, M. N. (2009). Health before profits? Learning from Thailand's experience. The Lancet, 373/9662, 441-442. (StFX only).
• Stiglitz, J. E. (2009). Trade agreements and health in developing countries. The Lancet, 373/9661, 363-365. (StFX only).

HIV/AIDS

See HIV/AIDS resource page.

Human Rights and Health

• Archer, D, et al. (2012). People's action in practice: ActionAid's human rights based approach 2.0. Published by ActionAid, this resource explores a human rights' based approach to development.
• Health GAP (Global Access Project) is an organization of AIDS and human rights activists campaigning against the denial of treatment, funding of AIDS treatment programs, and the spread of HIV.
• Health and Human Rights: An International Journal. This open access journal is published within the Harvard School of Public Health.
• Nygren-Krug, H. (2002). 25 questions and answers on health and human rights. WHO Health & Human Rights Publications Series Issue No. 1. (760K pdf)
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) & World Health Organization (WHO). A human rights-based approach to health. (288K pdf)
• World Health Organization's Health and Human Rights Publication Series examines the relationship between human rights and specific health topics.

ICT and Health

• ICT and health, resource library from the International Information Support Centre.

Men's Roles in Health

• Greene, M., et al. (2006). Involving men in reproductive health: Contributions to development. Background paper prepared for the UN Millennium Project.
• Promoting gender equity publications and resources from EngenderHealth.
• Promoting gender equality: Engaging men and boys, resources from UNFPA.

Mental Health

• Funk, M., et al. (2010). Mental health and development: Targeting people with mental health conditions as a vulnerable group. (1.55 Mb pdf)
• MacArthur, G. (2008). Challenges and priorities for global mental health research in low- and middle-income countries: Symposium report. (416K pdf)
• Mental health, WHO resource page.
• State of Victoria, Department of Health. (2010). Using policy to promote mental health and wellbeing: An introduction for policy makers. (631K pdf)
• WHO. (2011). Mental health atlas 2011. (6.79 Mb pdf)

Planning and Evaluation

• Fawcett, S., Nagy, J., et al. (n.d.).  Our evaluation model: Evaluating comprehensive community initiatives. Community Toolbox, University of Kansas, USA.
• MLE Project. (2012). Measuring success toolkit: Using data for health program planning, monitoring and evaluation.

Primary Health Care

• Balabanova, D., McKee, M. & Mills, A. (2011). 'Good health at low cost' 25 years on: What makes a successful health system?. London: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Download by chapter. (5.65 Mb pdf)
• Contact no.172: Health for All. Published by World Council of Churches. (1.37 Mb pdf) Library has hard copy.
• Contact no.174: Community-Based Health Insurance. Published by World Council of Churches. (1.46 Mb pdf) Library has hard copy.
• Johnson, A., et al. (2012). Hidden costs: The direct and indirect impact of user fees on access to malaria treatment and primary care in Mali. Social Science & Medicine, 75(10).
• PAHO & WHO. (2003). Primary health care in the Americas: Lessons learned over 25 years and future challenges. (Resolution CD44.R6). 44th Directing Council, 55th session of the Regional Committee, Washington, DC, September 22-26. (15K pdf)
• Simms, C., Rowson, M. & Peattie, S. (2001). The bitterest pill of all: The collapse of Africa's health systems. (1.56 Mb pdf)
• Werner, D. (2001). Elusive promise. New Internationalist, 331. Library has hard copy.
• WHO. (2008). Community-directed interventions for major health problems in Africa: a multi-country study: final report. (4.65 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2008). The world health report 2008: Primary health care now more than ever. (3.6 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2010). The world health report: Health systems financing: the path to universal coverage.

Reproductive Health

• de Bruyn, M. (2006). Fulfilling reproductive rights for women affected by HIV/AIDS: A tool for monitoring progress toward three Millennium Development Goals. (288K pdf)
• Publications from the Guttmacher Institute, a leader on sexual and reproductive health issues in the United States and worldwide.
• Report of the 2^nd International Conference on Reproductive Health Management (ICRHM): Emphasis on Family Planning, held in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, May 6-8, 2008. (670K pdf)

Sexuality and Health

• Pereira, C. (2008). Changing narratives of sexuality - concept paper. (Pathways Working Paper 4). (163K pdf)

Social Determinants of Health

• ACTION:SDH is an electronic discussion platform which provides space to share experiences aimed at improving health equity through addressing the social determinants of health. It was created by the World Health Organization.
• CSDH. (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. World Health Organization.(7.28 Mb pdf) Library has copy: 362.1 W893c.
  • Executive Summary (4.25 Mb pdf)
• Labonte, R. & Schrecker, T. (2006). Globalization and social determinants of health: Analytic and strategic review paper. (288K pdf) On Reserve in library.
• Lavin, T. & Metcalfe, O. (2009). Economic arguments for addressing social determinants of health inequalities (DETERMINE Working Document #4). This report is a product of the project DETERMINE: An EU consortium for Action on the Socioeconomic Determinants of Health. (1.0 Mb pdf)
• Lee, J. H., Sadana, R., et al. (Eds.). (2011). Improving equity in health by addressing social determinants. Published by World Health Organization. (1.50 Mb pdf)
• Mikkonen, J. & Raphael, D. (2010). Social determinants of health: The Canadian facts.(4.31 Mb pdf)
  • Additional resources
• Simpson, R. & Davies, T. (2011). Without walls: Towards health and well-being in the twenty-first century. Socialist Health Association.
• WHO. (2005). Action on the social determinants of health: Learning from previous experiences. (530K pdf)
• WHO. (2011, October). Closing the gap: Policy into practice on social determinants of health. Discussion paper presented at the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (1.90 Mb pdf)

Statistics and Indicators

• PAHO & WHO. (2012). Health in the Americas: Regional outlook and country profiles. (108.84 Mb pdf)
• World health statistics, WHO's annual reports present the most recent health statistics. Issues available for download: 2005-current.

Water and Health

• Bartram, J. & Cairncross, S. (2010). Hygiene, sanitation and water: Forgotten foundations of health. PLoS Medicine, 7(11).
• Hunter, P., MacDonald, A. & Carter, R. (2010). Water supply and health. PLoS Medicine, 7(11).
• Pruss-Ustun, A., et al. (2008). Safer water, better health: Costs, benefits and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health. (2.63 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2012). UN-water global annual assessment of sanitation and drinking water (GLAAS) 2012 report: The challenge of extending and sustaining services. (8.93 Mb pdf)

Women and Health

• Domestic violence against women and girls, Innocenti Digest, No. 6, (2000). (297K pdf)
• Freedman, L.P., et al. (2005). Transforming health systems to improve the lives of women and children. The Lancet, 365/9463, 997-1000. (StFX only).
• Grown, C., Gupta, G. R. & Pande, R. (2005). Taking action to improve women's health through gender equality and women's empowerment. The Lancet, 365/9458, 542-543. (53K pdf)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (2011). Eliminating health inequities: every woman and every child counts. (1.77 Mb pdf)
• Kholsa, P. & Pearl, R. (2003). Untapped connections: Gender, water and poverty: key issues, government commitments and actions for sustainable development. (1.60 Mb pdf)
• Nair, S., Kirbat, P. & Sexton, S. (2004). A decade after Cairo: Women's health in a free market economy. The Corner House Briefing 31. (198K pdf)
• Osmani, S. & Sen. A. (2002). The hidden penalties of gender inequality: Fetal origins of ill-health. Economics & Human Biology, 1(1), 105-121. (StFX only).
• Save the Children. (2012). Nutrition in the first 1,000 days: State of the world's mothers 2012. (6.86 Mb pdf)
• SAWNET: Health Issues for South Asian Women
• UNFPA. (2012). State of world population 2012. This report examines the human right to voluntary family planning and why women face challenges in accessing it.
• United States Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs. (2012). Global women's issues: Women in the world today. (8.04 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2009). Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector: Tool to improve responsiveness to women's needs. Library has copy: 614.5993 W893i.
• WHO. (2009). Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda.
  • Read Executive Summary and Chapter 1, p. xi-15.
• WHO. (2012). Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2010. (1.21 Mb pdf)
• WHO. (2012). WHO recommendations: Optimizing health worker roles to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions through task shifting.
• WHO & UNICEF. (2012). Building a future for women and children: The 2012 report. (7.18 Mb pdf)

Videos

• Flight 208 - an satirical film concerning inequalities and filmed across the globe. (7 min.)
• Sentenced for a Lifetime - about women languishing in mental hospitals in India. (3 min.)
• Health for All? - The one question that forms the basis of our movement. (1 min.)
• Every Woman - Child Soldiers, documentary on child soldiers with emphasis on girl soldiers. (12:10 min.)
• Gender and the MDGs, UNIFEM video series highlights MDGs from a gender perspective.

Health-Related Organizations and Sources

• CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. service for information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB).
• Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health newsletter, issues available: 1(2012)-current.
• Contact Magazine, issues available: 1998-present.
• Global Health Watch mobilizes civil society around an alternative World Health Report.
• Globalization and Health, an open-access journal. Issues available: 2005-current.
• Health: an ecosystem approach, IDRC's in_focus website contains resources on the ecosytem approach to human health.
• The Health Manager's Toolkit
• Health resources, World Bank provides information for improving health, nutrition, and population outcomes of poor people.
• HealthWrights is committed to advancing the health, basic rights, social equality, and self-determination of disadvantaged persons and groups.
• Hesperian Health Guides is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care.
• Human development reports, published by UNDP. Issues available: 1990-current.
• International Health & Development Network (IHDN), is dedicated to helping villages in developing countries by empowering them with medical and public health information.
• Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (LACWHN) promotes women's health, human rights and citizenship.
• Medact speaks for people whose health, wellbeing and access to proper health care are compromised by war, poverty and environmental damage.
• Pan American Health Organization works to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas.
• People's Health Movement
• Politics of Health Knowledge Network explores the impact of political decisions on health.
• SARA: Support for Analysis and Research In Africa, publications on child survival, nutrition, reproductive health and population, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and basic education.
• Science and Development Network is dedicated to providing information about science and technology for the developing world.
• State of world population, UNFPA. Previous years' reports available.
• UNICEF, building a world where the rights of every child are realized.
• Wemos Foundation: Health for All strives to improve people's health in developing countries.
• World Health Organization, the authority for health in the United Nations system.