Globalization and Health Equity Research Unit

Research Unit Report 2004–2012
Globalization and Health
Equity Research Unit
Ronald Labonté
Canada Research Chair in
Globalization and Health Equity
introduction
Who are we?
The Global Health Equity team is a research unit within the Institute of Population
Health at the University of Ottawa. We strongly believe in the social determinants of
health and the importance of equity in the promotion of population health. Much of our
research has focused on globalization, human rights, social determinants of health, sex
and gender, and the role that these factors play in the modern context of globalizing
trends in population health. As a group, we believe that everyone has an equal right to
health, and we are interested in investigating the extent to which the modern trends in
health policy and health systems in a global context help us to progress towards, or regress
away from, this goal. This report chronicles the major projects, grants, publications and
members of this team over the last seven years, during which we have been exploring
empirically, and through knowledge synthesis and policy review:
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different facets of globalization and health
the health equity impacts of international health worker migration
the rise in medical tourism
the ethical and practical role of human rights in promoting greater global
health equity
• the resurgence of interest in comprehensive approaches to primary health
care as a contrasting force to decades of privatization in health services
• the emergent role of health as a focus in foreign policy and intergovernmental
diplomacy, and
• ongoing interrogation of the impact of different social determinants on
population health (in)equities
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introduction
A Word from the Principal
Investigator – Ronald Labonté
Contact Information
Institute of Population Health
1 Stewart Street
Room 216
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
613-562-5660 (IPH)
[email protected]
613-562-5800 x2975 (Jodie)
[email protected]
613-562-5800 x2880 (Michelle)
[email protected]
613-560-5659 (Fax)
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The post-World War II era ushered in new forms of global
governance (the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund amongst other multilateral agencies),
and informal agreements on what, when and how to lower
trade barriers. With the birth of the World Trade Organization
in 1995, these forms and agreements were consolidated, becoming rule-bound and far-reaching in impact, and with
near universal country membership. Globalization, therefore,
has undergone a dramatic shift in both its reach and its means.
Where countries once traded finished products across borders
Ronald Labonté
and migrants were tolerated if not welcome, today, financial
Principal Investigator
capital is more nimble than goods, traded services are as
important as products, and countries increasingly restrict their intake of new citizens to
those most likely to bring them competitive advantage. How are these contemporary
manifestations of globalization affecting the health status of different populations?
My research program focuses on how globalization affects population health within and
between countries by influencing key social determinants of health. These determinants
include labour markets and income security, social protection spending (including public
health), food availability and affordability and the spread of risk factors for chronic disease.
Among the major globalization ‘vectors’ being examined for their influence on these
health-determining outcomes are trade and financial market liberalization, the global
predominance of neoliberal economic policies, the global diffusion of human rights and
gender empowerment policies, national and multilateral aid and development commitments,
migration flows (notably of health workers), increasing privatization or commercialization
of public goods (notably health systems), the contrary global ‘push’ of revitalizing comprehensive primary health care reforms, and the role governments’ foreign policies play in
increasing or decreasing global health equity.
Resources
The Global Health Equity Unit is located on the second floor of the Institute of Population Health,
centred in room 216. The space consists of four offices and a meeting room where up to four students
can work, as well as the shared resources of the Institute of Population Health (meeting rooms,
printer/fax/copier, and kitchen).
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Our Team
Our team
Principal investigator
Ronald Labonté
Ronald Labonté is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) and has been a full time professor at
the University of Ottawa in the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
since 2004. He also leads the Globalization and Health Equity Unit in the Institute of
Population Health. Prior to his appointment at the University of Ottawa, he held a position
as a professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the University
of Saskatchewan (where he continues as Adjunct Professor). In this position, he was a
founding director of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit
(SPHERU), a bi-university interdisciplinary research organization that is committed to
“engaged research” on population health determinants at local, national and global levels.
For the past decade, Ronald’s work has focused on the health equity impacts of contemporary globalization. This has included reviews of globalization and health analytical
frameworks undertaken for the World Health Organization, a study of G8 health and
development commitments, policy measures to mitigate the negative health impacts of
global health worker migration, the impacts of globalization on the health of Canadians,
participatory research to advance comprehensive primary health care in many parts of
the world and the role of health in foreign policy.
Prior to his work in global health, Ronald worked, consulted and published extensively
on health promotion, empowerment and health, and community development for over
20 years, including 15 years employment with provincial and local Canadian governments.
He continues to undertake research and training work in local health empowerment initiatives. Much of his earlier writings in this field are still taught in many universities, and
his practice models continue to be used by public health practitioners internationally.
UNIT RESEARCHERS
Corinne Packer
Corinne Packer is a researcher at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Population Health. She received
her PhD in International Human Rights Law from Utrecht University and has been a research fellow
at Harvard University’s School of Public Health. Her principal areas of research include reproductive
health and rights, harmful traditional practices, women’s rights and, more recently, the international
migration of health professionals.
Vivien Runnels
Vivien Runnels is a researcher with the Globalization and Health Equity Research Unit in the Institute
of Population Health. She received her PhD in Population Health from the University of Ottawa.
She works on selected projects associated with the Population and Health Intervention Research
Network (PHIRN).
Arne Rückert
Arne Rückert is a researcher and PHIRN fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Population
Health. His principal areas of research include international financial institutions (IFIs), international
aid architecture, the recent financial crisis and health equity, especially in Ontario.
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS AND AWARD RECIPIENTS
Lisa Forman
Lisa Forman was a postdoctoral researcher at the Munk Centre, affiliated
with the Institute of Population Health, from 2007 to 2009. Her research
mainly explored methods of ensuring interactions between international
trade and human rights law in relation to medicines, and in particular,
how human rights can be utilized to ensure better public health outcomes
in the formulation and implementation of trade policies.
Xavier Émile Kaufmann
Xavier Émile Kaufmann was a postdoctoral fellow with PHIRN from May
2010 to April 2011. His research was related to the Welfare to Work Program
and Social Inclusion-Exclusion research.
Raphael Lencucha
Raphael Lencucha worked with the Globalization and Health Equity team
as a postdoctoral fellow from June 2009 to August 2010, supported by
the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. He worked closely
with Ronald Labonté and Katia Mohindra on various projects examining
the relationship between chronic disease and international trade. His
particular focus was on the pathways that link the trade in tobacco and
chronic illness. He continues to collaborate with our Unit in a number of
research activities related to tobacco, trade and global health diplomacy.
MASTER’s AND PhD STUDENTS
Sherry Ally
Sherry Ally was a master’s student with the Faculty of Social Science
at the University of Ottawa from 2007 to 2008. Her project was called
“Towards the Definition of Concepts in International Health Intervention:
Participation, Efficiency, Equity, Sustainability and Scaling Up.”
Laura Bisaillon
Laura Bisaillon earned an interdisciplinary PhD in Population Health from
the University of Ottawa in 2012. Her dissertation, “Cordon Sanitaire or
Healthy Policy? How Prospective Immigrants with HIV are Organized by
Canada’s Mandatory HIV Screening Policy” was awarded the Governor
General’s Gold Medal for best doctoral dissertation in the Humanities
and the Joseph De Konink Prize for best doctoral dissertation in Interdisciplinary Studies. Ronald Labonté and Dave Holmes were Supervisor
and Co-Supervisor, respectively. Awards from CIHR and FRSQ supported
her research.
Sam Caldbick
From the University of Saskatchewan, Sam Caldbick completed a practicum
with the Institute of Population Health in the summer of 2011 towards a
Master of Public Health. His work mainly focused on the impact globaliza­
tion is having on Canadians through the labour markets.
Chantal Robillard
Chantal Robillard was a postdoctoral fellow at the Douglas Mental Health
University Institute (McGill University) and the University of Ottawa,
associated with the Institute of Population Health, from June 2008 to 2011.
She is also a research associate with the Trauma and Global Health Program
at McGill University, as well as Coordinator of research activities at the
University Institute on Addictions. She is interested in global health equity.
Sabrina Chaudhry
A master’s student from the University of Saskatchewan, Sabrina Chaudhry
completed a practicum at the Institute of Population Health during the
summer of 2012. Her work focused on understanding if and how lobbying
influences health policy decision-making in Canada. She also assisted in
writing an article on a survey questioning physicians about their experiences
with medical tourism.
Kirsten Stoebenau
Kirsten Stoebenau was a CIHR Global Health Initiative Postdoctoral
Research Fellow from 2007 to 2010. During her fellowship, she focused
on two related projects in Madagascar: the social determinants of women
sex workers’ vulnerability to HIV and the role of different processes of
economic and cultural globalization on the sexual behaviour of youth.
More broadly, her interests include the social and structural determinants
of women’s sexual and reproductive health.
Jennifer Cushon
Jennifer Cushon was a PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan
in Community Health and Epidemiology from September 2005 until
2009. Her work was supported by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award
and the CIHR grant, Globalization and the Health of Canadians. Her
project was “Child Health in an Era of Globalization: A Case Study of
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.”
AKM Ahsan Ullah
AKM Ahsan Ullah was a postdoctoral fellow with the Population Health
Improvement Research Network from 2008 to 2010. His project was
entitled “Double Discrimination: Refugees and Refugee Claimants with
AIDS/HIV+ in Canada.”
Brenda Dogbey
Brenda Dogbey has been a student in Population Health since September
2009, and is studying health worker migration in Kenya. She is supported
by the CIHR grant, Source Country Perspectives of Highly Trained Health
Personnel and is a recipient of the Africa Initiative Graduate Research
Grant (2012) and the IDRC Doctoral Research Award (2012).
Alejandra Dubois
Alejandra Dubois was a full-time Population Health student while she
completed a graduate diploma in health services and policy research
from 2009 to 2010 under the mentorship of Ron Labonté. She was also a
research assistant with the Globalization and Health Equity Reserach Unit in
2009 and editorial assistant with the Transdisciplinary Studies in Population
Health Series from January 2009 to December 2010.
Mariella Ferreyra Galliani
Mariella Ferreyra Galliani was a master’s student in Epidemiology and
Community Medicine and an internationally educated physician, training
to work in Canada. She began at the Institute of Population Health in
2009, where her thesis explored new migrant experiences of ‘cultural
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Our Team
competence’ in primary care. She was also a research assistant in the
Globalization and Health of Canadians study.
Michelle Gagnon
Michelle Gagnon received her PhD in Population Health in 2012. She
previously worked with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in a
number of roles, including as Director of the Knowledge Translation. Her
thesis explored global health diplomacy with a focus on the UK ‘Health is
Global’ strategy as a primary case.
Terrance Gibson
Terrance Gibson was a master’s student with Community Health and
Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan from September 2003
to January 2006. His project was entitled “Perspectives on Population
Health Theory and Practice among Health Workers in a Health Region.”
Ashley Grau
Ashley Grau began as a PhD student in Population Health in September
2012. Her area of study is the dynamic between international trade
and investment policy and local food security policy/initiatives. She
is also working as a research assistant in the CIHR grant, International
Comparative Case Study of Health Equity Impacts of Medical Tourism in
Developing Nations.
Laura Hopkins
Laura Hopkins, from the University of Saskatchewan, completed an MPH
practicum on medical tourism at the Institute in 2010.
Madeline Johnson
Madeline Johnson was a master’s student with Community Health and
Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan from September 2004
to December 2006. Her project was “Women’s Experience of Migration in
Nicaragua: Connections between Globalization and Local Health.”
Chonticha Kaewanuchit
Chonticka Kaewanuchit of Prince Mahidol University, Thailand, completed a
practicum on globalization and labour market policy at the Institute in 2010.
Birama Apho Ly
Birama Apho Ly has been a PhD student in Population Health since
September 2011. His research focuses on the psychosocial determinants
of physicians to using telemedicine in Mali. His study is supported by the
CIHR grant, Source Country Perspectives of Highly Trained Health Personnel.
Thomas Lynch
Tom Lynch completed a summer research MPH practicum at the Institute
of Population Health in 2012, producing a narrative literature review on
welfare-to-work policies and their effects on health equity. The report also
explores considerations for policy development to improve health equity
outcomes for persons on welfare, and transitioning from welfare to work.
Hodan Mohamed
Hodam Mohamed has been studying Population Health towards a PhD
since September 2011. Her research is exploring the impact of youth
violence on community health and resilience.
Maisam Najafizada
Maisam Najafizada has been a PhD student in Population Health since
September 2011. His research is focusing on the role of community
health workers in equitable access and health outcomes in Afghanistan,
with a focus on maternal/child health.
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Helen Oliver
Helen Olivier was a master’s student in Community Health and Epidemio­
logy at the University of Saskatchewan from September 2003 to October
2007. Her project was “In the Wake of Structural Adjustment Programs:
Exploring the Relationship between Domestic Policies and Health Outcomes
in Argentina and Uruguay.”
Sabrina Omar
Sabrina Omar is a new master’s student in the Epidemiology and Community Medicine program, beginning in September 2012. In 2011/2012
she undertook directed studies in the Unit exploring Indian surrogacy
through the lenses of risk management, ethics/human rights and
political economy.
Nacerdine Ouldzeidoune
Nacerdine Ouldzeidoune of Tulane University completed a practicum on
Comprehensive Primary Health Care at the Institute in 2009.
Ashley Page
Ashley Page has been a master’s student in Globalization and International Development since September 2011. Her research work is on
gendered health and empowerment outcomes in post-disaster relief
programs, with a focus on Bangladesh.
Katrina Plamondon
Katrina Plamondon was a master’s student with Community Health and
Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan from January 2005 to
January 2006. Her project was entitled “The Global Fund and Tuberculosis
in Nicaragua: Making Links between Global Policy and Local Experiences.”
Asim Qasim
Asim Qasim was a master’s student with the Faculty of Social Science
from 2008 to 2010, and undertook directed studies with the Unit on the
topic of trade liberalization and health risks from computer manufacturing.
Joshua Wales
Joshua Wales, from the University of Toronto, completed a practicum on
Comprehensive Primary Health Care at the Institute.
WORK-STUDY AND CO-OP STUDENTS
Kathleen McGovern
Kathleen Vissers
Taslenna Shairulla
Natalie Nolan
Stefanie Collins
Krista Dillon
Emma Gabe
Suzanne Ballard
Mai El Ramly
Karoshee Vija
Joelle Walker
Kitley Corey
Melissa Di Censo
Chloe Davidson
Elizabeth Venditti
Tanya Andrusieczko
Claudine Ndayisenga
Alexandra Galiano Zapata
Brian Mosley
nursing
nursing
common law
political science
human rights
political science and communications
history
law and languages
law
English
English
English
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AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS
PAST RESEARCHERS
Fran Baum professor of public health at Flinders University in Adelaide,
as well as the director of the Southgate Institute of Health, Society
and Equity, and a director of the South Australian Community Health
Research Unit.
Abdullahel Hadi
Abdullahel Hadi received his PhD from Columbia University, and was a
PHIRN-funded researcher at the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Population Health from 2010 to 2011. His areas of interest are poverty dynamics,
primary health care, health equity, violence against women, international
migration, and public policy.
Chantal Blouin until recently, the associate director of the Centre for
Trade Policy and Law, and a co-director of the Norman Paterson School
of International Affairs at Carleton University; and presently scientific
advisor, agri-food and health at the Institut national de santé publique
de Québec.
Ivy Bourgeault a CIHR Chair in Health Human Resource Policy and a
professor at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences at the University
of Ottawa. She also serves as the scientific director of the pan-Ontario
Population Health Improvement Research Network and the Ontario Health
Human Resource Research Network.
Elizabeth Kristjansson an associate professor at the School of Psychology
and a principal scientist at the Institute of Population Health.
David Sanders a founding professor and director of the School of Public
Health at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and now
professor emeritus. He has over twenty-five years’ experience in health
policy development in Zimbabwe and South Africa, having advised
governments and UN agencies in primary health care, child health and
nutrition, and health human resources.
Peter Tugwell Canada Research Chair in Health Equity and professor of
medicine at the University of Ottawa. In addition to his academic work, he
is a staff physician and practicing rheumatologist at the Ottawa Hospital.
Critical Perspectives in Public Health
Ron Labonté, Ted Schrecker, Corinne
Packer and Vivien Runnels. 2007.
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Katia Mohindra
Katia Mohindra’s principal area of research examines the global and local
forces that affect population health in low and middle-income countries,
focusing on how to break the cycle of poverty and ill health among poor
women and marginalized populations. With a PhD in public health from
the Université de Montréal, she previously worked with the International
Development Research Centre and the Unité de santé international.
Ted Schrecker
Ted Schrecker is a clinical scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute and a
principal scientist of the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Population
Health. He was a senior researcher with the Unit from 2004 until 2011,
while a scientist with the rank of Associate Professor in the Department
of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, and has a special interest in
globalization, political economy, and the relationship between science,
ethics, law and public policy. He is the editor of the Ashgate Research
Companion to the Globalization of Health 2012 and author of numerous
articles and book chapters on globalization and health equity.
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Jodie Karpf research coordinator for the Global Health Equity team
Michelle Payne
Globalization and Health: Pathways,
Evidence and Policy
Judith Green and Ron Labonté. 2009.
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MAJOR PROJECTS AND GRANTS
MAJOR PROJECTS AND GRANTS
Over the last eight years, the Unit has won more than five million
dollars in funding. The Unit’s partners and funding agencies include:
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Population Health
Improvement Research Network (PHIRN), World Health Organiza­
tion (WHO), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada (SSHRC), International Development Research Centre
(IDRC), and the Teasdale-Corti Global Health Research Partnership
Program, the Institute of Population Health (IPH), and the
University of Ottawa. Here is a list of major projects and grants in
which our Unit led or participated.
An International Comparative Case Study of the Health
Equity Impacts of Medical Tourism in Developing Countries
Meeting on Medical Tourism, hosted by the Globalization and Health Equity Unit.
November 2009.
(CIHR $527,352) May 2012–2014
Canadians participate in medical tourism when they travel to other
countries to intentionally access medical care without a physician referral,
typically paid for out-of-pocket. Opinion is divided on whether or not
medical tourism exacerbates health inequities in destination countries,
or has a positive impact on developing countries. In this international,
comparative case study, we aim to address this knowledge gap by examining
the health equity impacts of medical tourism in six cities in Barbados,
Guatemala, Mexico, and India. This research will allow for valuable insights
to be gleaned early on in the global conversation about medical tourism,
thus allowing Canadian patients to make ethical and equitable choices
regarding engaging in medical tourism. Not only will this research help
Canadian health care providers and administrators provide needed
guidance to patients, it will ensure that Canadian health policy makers
are meeting our normative and legal obligations to improve global
health equity and sustainable health systems (with V. Crooks and J. Snyder, Simon Fraser University).
Euro WHO: Global Factors Task Force 2011–2012
(WHO $55,000)
This research synthesis project, undertaken for the European Region of
the World Health Organization, examines global factors that affect social
determinants of health in Europe. Firstly, this looked at how the global
financial crisis and migration pressures impacted European social determinants of health. Secondly, the study looked at how European foreign
policies, particularly trade and development aid policies, affect European
health and health equity in developing countries.
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Globalization, the Financial Crisis and New Challenges to
Health Equity in Ontario
(PHIRN $55,000) 2011–August 2012
Of all the Canadian provinces, Ontario is fiscally in the most precarious
position, and it will have to find ways to get its fiscal deficit and rapidly
ballooning public debt under control. This has potentially tremendous
implications for health equity in Ontario as social programs will likely be cut,
signalling the need for an adequate academic assessment of the impact of
fiscal retrenchment on health equity in Ontario. This grant investigates the
major pathways by which globalization is likely to impact health, health
disparities and the determinants of health in Ontario in the aftermath of the
financial crisis, with special reference to financial liberalization, globaliza­
tion, the dissemination of precarious employment and the impact of the
global financial crisis on social determinants of health (led by A. Ruckert)
Sharing Evidence and Knowledge from ‘Food for All’ to
Facilitate Policy, Planning and Action
(CIHR Knowledge translation supplement grant $96,000) 2011–2012
During the course of working in this action group, we have developed
some critical tools and developed some policies while interacted with a
variety of local group in Ottawa. We have worked with a municipal food
security policy. One chief outcome from this grant has been the development
and piloting of a Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit. Our long
term plan is to share our policy work disseminate the policy work out to
the broader community, to key City staff, and to politicians. This would
involve completing a translation of this policy French. As well, we hope
to complete an exposure round to broaden our support base, then bring
it to key advisory committees, including City Council. (1 urban, 1 suburban).
We also plan test out a “train the trainer” approach where we provide
training to community leaders and then they train others to do the assessment. Finally, we would like to revise the toolkit so that it can be used in
other communities (led by E. Kristjansson).
Source Country Perspective on the Migration of Highly
Trained Health Personnel: Causes, Consequences
and Responses
(CIHR $1,116,371) 2010–2014
The migration of health professionals from developing to developed nations
has increased dramatically in the last ten years in response to a range
of globally-related social, economic and political factors. This research,
building upon two previous research grants, addresses the causes,
consequences and responses of the Philippines, India, South Africa
and Jamaica to the migration of their highly trained health personnel.
Detailed analyses of policy measures to mitigate the negative consequences of migration on health
will be made on regional to global
levels, highlighting recommendations that could be implemented
across these and other countries
experiencing similar problems. Further,
this research will help to ensure
that Canada meets its international
obligations to improve health situa­
tions in countries from which it
benefits from highly skilled migration
Eikenhof Clinic in Western Cape, South
(with I. Bourgeault; and G. Tomblin
Africa – Comprehensive primary health
Murphy, Dalhousie).
care in action!
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MAJOR PROJECTS AND GRANTS
Global Health Diplomacy: A Case Study of Canadian
Efforts to Integrate Health in Foreign Policy
(CIHR catalyst grant $49,118) 2010–2013
Health is more prominent now on global policy agendas than it has
been in decades. Global health financing has increased dramatically,
and all the Millennium Development Goals address social determinants
of health. The term ‘global health diplomacy’ has been coined to describe
the processes by which government, multilateral, and civil society actors
attempt to position health in foreign policy negotiations and to create
new forms of global governance for health. The overall objective of
our case study is to examine why, how and under what circumstances
health comes to shape Canadian foreign policy. The study addresses
two overarching questions: How and why is global health integrated
into Canadian foreign policy? Does such integration matter for improving
global health equity? These questions are addressed through analyses
of policy documents and academic literature pertinent to health and
foreign policy, and through research involving stakeholders in different
countries attempting to move health higher up on their foreign policy
agendas. The case study attempts to contribute to the emerging body
of comparative country case studies, and to create useful knowledge to
improve the role of global health in foreign policy and decision-making.
Catalyst Grant: Health Equity – Advancing Health Equity
Through Action on Social Determinants of Health: How
Human Rights Can Help
(CIHR $73,528) 2010–April 2012
This work responds to the challenge posed by a World Health Organization
discussion paper, Closing the Gap in a Generation: “How can the international
human rights law framework be used more effectively and systematically
in support of health equity?”This catalyst grant funds a series of in-depth
case studies on the use of human rights to increase accountability for
policy outcomes related to social determinants of health. It also aims to
assess Canada’s compliance with its human rights obligations related to
social determinants of health and to evaluate the Right to Health
and Health Care Campaign by the People’s Health Movement. Another
anticipated outcome is the development of an international network of
researchers committed to bridging the divide between population
health and human rights research and advocacy (led by T. Schrecker).
PHIRN Patterns and Pathways of Inequities
(Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care $450,000) 2009–2013
Several local health equity projects were supported through this initiative, including one that better defined Ottawa neighbourhoods and
to measure and map social determinants of health amenable to policy
interventions. Through this project, we have developed new tools to
investigate the disparities in the landscape of Ottawa. Other projects
include studies of housing and new immigrant health, social inclusion/exclusion measures, labour market policies and health, and youth
disabilities and employment opportunities.
Beyond Stopgaps: Building momentum for community
food security solutions
(CIHR $96,729) 2009–2011
This research study builds on an established community-city-university
research partnership that will work collaboratively to link research evidence
with solutions to food insecurity using the Ottawa Model of Research
Use. The specific objectives included development of a community
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food security policy through participatory approaches; piloting of a
community food security assessment toolkit to assess and monitor
neighbourhood and community food security; and evaluating the community capacity building that takes place over the course of this project.
Knowledge exchange was organized around six key themes: food insecurity
and health, food retail environments and food deserts, food insecurity
and obesity, school meals, urban agriculture, and rural agriculture (led
by E. Kristjansson).
Revitalizing Health for All: Scaling Up/Learning from
Comprehensive Primary Health Care Experiences
(IDRC through the Teasdale-Corti Global Health Research
Partnership Program $1,800,000) 2008–2011
This global partnership sought to
strengthen the evidence base about
comprehensive primary health care
(CPHC). Research was conducted
in South Asia, Latin America, Southern
Africa, and Aboriginal Communities
in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The objectives of this project
include initiating and supporting a
new program of research on critical
issues facing CPHC development
and sustainability in participating
countries; training a cohort of resear­ Final Teasdale-Corti grant funded
training for comprehensive primary
chers and research users who are
health care workers. June 2011.
committed to producing know­
ledge that will inform policy, management and practice in CPHC; and,
finally, evaluating the impact of the entire program on new knowledge
about the implementation and support of CPHC in partnering countries.
In addition, IDRC and CIHR funded several training workshops for this project.
Sick Over Fashion? Examining the Relationship
between Consumption and Sexual Behaviour among
Youth in Madagascar
(University of Kwazulu-Natal and IDRC $99,735) 2008–2010
In a project and the resulting article, “More than just talk: the framing of
transactional sex and its implications for vulnerability to HIV in Lesotho, Mada­
gascar and South Africa,” postdoctoral fellow Kristen Stoebenau, Ronald Labonté, Janine Ramamonjisoa, Valérie Rambeloson and Rama Nair looked at
the meaning surrounding sex in exchange for gifts and the discourse used
in several African countries, both by those who engage in it and by the
public in general. Their aim was to examine the association between consumption and sexual behaviour in order to document the magnitude of this
association and see how it compares to more established associations with
sexual behaviour, such as education, poverty, migration and religion. This
work was conducted in the aim to encourage action to reduce the vulnerability of Madagascar’s youth to HIV. (led by K. Stoebenau)
Globalization and the Health of Canadians
(CIHR $808,694) 2006–2012
This pan-Canadian interdisciplinary research network set out to examine
the major channels by which globalization affects health equity in
Canada. To analyze how globalization affects health and social determinants
of health of children in low-income households, municipal-level studies were
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MAJOR PROJECTS AND GRANTS
completed in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Other reports looked at
how effectively Canadian public policy has responded to the health equity
challenges of globalization, what practices might be adapted from other
countries’ experiences, and the key policy entry points to reduce globalizationrelated health disparities within Canada. An international comparative policy
analysis of social welfare regimes is nearing completion, as is a systematic
review of studies of place-based determinants of health. Two additional
place-based studies were supported in whole or part through this grant:
an Ottawa neighbourhoods study, and a study of globalization and the
health of children in Saskatoon undertaken as part of a doctoral study.
Health in an Unequal World: Global Ethics and Policy Choices
(CIHR $124,320) 2006–2011
This project brought together an interdisciplinary group of researchers to
address what international obligations exist towards reducing global health
inequities, to establish the appropriate roles and limits of markets in reducing
health inequities, and to determine the potential strengths and implications of
a human rights-based approach as a response to health challenges associated
with globalization. Two international colloquia were convened and a number
of research projects were undertaken, focusing on philosophical, legal, and
trade treaty implications for health equity, global health diplomacy, and
political economy analysis of international commitments to health. Nineteen papers and book chapters were generated by the network. In addition,
37 invited and non-invited conference and keynote presentations were
made, including an invitational keynote lecture to the prestigious annual
meeting on Healthcare and Trade sponsored by the Erasmus Observatory
on Health Law in the Netherlands. A continua­tion of this work was supported in 2010 with two CIHR Catalyst Grants (led by T. Schrecker).
Migration of Health Human Resources from Africa to Canada:
Canada and the ‘Brain Drain’ of Health Professionals from
Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSHRC $148,715) 2006–April 2010
Canada’s own need for health professionals must not come at the expense
of the health of people in other countries, especially those with greater
health needs. This program of research seeks to determine legally-sound,
empirically justified and ethically grounded policy options that Canada
can pursue to manage the migration of health professionals from SubSaharan Africa and, ultimately, other developing countries. Firstly, the
work aimed to determine the recruitment practices for foreign-trained
physicians and nurses by regional health authorities and hospitals in
Canada. Secondly, it aimed to determine the full extent of health professional
migration flows from Sub-Saharan African countries since the introduction
of the Provincial Nominee Program in 2000. Lastly, this research aimed to
provide a robust estimation of the economic costs and impacts on both
Canada and source countries of the flow of Sub-Saharan African-trained
physicians and nurses to Canada.
Recruitment strategies and the migration of health
human resources to Canada
(SSHRC $65,000) 2006–2009
Across Canada, the harmonization of approaches to recruitment, regulation,
and access to licensure of health human resources is taking place. At the
global level, discussions on the coordination of standards for health human
resources with regard to the harmonization of specialist training, continued
medical education and professional development, and establishing global
standards for assessing equivalency, is similarly ongoing. In theory, these
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efforts should ultimately provide some assistance to health human resources and their recruiters. Our research determined that this work
could also have the effect of deterring health workers unlikely to qualify
for practice in Canada to seek migration, but could also encourage those
already qualified to migrate and those lacking sufficient qualification to
upgrade their credentials in a carefully targeted way.
Globalization Knowledge Network
(Health Canada $373,000) 2005–2007
This grant supported the work of the World Health Organization’s Commis­
sion on Social Determinants of Health. The Globalization Knowledge Network
focused on trade liberalization, the global integration of production of goods,
consumption and lifestyle patterns, and the asymmetrical distribution of
globalization’s gains and losses.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
Re-examining “good health at low cost” in Cuba and
Kerala India Development of a Comparative Case Study
(CIHR $68,582) 2009–2010
Accredited Social Health Activists Project in Champaran District, Bihar State – India.
This is a postdoctoral fellowship stipend granted to Katia Mohindra in order
for her to study with the Institute of Population Health. Her research examines
the global and local forces that affect population forces which affects
population health in low and middle-income countries, focusing on how
to break the cycle of poverty and ill health among poor women and
marginalized populations.
Double Discrimination: Refugees and Refugee Claimants
with AIDS/HIV+ in Canada
(CIHR $135,000) 2008–2011
This is a postdoctoral fellowship stipend granted to Ahsan Ullah. This research
identifies the ways in which refugee claimants may be discriminated against
and the perceptions and experiences that are impacted by that discrimination.
Sexual/reproductive health in a globalized sex trade in
Canada and Latin America
(CIHR $135,000) 2008-2011
This is a postdoctoral fellowship stipend granted to Chantal Robillard.
She conducted research on Canada’s global commitment, and investment
in health of women in trafficking in lower middle-income countries.
Going Upstream: Examining the Influences of Globalization
on the Social Context of Sex Work in Tana, Madagascar
(CIHR $155,000) 2007–2010
This is a postdoctoral fellowship stipend granted to Kirsten Stoebenau in
order for her to study with the Institute of Population Health.
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ARTICLES
Acosta, N., Pollard, J., Romero, R.V., and Labonté, R. (2011)
Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) in South
America: Contexts, Achievements and Policy Implications.
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 27(10): 1875–1890.
Alsharif, M.J., Labonté, R. and Zuxun, L. (2011) Medical
Tourism: An Exploratory Study of Patient Experiences in
Four Countries. Global Social Policy, 10(3): 315–335.
Alvaro, C., Lyons, R., Warner, G., Hobfoll, S., Martens, R.,
Labonté, R. and Brown, E.R. (2010) Conservation of
Resources Theory and Research Use in Health Systems.
Implementation Science, 5(79): e1–e20.
Blas, E., Gilson, L., Kelly, M.P., Labonté, R., Lapitan, J., Muntaner,
C., Ostlin, P., Popay, J., Sadana, R., Sen, G., Schrecker, T.
and Vagri, Z. (2008) Addressing Social Determinants of
Health Inequities: What Can the State and Civil Society Do?
The Lancet, 372(9650): 1684–1689.
Braveman, P. et al. (2005) Priorities for Research to Take forward
the Health Equity Policy Agenda. Bulletin of the World
Health Organization, 83(12): 948–953.
Brown, G. and Labonté, R. (2011) Globalization and its
Methodological Discontents: Contextualizing Globalization
through the Study of HIV/AIDS. Globalization and Health,
7(29): e1–e12.
Bryant, T., Raphael, D., Schrecker, T. and Labonté, R. (2011)
Canada: A Land of Missed Opportunity for Addressing the
Social Determinants of Health. Health Policy, 101(1): 44–58.
Cushon, J., Muhajarine, N., and Labonté, R. (2010) Lived
Experience of Economic and Political Trends Related to
Neoliberal Globalization. Canadian Journal of Public Health,
101(1): 92–95.
Doull, M., Runnels, V., Tudiyer, S., and Boscoe, M. (2010)
Appraising the Evidence: Applying Sex and Gender Based
Analysis (SGBA) to Cochrane Systematic Reviews on
Cardiovascular Diseases. Journal of Women’s Health, 19(5):
997–1003.
Dunning, H., Janzen, B., Williams, A., Abonyi, S., Jeffery, B.,
Randall, J.E., Holden, B., Labonté, R., Muhajarine, N.,
Klein, G. and Carr, T. (2006) A Gender Analysis of Quality
of Life in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. GeoJournal, 65(4):
393–407.
Frankish, J., Moulton, G., Quantz, D. Carson, A., Casebeer, A.,
Eyles, J., Labonté, R. and Evoy, B. (2006) Addressing the
Non-medical Determinants of Health: A Survey of Canada’s
Health Region. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 98(1):
41–47.
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Freeman, T., Baum, F., Lawless, A., Jolley, G., Labonté, R.,
Bentlry, M. and Boffa, J. (2011) Reaching Those with the
Greatest Need: How Primary Health Care Service Managers,
Practitioners and Funders Understand and Respond to
Health Inequity. Australian Journal of Primary Health,
17(4): 355–361.
Gagnon, M., and Labonté, R. (2011) Human Rights in Global
Health Diplomacy: A Critical Assessment. Journal of
Human Rights, 10(2): 189–213.
Guirguis-Younger, M., McNeil, R., and Runnels, V. (2009)
Learning and Knowledge Integration Strategies of Nurses
and Client Care Workers Serving Homeless Persons.
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 41(2): 20–34.
Guirguis-Younger, M., Runnels, V., Aubry, T., and Turnbull, J.
(2006) Carrying Out a Social Autopsy of Deaths of Persons Who
are Homeless. Evaluation and Program Planning, 29(1): 44–54.
Hamel, N., and Schrecker, T. (2010) Unpacking Capacity to
Utilize Research: A Tale of the Burkina Faso Public Health
Association. Social Science and Medicine, 72(1): 31–38.
Hopkins, L., Labonté, R., Runnels, V. and Packer, C. (2010)
Medical Tourism Today: What Is the State of Existing
Knowledge? Journal of Public Health Policy, 31: 185–98.
Hurley, C., Baum, F., Johns, J. and Labonté, R. (2010) Comprehensive Primary Health Care in Australia: Findings from a
Narrative Review of the Literature. Australasian Medical
Journal, 1(2): 147–152.
Idzerda, L., Adams, O., Patrick, J., Schrecker, T. and Tugwell, P.
(2011) Access to Primary Healthcare Services for the Roma
Population in Serbia: A Secondary Data Analysis. BMC
International Health and Human Rights, 11(10).
Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Labonté, R., and Sanders, D. (2011)
Community Health Workers’ Perspectives on their Contribution to Rural Health and Well-Being in Iran. American
Journal of Public Health, 101(12): 2287–2295.
Javanparast, S., Baum, F., Labonté, R., Sanders, D., Heidari, G.,
and Rezaie, S.(2011) A Policy Review of the Support for and
Activities and Outcomes of the Community Health Worker
Program in Iran, Journal of Public Health Policy, 32: 263–276.
Jeffery, B., Abonyi, S., Labonté, R. and Duncan, K. (2006) Engaging
Numbers: Developing Health Indicators that Matter for First
Nations and Inuit People. Journal of Aboriginal Health, 44–52.
Kaewanuchit, C., Muntaner, C., Dendoung, S., Labonté, R.,
Suttawet, C. and Chiengkul, W. (2012) The Psychosocial
Stress Model for Thai Contract Farmers Under Globalization:
A Path Analysis Model. Asian Biomedicine, 6(3): 385–395.
Kazanjian, A., Apland, L. and Labonté, R. (2007) Not on the
Radar: The Impact of Rural Health Realities on Canadian
Public Policy and HHR Migration for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Cahiers de sociologie et de démographie médicales, 47(4):
407–426.
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Labonté, R. (2012) The Austerity Agenda: How Did We Get
Here and Where Do We Go Next? Critical Public Health,
22(3): 257–265.
Labonté, R and Schrecker, T. (2007) Globalization and the Social
Determinants of Health: Promoting Health Equity in Global
Governance (part 3 of 3). Globalization and Health, 3(7): e1–15.
Labonté, R. (2012) Commentary: Global Action on Social
Determinants of Health. Journal of Public Health Policy,
33(2): 139–147.
Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2007) Globalization and the Social
Determinants of Health: The Role of the Global Marketplace
(part 2 of 3). Globalization and Health, 3(6): e1–17.
Labonté, R., Runnels, V. and Gagnon, M. (2012) Past Fame,
Present Frames and Future Flagship? An Exploration of
How Health Is Positioned in Canadian Foreign Policy.
Administrative Sciences, 2(2): 162–185.
Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2007) Globalization and the Social
Determinants of Health: A Diagnostic Overview and Agenda for
Innovation (part 1 of 3). Globalization and Health, 3(5): e1–10.
Labonté, R. (2011) Towards a Post-Charter Health Promotion.
Health Promotion International, 26(S2): 1183–1186.
Labonté, R., Mohindra, K. and Lencucha, R. (2011) Framing
International Trade and Chronic Disease. Globalization and
Health, 7(21): e1–15.
Labonté, R., Mohindra, K., and Schrecker, T. (2011) The Growing
Impact of Globalization for Health and Public Health Practice.
Annual Review of Public Health, 32: 263–283.
Labonté, R. (2010) Reflections on Stories and a Story/Dialogue
Method in Health Research. International Journal of Social
Research Methodology, 13(4): 153–163.
Labonté, R. (2010) Health Systems Governance for Health Equity:
Critical Reflections/Gobernanza de sistemas de salud para
logar equidad: reflexiones críticas. Revista de Salud (Colombia),
12(1): 62–76.
Labonté, R. and Gagnon, M. (2010) Framing Health and Foreign
Policy: Lessons for Global Health Diplomacy. Globalization
and Health, 6(14): e1–22.
Labonté, R. and Marriott, A. (2010) IHP+: Little Progress in
Accountability or Just Little Progress? The Lancet, 375(9725):
1505–1507.
Labonté, R. (2009) The Global Financial Crisis and Health: Scaling
Up Our Effort. Canadian Journal of Public Health 100(3):
173–175.
Labonté, R., Sanders, D., Baum, F. et al (2009) Aplicación,
efectividad y context político de la atención primaria
integral de salud: resultados preliminares de una revisión de
la literatura mundial, Revista Gerencia y Políticas de Salud
(Colombia), 8(16): 14–29.
Labonté, R. (2008) The Global Health Watch 2 Report: Holding
the Social and Economic Causes of Health Inequities to
Account. BMJ, 337(7675): 1009–1010.
Labonté, R. (2008) Global Health in Public Policy: Finding the
Right Frame? Critical Public Health, 18(4): 467–482.
Labonté, R., Sanders, D., Baum, F. et al (2008) Implementation,
Effectiveness and Political Context of Comprehensive
Primary Health Care: Preliminary Findings of a Global
Literature Review. Australian Journal of Primary Health,
14(3): 58–67.
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Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2007) Foreign Policy Matters:
The Case of the G8 and Population Health. Bulletin of the
World Health Organization, 85(3): 185–191.
Labonté, R., Packer, C., and Klassen, N. (2006) Managing Health
Professional Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Canada:
A Stakeholder Inquiry into Policy Options. Human Resources
for Health Journal, 4(22): e1–15.
Labonté, R., Packer, C., and Klassen, N. (2006) The Perverse
Subsidy: Canada and the Brain Drain of Health Professionals
from sub-Saharan Africa. Policy Options, July–August 2006:
74–78.
Labonté, R., and Packer, C. (2006) The Brain Drain of Physicians
from Developing countries to Canada: A Matter of Human
Rights. Human Rights Tribune, 12(1): 67–68.
Labonté, R, and Sanger, M. (2006) A Glossary of The World
Trade Organization and Public Health: Part 1. Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health, 60(8): 655–661
Labonté, R., and Sanger, M. (2006) A Glossary of The World
Trade Organization and Public Health: Part 2. Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health 60(9): 738–744.
Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2006) The G8 and Global Health:
What Now? What Next? Canadian Journal of Public Health,
97(1): 35–38.
Labonté, R., Polanyi, M., Muhajarine, N., McIntosh, T., and
Williams, A. (2005) Beyond the Divides: A Critical Population
Health Project. Critical Public Health, 15(1): 5–17.
Labonté, R., Schrecker, T., and Sen Gupta, A. (2005) A Global
Health Equity Agenda for the G8 Summit. British Medical
Journal, 350(7490): 533–536.
Labonté, R., and Torgerson, R. (2005) Interrogating Globalization,
Health and Development: Towards a Comprehensive Frame­
work for Research, Policy and Political Action. Critical Public
Health, 15(2): 157–179.
Labonté, R., and Schrecker, T. (2004) Committed to Health for
All? How the G7/G8 Rate. Social Science & Medicine, 59(8):
1661–1676.
Lencucha, R., Kothari, A. and Labonté, R. (2012) Enacting
Accountability: Networked Governance, NGOs and the
FCTC. Global Health Governance, 5(2): e1–17.
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Lencucha, R., Kothari, A., and Labonté, R. (2011) The Role of
Non-Governmental Organizations in Global Health Diplomacy: Negotiating the Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control. Health Policy and Planning, 26(5): 405–412.
Lencucha, R., Labonté, R., and Rouse, M. (2010) Beyond Idealism
and Realism: Canadian NGO/Government Relations during
the Negotiation of the FCTC. Journal of Public Health Policy
31(1): 74–87.
Larson, C., Haddad, S., Birn, AeE., Cole, D., Labonté, R., Roberts, J.,
Schrecker, T., Sellen, D., and Zakus, D. (2011) Grand
Challenges Canada: Inappropriate Emphasis and Missed
Opportunities in Global Health Research? Canadian
Journal of Public Health, 102(2): 149–151.
Macdonald, J., Raphael, D., Labonté, R., Colman, R., Torgerson, R.,
and Hayward, K. (2009) Income and Health in Canada: Canadian
Researchers’ Conceptualizations Make Policy Change Unlikely.
International Journal of Health Services, 39(3): 525–543.
McCoy, D., Labonté, R. and Orbinski, J. (2006) Global Health
Watch Canada? Mobilising the Canadian Public Health
Community around a Global Health Advocacy Agenda.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97(2): 142–144.
McCoy, D., Narayan, R., Baum, F., Sanders, D., Serag, H., Salvage,
J., Rowson, M., Schrecker, T., et al on behalf of the People’s
Health Movement. (2006) A New Director General for WHO –
An Opportunity for Bold and Inspirational Leadership. The
Lancet, 368(9553): 2179–2183.
Mohindra, K., Labonté, R., and Spitzer, D. (2011) The Global
Financial Crisis: Whither Women’s Health? Critical Public
Health, 21(3): 273–298.
Mohindra, K., Narayana, D., and Haddad, S. (2011) Towards
Ethically-Sound Participatory Research with Marginalised
Populations: Experiences from India. Development in
Practice, 21(8): 1168–1175.
Mohindra, K., Narayana, D., and Haddad, S. (2011) Alcohol Use and
Its Consequences in South India: Views from a Marginalised
Tribal Population. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 117(1): 70–73.
Mohindra, K., and Labonté, R. (2010) What Works in Meeting the
Health Needs of Scheduled Tribes in India? A Systematic
Review of the Literature. BMC Public Health, 10(438): 1–10.
Mohindra, K., and Labonté, R. (2010) Making Sense of the
Global Economy: 10 Best Resources for Health Promoters.
Health Promotion International, 25(3): 355–362.
Mohindra, K., and Nikiema, B. (2010) Women’s Health in
Developing Countries: Can We Move Beyond Instrumentalism? International Journal of Health Services, 40: 543–567.
Mohindra, K., Narayana, D., Harikrishnadas, C., Anushreedha,
S., and Haddad, S. (2010) Paniya Voices: Rationale, Design
and Implementation of a Participatory Poverty and Health
Assessment Among a Marginalised South Indian Tribal
Population. BMC Public Health, 10(149): e1–9.
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Mohindra, K., Narayana, D., and Haddad, S. (2010) “My Story is
Like a Goat Tied to a Hook” Views From a Marginalised Tribal
Group in Kerala (India) on the Consequences of Falling Ill:
A Participatory Poverty and Health Assessment. Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(6): 488–494.
Mohindra, K., and Ridde, V. (2010) Canada’s Role in Global Health:
Guiding Principles for a Growing Research Agenda. Cana­
dian Foreign Policy, 15(3): 106–115.
Muhajarine, N., Labonté, R., Williams, A. and Randall, J. (2008)
Person, Perception and Place: What Matters to Health and
Quality of Life. Social Indicators Research, 85(1): 53–80.
Muhajarine, N., Vu, L. and Labonté, R. (2006) Social Contexts
and Children’s Health Outcomes: Researching across the
Boundaries. Critical Public Health, 16(3): 205–218.
Muntaner, C., Benach, J., Chung, H., and Schrecker, T. (2010)
Welfare State, Labor Market Inequalities and Health in a
Global Context: An Integrated Framework. Gaceta Sanitaria,
24(S1), 56–61.
O’Manique, C., and Labonté, R. (2008) Rethinking (Product)
RED. The Lancet, 371(9624): 1561–1563.
Ooms, G., Van Damme, W., Baker, B., Zeitz, P., and Schrecker, T.
(2008) The ‘Diagonal’ Approach to Global Fund Financing:
A Cure for the Broader Malaise of Health Systems? Globaliza­
tion and Health, 4(6): e1–7.
Ooms, G., and Schrecker, T. (2005) Viewpoint: Expenditure
Ceilings, Multilateral Financial Institutions and the Health
of the Poor. The Lancet, 365(9473): 1821–1823.
Parenteau, M., Sawada, M., Kristjansson, E., Calhoun, M., Leclair,
S., Labonté, R., Runnels, V., Musiol, A., and Herold, S. (2008)
Development of Neighborhoods to Measure Spatial Indicators
of Health. Journal of the Urban and Regional Information
Systems Association, 20(2): 43–55.
Plamondon, K., Hanson, L., Labonté, R., and Abonyi, S. (2008)
The Global Fund and Tuberculosis in Nicaragua: Building
Sustainable Capacity? Canadian Journal of Public Health,
99(4): 355–358.
Raphael, D., Labonté, R., Colman, R., Hayward, K., Torgerson, R.
and MacDonald, J. (2006) Income and Health in Canada:
Research Gaps and Future Opportunities. Canadian Journal
of Public Health, 97(S3): 16–26.
Raphael, D., Macdonald, J., Labonté, R., Torgerson, R., Colman, R.,
and Hayward, K. (2005) Researching Income and Income
Distribution as a Determinant of Health in Canada: Gaps
Between Theoretical Knowledge, Research Practice, and
Policy Implementation. Health Policy, 72(2): 217–232.
Robinson, V. et al. (2007) Creating and Testing the Concept of
an Academic NGO for Enhancing Health Equity: A New
Mode of Knowledge Production? Education for Health,
20(2): e1–e17.
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Rückert, A. (in press) The Federal and Ontario Budgets: What’s
in it for Health Equity? Canadian Journal of Public Health.
Rückert, A., and Labonté, R. (in press). The Financial Crisis
and Global Health: The International Monetary Fund’s
(IMF) Policy Response. Health Promotion International.
Rückert, A. (2012) The Financial Crisis and Health Equity in
Ontario: Key Pathways and Policy Challenges. É/Exchange
Working Paper Series, 3(3). Population Health Improvement
Research Network.
Rückert, A. and Labonté, R. (2012) The Global Financial Crisis
and Health Equity: Towards a Conceptual Framework.
Critical Public Health, 22(3): 267–279.
Rückert, A., and Labonté, R. (2011) The Commission on
Macroeconomics and Health: Was It the Right Recipe?
The Lancet, 378(9807): 1902–1903.
Runnels, V., Kristjansson, E., and Calhoun, M. (2011) An Investigation of Adults’ Everyday Experiences and Effects of
Food Insecurity in an Urban Area in Canada. Canadian
Journal of Community Mental Health, 30(1): 157–172.
Runnels, V., Labonté, R., and Packer, C. (2011) Reflections on
the Ethics of Recruiting Foreign-Trained Human Resources
for Health. Human Resources for Health, 9(2).
Runnels, V., and Turner, L. (2011) Bioethics and Transnational
Medical Travel: India, ‘Medical Tourism’ and the Globalization
of Health Care. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, 8(1): 42–44.
Runnels, V. (2009) Motivations of Volunteers in a Food Bank
Program: A Pilot Investigation. Esurio: Journal of Hunger
and Poverty, 1(2): 70–88.
Runnels, V., Hay, E., Sevigny, E., and O’Hara, P. (2009) The
Ethics of Conducting Community-Engaged Homelessness
Research. Journal of Academic Ethics, 7 (1/2): 57–68.
Sanders, D., Labonté, R., Baum, F., and Chopra, M. (2004)
Making Research Matter: A Civil Society Perspective on
Health Research. Bulletin of the World Health Organization,
82(10): 757–763.
Schrecker, T., Chapman, A., Labonté, R., and De Vogli, R. (2010)
Advancing Health Equity in the Global Marketplace: How
Human Rights Can Help. Social Science & Medicine 71(8):
1520–1526.
Schrecker, T. (2008) Denaturalizing Scarcity: A Strategy of
Enquiry for Public-Health Ethics. Bulletin of the World
Health Organization, 86: 600–605.
Schrecker, T., Labonté, R. and De Vogli, R. (2008) Globalisation
and Health: The Need for a Global Vision. The Lancet,
372(9650): 1670–1676.
Schrecker, T., and Labonté, R. (2004) Taming the Brain Drain:
A Challenge for Public Health Systems in Southern Africa.
International Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Health, 10(4): 409–415.
Swansons, R.C., Bongiovanni, A., Bradley, E., Murugan, V.,
Sundewall, J., Betigeri, A., Nyonator, F., Cattaneo, A.,
Harless, B., Ostrovsky, A., and Labonté, R. (2010) Toward
a Consensus on Guiding Principles for Health Systems
Strengthening. PLoS Medicine, 7(12): e1000385.
Swenson, J., Aubry, T., Gillis, K., MacPhee, C., Busing, N., Kates, N.,
Pantin, S., and Runnels, V. (2008) Development and
Implementation of a Collaborative Mental Health Care
Program in a Primary Care Setting: The Ottawa SHARE
Program. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health,
27(2): 75–91.
Thresia, C., and Mohindra, K. (2011) Gender Bias in Health
Research: Implications for Women’s Health in Kerala
(India) and Sri Lanka. Critical Public Health, 21(3), 327–337.
Thresia, C., and Mohindra, K. (2011) Public Health Challenges
in Kerala and Sri Lanka. Economic and Political Weekly,
46(31), 99–107.
Tricco, A.C., Runnels, V., Sampson, M., and Bouchard, L. (2008)
Shifts in the Use of Population Health, Health Promotion
and Public Health: A Bibliometric Analysis. Canadian
Journal of Public Health, 99(6), 466–471.
Schrecker, T. (2011) The Health Case for Economic and Social
Rights Against the Global Marketplace. Journal of Human
Rights, 10(2): 151–177.
Williams, A., Muhajarine, N., Randall, J., Labonté, R. and
Kitchen, P. (2008) Volunteerism and Residential Longevity
in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Social Indicators
Research, 85: 97–110.
Schrecker, T. (2011) Why are Some Settings ‘Resource-Poor’
and Others Not? Globalization, Perfect Economic Storms
and the Right to Health. Canadian Journal of Public Health,
102(3): 204–206.
Williams, L., and Labonté, R. (2007) Empowerment for Migrant
Communities: Paradoxes for Practitioners. Critical Public
Health, 17(4): 365–379.
Schrecker, T., Chapman, A., Labonté, R., and De Vogli, R. (2011)
Health and Human Rights Against the Marketplace: A Response
to Reubi. Social Science and Medicine, 73(5): 629–631.
Schrecker, T. (2010) Human Rights Against the Global Marketplace.
Global Social Policy, 10(2), 154–158.
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Williams, A., Labonté, R., Muhajarine, N., Randall, J., and
Holden, B. (2005) Establishing and Sustaining CommunityUniversity Partnerships: A Case Study of Quality of Life.
Critical Public Health, 15(3): 291–302.
Woodward, D. and Labonté, R. (2008) Reducing Poverty
Sustainably, in a Carbon-Constrained World. The Lancet,
372(9634): 186–188.
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BOOKS, AUTHORED AND EDITED
CHAPTERS
Schrecker, T. (eds.) forthcoming. The Ashgate Research
Companion to the Globalization of Health.
Boscoe, M., Tudiver, S., Doull, M. and Runnels, V. (2009) Sex
and Gender in Systematic Review. In B. Clow, A. Pederson,
M. Haworth-Brockman, and J. Bernier (eds.), Rising to the
Challenge: Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis for Health
Planning, Policy and Research in Canada. Halifax: Atlantic
Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. pp. 44–48.
Cooper, A.F., Kirton, J.J., and Schrecker, T. (eds.) (2007)
Governing Global Health: Challenges, Response, Innovation.
Aldershot: Ashgate.
Green, J. and Labonté, R. (eds). (2007) Critical Perspectives in
Public Health. London: Routledge.
Labonté, R., Schrecker, T., Mohindra, K. and Stoebenau, K.
(eds) (2011) Global Health (4 volumes). Sage Major Works.
Labonté, R. (ed.) (2010) Forgotten Families: Globalization and
the Health of Canadians. Ottawa: Collection d’ études
transdisciplinaires en santé des populations/Transdisciplinary Studies in Population Health Series.
Labonté, R., Schrecker, T., Packer, C., and Runnels, V. (eds).
(2009) Globalization and Health: Pathways, Evidence and
Policy. New York and London: Routledge.
Labonté, R. and Laverack, G. (2008) Health Promotion in Action:
From Local to Global Empowerment. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Labonté, R., Packer, C. et al. (2006) The Brain Drain of Health
Professionals for Sub-Saharan Africa to Canada: Some
Findings and Policy Options. Queen’s University: South
African Migration Project.
Labonté, R., and Schrecker, T. (2005) The G8, Africa and Global
Health: A Platform for Global Health Equity for the 2005
Summit. London: Nuffield Trust.
Labonté, R., and Schrecker, T., and Sen Gupta, A. (2005) Health
for Some: Death, Disease and Disparity in a Globalizing Era.
Toronto: Centre for Social Justice.
Labonté, R., Schrecker, T., Sanders, D., and Meeus, W. (2004)
Fatal Indifference: The G8, Africa and Global Health. Cape
Town: University of Cape Town Press/IDRC Books.
Cooper, A.F., Kirton, J.J., and Schrecker, T. (2007) Introduction:
Governing Global Health in the Twenty-First Century. In
A.F. Cooper, J.J. Kirton and T. Schrecker (eds.), Governing
Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation. Aldershot:
Ashgate. pp. 3–12.
Cooper, A.F., Kirton, J.J., and Schrecker, T. (2007) Conclusion:
Innovation in Global Health Governance. In A.F. Cooper,
J.J. Kirton and T. Schrecker (eds.) Governing Global Health:
Challenge, Response, Innovation. Aldershot: Ashgate. pp.
229–239.
De Vogli, R., Schrecker, T. and Labonté, R. (forthcoming)
Neoliberal Globalisation and Health Inequalities. In L.
Monaghan and J. Gabe (eds.), Key Concepts in Medical
Sociology, 2nd edition. London: Sage.
Green, J. and Labonté, R. (2007) Introduction: from critique to
engagement: why critical public health matters. In J. Green
and R. Labonté (eds), Critical Perspectives in Public Health.
London: Routledge. pp.1–11
Koivusalo, M., Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2009) Globalization and Policy Space for Health and Social Determinants of
Health. In R. Labonté, T. Schrecker, C. Packer and V. Runnels
(eds.), Globalization and Health: Pathways, Evidence and
Policy. New York: Routledge. pp. 105–130.
Labonté, R. (2012) Promoting Health in a Globalized World:
The Biggest Challenge of All. In I. Rootman, S. Dupéré,
A. Pederson and M. O’Neill (eds), Health Promotion in
Canada: Critical Perspective on Practice. Toronto: Canadian
Scholars Press. pp. 81–97.
Labonté, R. (2011) From International to Global: Framing Health
in the New Millennium. In R. Parker and M. Sommer (eds.),
Handbook of Global Health. New York: Routledge. pp. 38–50.
Labonté, R. (2010) Liberalized Trade and the Public’s Health:
What Are the Linkages? What Is the Evidence? What Are
the Healthy Options? In A. den Exter (ed.), International
Trade Law and Health Care. Erasmus University Publishers.
pp. 9–36.
Labonté, R. (2010) Health Promotion and Empowerment:
Reflections on Professional Practice. In J. Black, S. Furney,
H. Graf and A. Nolte (eds.), Philosophical Foundations of
Health Education. San Fransisco: Jossey-Bass. pp. 179–195.
(reprint as a select foundational article in the field of health
education, originally published in 1994)
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Labonté, R., and Schrecker, T. (2010) The State of Global Health
in a Radically Unequal World: Patterns and Prospects. In
S. Benatar and G. Brock (eds.), Global Health Ethics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 24–36.
Labonté, R. (2009) Social In/Exclusion and Health. In D. Raphael
(ed.), The Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspective
(2nd edition).Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press. pp. 269–279.
Labonté, R., Blouin, C. and Forman, L. (2009) Trade and Health.
In A. Kay and O.D. Williams (eds.), Global Health Gover­
nance: Crisis, Institutions and Political Economy. London:
Palgrave Macmillan. pp.182–208.
Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2009) Committed to Health for
All? How the G7/8 Rate. In J.J. Kirton, (ed.), Global Health.
Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing. pp. 499–514.
Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2009) Introduction: Globalization’s
Challenges to People’s Health. In R. Labonté, T. Schrecker,
C. Packer and V. Runnels (eds.), Globalization and Health:
Pathways, Evidence and Policy. New York: Routledge. pp. 1–33.
Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2009) Rights, Redistribution, and
Regulation. In R. Labonté, T. Schrecker, C. Packer and
V. Runnels (eds.), Globalization and Health: Pathways,
Evidence and Policy. New York: Routledge. pp. 317–333.
Labonté, R. (2007) Health Promotion, Globalization and Health.
In J. Douglas, S. Earle, S. Handsley, C. Lloyd and S. Spurr
(eds.), A Reader in Promoting Public Health: Challenge and
Controversy. London: Sage. pp. 182–191.
Labonté, R. (2007) Globalization and Health Promotion: The
Evidence Challenge. In D.V. McQueen and C.M. Jones
(eds.), Global Perspectives on Health Promotion Effectiveness.
New York: Springer. pp. 181–200.
Labonté, R. (2007) Introduction to Part III. Colonising Places:
Public Health and Globalisation. In J. Green and R. Labonté
(eds.), Critical Perspectives in Public Health. London: Routledge.
pp.136–149.
Labonté, R., Frank, J. and Di Ruggiero, E. (2007) Introduction to
Part I. Unfair Cases: social inequalities in health. In J. Green
and R. Labonté (eds.), Critical Perspectives in Public Health,
London: Routledge. pp.14–23.
Labonté, R. and Torgerson, R. (2007) Interrogating Globalisation,
Health and Development: Towards a Comprehensive Frame­
work for Research, Policy and Political Action. In J. Green
and R. Labonté (eds.), Critical Perspectives in Public Health.
London: Routledge. pp.162–179.
Labonté, R., Schrecker, T. and Sanders, D. (2007) Trade Policy and
Health Equity: Can ‘Policy Coherence’ Avoid a Collision? In
C. Blouin, N. Drager and J. Heymann (eds.), Trade and Health:
Seeking Common Ground. Montreal: McGill Queens University
Press. pp. 226–261.
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Labonté, R. (2006) Promouvoir la santé à l’ heure de la mondiali­
sation : le plus grand de tous les défis? In M. O’Neill, A. Pederson,
I. Rootman et al. (eds.). Promotion de la santé au Canada et au
Québec, perspectives critiques. Laval: Les Presses de l’ Université
Laval. pp. 285–303.
Labonté, R., Schrecker, T., and McCoy, D. (2005) The G8 and Health
in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fine Words and Fatal Indifference.
In G. Hubbard and D. Miller (eds.), Arguments Against G8.
London: Pluto Press. pp. 182–197.
Lee, K., Koivusalo, M., Ollila, E., Labonté, R., Schuftan, C. and
Woodward, D. (2009) Global Governance for Health. In
R. Labonté, T. Schrecker, C. Packer and V. Runnels (eds.),
Globalization and Health: Pathways, Evidence and Policy.
New York and London: Routledge. pp. 289–316.
Lister, J. and Labonté, R. (2009) Globalization and Health Systems
Change. In R. Labonté, T. Schrecker, C. Packer and V. Runnels
(eds.), Globalization and Health: Pathways, Evidence and
Policy. New York and London: Routledge. pp. 181–212.
Muhajarine, N., McIntosh, T., Labonté, R., Klatt, B., Vu, L. and
Smith, M. (2006). Joint Policy Making in Early Childhood
Development. In Moving Population and Public Health
Knowledge into Action. Ottawa: CIHR. pp. 29–32.
Packer, C., Runnels, V., and Labonté, R. (2010) Does the Migration
of Health Workers Bring Benefits to the Countries They Leave
Behind? In R. Shah (ed.), The International Migration of Health
Workers: Ethics, Rights and Justice. Basingstoke: Palgrave
MacMillan. pp. 44–61.
Packer, C., Labonté, R., and Runnels, V. (2009) Globalization and
the Cross-Border Flow of Health Workers. In R. Labonté,
T. Schrecker, C. Packer and V. Runnels (eds.), Globalization
and Health: Pathways, Evidence and Policy. New York/
London: Routledge. pp. 213–234.
Rückert, A. and Labonté, R. (in press) The Social Determinants
of Health. In G.W. Brown, G. Yamey and S. Wamala (eds.),
The Handbook of Global Health Policy. Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley-Blackwell.
Runnels, V., Packer, C., and Labonté, R. (in press) Global
Policies and Local Practice in the Ethical Recruitment of
Internationally Trained Health Human Resources. In G.
Cohen (ed), The Globalization of Health Care. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Schrecker, T. and Labonté, R. (2011) Globalization: The Global
Marketplace and Social Determinants of Health. In H. Lee and
R. Sadana (eds.), Improving Equity in Health by Addressing Social
Determinants. Geneva: World Health Organization. pp. 23–58.
Schrecker, T. and Labonté, R. (2011) Global Development and
Population Health. In J. Nriagu (ed.), Encylcopedia of
Environmental Health. Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 263–283.
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Schrecker, T. (2010) Globalization, Health and the Future Canadian
Metropolis. In R. Labonté (ed.), Forgotten Families: Globaliza­
tion and the Health of Canadians. Ottawa: Collection d’ études
transdisciplinaires en santé des populations/Transdisciplinary
Studies in Population Health Series. pp. 188–208.
Tudiver, S., Boscoe, M., Runnels, V., and Doull, M. (2012) Challenging
‘Dis-ease’: Sex, Gender and Systematic Review in Health. In
S. Coen and E. Banister (eds.), What a Difference Sex and
Gender Make: A Gender, Sex and Health Resource Casebook.
Ottawa: CIHR Institute of Gender and Health. pp. 25–33.
Schrecker, T., and Labonté, R. (2010) Global Development and
Population Health. In J. Nriagu. (ed.), Encyclopedia of
Environmental Health, Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp. 976–986.
Yalnizyan, A. and Schrecker, T. (2010) The Growing Economic
Gap: What It Means for Canadian Families and the Canadian
Future. In R. Labonté (ed.), Forgotten Families: Globalization
and the Health of Canadians. Ottawa: Collection d’ études
transdisciplinaires en santé des populations/Transdiscipli­
nary Studies in Population Health Series. pp. 112–130.
Schrecker, T., and Labonté, R. (2010) Globalization and Urban
Health. In J. Boufford and D. Vlahov (eds.), Urban Health:
Global Perspectives. New York: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley &
Sons. pp. 13–26.
Schrecker, T. (2009) Labor Markets, Equity, and Social Determinants
of Health. In R. Labonté, T. Schrecker, C. Packer and
V. Runnels (eds.), Globalization and Health: Pathways,
Evidence and Policy. New York and London: Routledge.
pp. 81–104.
Schrecker, T. (2009) The G8, Globalization, and the Need for a
Global Health Ethic. In S. Maclean, P. Fourie and S. Brown (eds.),
Health for Some: The Political Economy of Global Health
Governance. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 21–38.
Schrecker, T. (2009) The Power of Money: Global Financial
Markets, National Politics and Social Determinants of
Health. In O. Williams and A. Kay (eds.), The Crisis of
Global Health and Governance: Political Economy, Ideas and
Institutions. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan. pp 160–181.
Schrecker, T. and Labonté, R. (2009) Beyond the Matrix: Thinking
Three-Dimensionally About Social Determinants of Health.
In A. Gatti and A. Boggio (eds.), Health and Development:
Towards a Matrix Approach. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
pp. 56–78.
Schrecker, T. (2008) Development and Health. In P. Haslam,
J. Schafer and P. Beaudet (eds.), Introduction to International
Development: Approaches, Actors and Issues. Don Mills:
Oxford University Press. pp. 345–366.
Schrecker, T., Labonté, R., and Sanders, D. (2007) Breaking Faith
with Africa: The G8 and Population Health Post-Gleneagles.
In A.F. Cooper, J.J. Kirton and T. Schrecker (eds.), Governing
Global Health: Challenge, Response, Innovation. Aldershot:
Ashgate. pp. 181–205.
Schrecker, T., and Labonté, R. (2007) What’s Politics Got to Do
With It? Health, the G8, and the Global Economy. In I. Kawachi
and S. Wamala (eds.), Globalization and Health. New York:
Oxford University Press. pp. 284–310.
Schrecker, T. (2005) Class, Place and Citizenship: The Changing
Dynamics of Environmental Policy. In R. Paehlke and D. Torgerson
(eds.), Managing Leviathan: Environmental Policy and the
Administrative State, 2nd Edition. Peterborough, Ontario:
Broadview Press. pp. 125–144.
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REPORTS / WORKING PAPERS / OTHER
Hadi, H. and Labonté, R. (2011) Housing and Health of Recent
Immigrants in Canada: A Narrative Review. É/Exchange
Working Paper Series, 2(5). Population Health Improvement
Research Network.
Koivusalo, M., Labonté, R., and Sinclair, S. (2011) The Proposed
EU-Canada Trade Agreement Raises Health Concerns in
both Canada and the European Union. Ottawa: Canadian
Centre for Policy Alternvatives.
Koivusalo, M., Schrecker, T. and Labonté, R. (2008) Globaliza­
tion and Policy Space. Globalization Knowledge Network,
World Health Organization Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health.
Labonté, R. (2011) Global Action on Social Determinants of
Health. É/Exchange Working Paper Series, 2(7). Population
Health Improvement Research Network.
Labonté, R., Hadi, A. and Kaufmann, X. (2011) Indicators of
Social Exclusion and Inclusion: A Critical and Comparative
Analysis of the Literature. É/Exchange Working Papers, 2(8).
Population Health Improvement Research Network.
Labonté, R., Walt, G., McCoy, D. et al (2011) Independent
Advisory Group Foreword. In IHP+ Results, Annual
Performance Report 2011. London: IHP+ Results.
Labonté, R. Muhajarine, N., Winquist, B. and Quail, J. (2010)
Healthy Populations: A Report of the Canadian Index of
Wellbeing. Canadian Index of Wellbeing.
Labonté, R. and Gagnon, M. (2010) What is the Case for a
Canadian Global Health Strategy? Government of Canada
Health Canada: International Health Secretariat.
Labonté, R., Blouin, C., and Forman, L. (2010) Trade, Growth
and Population Health: An Introductory Review. Ottawa:
Collection d’ études transdisciplinaires en santé des populations/Transdisciplinary Studies in Population Health Series.
Labonté, R. (2010) Global Health Policy: Exploring the Rationale
for Health in Foreign Policy. Ottawa: Globalization and
Health Equity Working Papers.
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Labonté, R., Blouin, C., Chopra, M., Lee, K., Packer, C., Rowson, M.,
Schrecker, T., Woodward, D, et al. (2008) Towards HealthEquitable Globalisation: Rights, Regulation and Redistribution.
Final Report of the Globalization Knowledge Network, World
Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants
of Health.
Labonté, R. and Schrecker, T. (2006) Globalization and Social
Determinants of Health: Analytic and Strategic Review Paper.
Globalization Knowledge Network.
Labonté, R., and Schrecker, T. (2004) Making Commitments in
Health Services Under the GATS: A Public Health Perspective.
Globalization, Trade and Health Working Papers Series.
Geneva: World Health Organization.
Lee, K., Koivusalo, M., Ollila, E., Labonté, R., Schrecker, T.,
Schuftan, C., and Woodward, D. (2008) Globalisation, Global
Governance and the Social Determinants of Health: A Review
of the Linkages and Agenda for Action. Globalization Knowledge
Network, World Health Organization Commission on the
Social Determinants of Health.
Mohindra, K., Lencucha, R. and Labonté, R. (in press) Reaching
Behind Borders: International Trade and Chronic Disease.
In T. Schrecker (ed.), Research Companion to the Globaliza­
tion of Health. Toronto: Ashgate.
Muhajarine, N., Labonté, R., Sanger, T., Sanger, M., and Windquist, B.
(2006) A Population Health Domain. Technical Report for
the Canadian Index of Wellbeing, Toronto: Atkinson
Charitable Foundation.
Östlin, P., Schrecker, T., Sanada, R., Bonnefoy, J., Gilson, L.,
Hertzman, C., Kelly, M., Kjellstron, T., Labonté, R., Lundberg, O., Muntaner, C., Popay, J., Sen, G., and Vaghri, Z.
(2010) Priorities for Research on Equity and Health: Implica­
tions for Global and National Priority Setting and the Role of
the WHO to Take the Health Equity Research Agenda
Forward. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Packer, C., Labonté, R., and Spitzer, D. (2008) Globalisation and
Health Worker Crisis. Globalization Knowledge Network,
World Health Organization Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health.
Bond, P. (2008) Global Political Economic and Geopolitical
Trends, Structures and Implications for Public Health.
Globalization and Health Knowledge Network: WHO
Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Cornia, G.A., Rosignoli, S. and Tiberti, L. (2008) Globalization
and Health: Pathways of Transmission and Evidence of
Impact. Globalization and Health Knowledge Network:
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Correa, C. (2008) Intellectual Property Rights and Inequalities in
Health Outcomes. Globalization and Health Knowledge Network:
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Hawkes, C. (2007) Globalization, Food and Nutrition Transitions.
Globalization and Health Knowledge Network: WHO
Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Koivusalo, M., Schrecker, T., and Labonté, R. (2009) Globaliza­
tion and Policy Space for Health and Social Determinants of
Health. Globalization and Health Knowledge Network:
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Lee, K., Koivusalo, M., Ollila, E., Labonté, R., Schrecker, T.,
Schuftan, C., and Woodward, D (2007) Globalization, Global
Governance and the Social Determinants of Health: A Review
of the Linkages and Agendas for Action. Globalization and
Health Knowledge Network: WHO Commission on Social
Determinants of Health.
Lister, J (2008) Globalization and Health Systems Change.
Globalization and Health Knowledge Network: WHO
Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Packer, C., Labonté, R., and Spitzer, D. (2007) Globalization and
Health Worker Crisis. Globalization and Health Knowledge
Network: WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Rowson, M. (2007) Globalization, Debt and Poverty Reduction
Strategies. Globalization and Health Knowledge Network:
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Taylor, S (2007) Aid and Health. Globalization and Health
Knowledge Network: WHO Commission on Social
Determinants of Health.
Final report of the Globalization
Knowledge Network to the World
Health Organization’s Commission
on Social Determinants of Health.
The Globalization Knowledge Network
was co-chaired by Ron Labonté,
Mickey Chopra and Jaime Breihl.
Globalization and Health Knowledge Network:
Research Papers
The Institute of Population Health was also heavily involved in
Globalization Knowledge Network publications 2004–2007
Towards Health-Equitable Globalisation:
Rights, Regulation and Redistribution
Final Report to the Commission on
Social Determinants of Health
Ronald Labonté was principal investigator, while Ted Schrecker
was coordinator with assistance from Vivien Runnels, Corinne
Packer and J. Walker.
Blouin, C. (2007) Trade Liberalization: Synthesis Paper.
Globalization and Health Knowledge Network: WHO
Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Globalization Knowledge Network
Final Report to the Commission on Social Determinants of Health
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Ronald Labonté
Canada Research Chair in Globalization
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