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Climate change and social determinants of health: two interlinked agendas
Luiz Augusto C. Galvão, Sally Edwards, Carlos Corvalan, Kira Fortune and Marco Akerman
Pan American Health Organization PAHO/WHO  – Area of Sustainable Development and Environment
Global Health Promotion 1757-9759; Supp (1): 81–84; 103761 SAGE Publications 2009,  DOI: 10.1177/1757975909103761 

“……The issue of equity should be considered by policy-makers as a significant social mechanism, which can change environment and climate change at country and community level as it reinforces the close link that exists between public and sustainable development. Sustainable development consists of three core pillars, namely an environmental pillar, an economic pillar and a social pillar. ….”
 

Systematic Reviews - Program Policy Decision-Making

It offers a collection of 900+ systematic reviews relevant to public health policy and implementation. It has been developed through a collaboration between the Program in Policy Decision Making at McMaster and the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre. 
Indexed systematic reviews according to governance, financial and delivery arrangements makes it very useful to policy makers and health systems managers

The PPD/CCNC database is produced by McMaster University’s Program in Policy Decision-Making (PPD), in partnership with the Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre (CCNC)

 
  
Focusing on obesity through a health equity lens

A collection of innovative approaches and promising practices by health promotion bodies in Europe to counteract obesity and improve health equity.

A new report from EuroHealthNet has underlined the need to consider all social backgrounds when confronting the obesity epidemic in Europe.

This report has been compiled by EuroHealthNet. July 2009 Available online PDF [198p.] 
 

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