From across the web and world, the latest Healthy Policies Round-Up!!
Academia
- A fantastic new issue of Social Medicine has recently been released. Topics range from Rebuilding the US left, to Latin American Health Policies and Debates.
New Books
- Injustice: Why social inequality persists
- Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice: Theory To Action
Blogs
- The Equity Channel has released a policy briefing on the EU Working Time Directive. In addition to limiting weekly working hours, the Directive also aims to support a healthy work-life balance. Read more about the Directive at the Equity Channel Blog.
- The Washington Policy Watch reports that restaurant employment in San Francisco remains strong when employers are required to make the shift to paid sick days.
Campaigns
- A host of organizations are calling on politicians to couple living wage policies in London with an investigation into curbing pay at the top.
Events
- For those of you in the UK, Michael Marmot will be delivering a (free!) talk June 23, 2010 at the University of Liverpool. The talk is entitled Fair Society, Healthy Lives, also the name of a recently released report on health inequalities in the UK.
- Hundreds of organizations in Toronto, Canada are uniting for May Day and marching for ‘Status for All’. Groups are calling for good food, jobs, healthcare, education, shelter, housing, justice and dignity for all people, with or without status. For more info check out Health for All Canada.
- A symposium in Adelaide, South Australia will tackle Beyond Evidence on Health Inequalities: What works, why and how, April 27-28.
News
- Researchers in New Zealand call on health professionals to take action on climate change, citing dangerous but avoidable impacts on child health inequalities.
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