Full Description
Chronic diseases-heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, and common cancers-claim more than one out of every two lives worldwide. Within the next few decades their toll will rise, most greatly in developing countries. Yet this rapid growth of chronic diseases is not being met with a proportionate global response. Left unaddressed, they pose a major threat to social and economic development.
This book is the first to synthesize the growing evidence-base surrounding chronic disease, comprehensively addressing the prevention and control of chronic diseases from epidemiologic, economic, prevention/management, and political economy perspectives.
Sick Societies is written in five main parts. The first three chapters explore the causes and consequences of chronic diseases on a global level. Chapter four identifi es different approaches to preventing and managing chronic diseases, while chapters five and six consider the power and politics in global health that have stymied an effective response to chronic disease. In chapter seven, the themes from the first three parts come into focus through a series of invited contributions from leading public health experts. The final chapter sets out a model of pragmatic and imaginative solidarity, wherein the struggles of the rich and poor to survive are united by a common cause and shared goals.
Contents
Preface: Epidemiology of modern society ; 1. Evaluating the health burden of chronic diseases ; 2. Sick individuals, sick populations: the societal determinants of chronic diseases ; 3. Social and economic consequences of chronic diseases ; 4. Comprehensive strategies to reduce the burden of chronic diseases ; Part 1: Management of chronic disease ; Part 2: Prevention of chronic diseases ; 5. Politics of chronic disease ; Part 1: Political economy of chronic disease ; Part 2: Creating a social movement to raise the priority of global chronic disease ; 6. Activities of the Private Sector ; Part 1: The current and future role of the food industry in the prevention and control of chronic diseases: the case of PepsiCo ; Part 2: The corporate play book, health, and democracy: the snack food and beverage industry's tactics in context ; 7. Comparative case studies from Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa ; Part 1: Chronic diseases in Brazil ; Part 2: Chronic diseases in China ; Part 3: Chronic diseases in India ; Part 4: Chronic diseases in Mexico ; Part 5: Chronic diseases in South Africa ; 8. Responding to the global challenge of sick societies ; Appendix: Resources for Action
