Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Check out this link about the film we watched in class.

CLICK HERE

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

CHWs and Social Justice -- Amer J of Pub Hlth, 2008

This is an excellent article that bridges from the topic of CHWs to our next topics -- Social Justice and Health Inequities. Please read and prepare to discuss in class.

CLICK HERE to download PDF of article

Monday, October 19, 2009

Community Health Workers Publication

Please download and study this publication for class. I'll be more specific about pages to focus on.

Follow the link to the bottom of the page and download the document from there.

CLICK HERE for HTML version. Can also save as PDF.

Read pp 1 - 32

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Tackling Social Inequities through Public Health Practice

Here is a link to the full text of the book.
Look over the introduction in particular for more details on constructions of race, class, and gender. Good stuff.
CLICK HERE for the PDF version of the entire book.

Read Chapter 4: Promoting Social Justice Through Public Health Practice