The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

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

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Organizing, Educating, and Advocating for Health and Human Rights in Vieques, Puerto Rico

CLICK HERE for article

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

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

Unnatural Causes: Backgrounder on Social Determinants

REQUIRED READING -- Backgrounder on Social Determinants as depicted in "Unnatural Causes"

Unnatural Causes: Policy Guide

Review 6 guidelines for changing social determinants of health

Unnatural Causes Video Website

Please study the website associated with the video series "Unnatural Causes". CLICK HERE for link

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