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Unequal social relations are reflected in uneven patterns of health within and between populations. In Working for Equality in Health, health workers and academics distil the results of their efforts to understand, oppose and change health inequalities. Working for Equality in Health brings to bear the understanding of a unique combination of practitioners and activists on a key issue for health experience, policy and practice. Common themes and common obstacles become apparent: the need for ever better understandings of the interactive effects of social disadvantage; the damage wrought to people's health by inegalitarian economic, social and health policies and the benefits of alliances between health professionals and other health workers to combat social and health inequalities. eBook available with sample pages: 0203432428
Women who work as prostitutes are struggling against a
disadvantaged position in society. The relative poverty in which
many women still live in is seen as the cause for prostitution, in
that sex is their most saleable commodity and can bring them
substantial financial rewards. Originally published in 1982 and
drawing on her involvement with PROS (Programme for Reform of the
Law on Soliciting), one of the Street Prostitutes' Campaigns in
Britain, and on interviews with prostitutes and their clients, the
author examines how the financial benefits are offset by the
attitudes prostitutes encounter from men. It is shown that while,
in some ways, the role of client reflects men's advantageous social
position, male clients are often trying to compensate for failure
in their marriage, or an inability to conform to the accepted
masculine role. What the clients want and the conditions in which
prostitutes work are discussed in separate chapters. Meanwhile, the
Law, the media and public opinion unite to protect the public face
of morality and to condemn prostitutes as a corrupting influence in
society. This study concludes by showing how prostitutes' campaigns
are struggling with these issues and relates this to the feminist
efforts to improve the conditions in which women exist and work.
Widening social inequalities in Britain are reflected in uneven
patterns of health within and between populations. Among
professional health workers there is a developing awareness of the
significance of tackling inequality in order to procure better
health. In "Working for Equality in Health", the contributors, who
include health activists, service users and carers, politicians and
researchers as well as health and social care professionals, not
only detail the interrelationships and processes by which health
inequalities are maintained, but present analyses - refined through
experience - of strategies to combat them. They describe their
attempts in practice to counteract the impact on people's health of
the complex interaction of inequalities based on class, relative
poverty, "race", gender, age, disability and sexual orientation.
This book brings to bear the understanding of a combination of
practitioners and activists on a key issue for health experience,
policy and practice.
Deepening health inequalities, the restructuring of the welfare
state involving the fragmentation of social work as a recognizable
discipline, and popular disaffection with health and welfare
professionals underline the need to rethink social work's
contribution to people's health. In three main ways this book
suggests what social work can contribute to people's health. The
magnitude of the profound and unjust human suffering which arises
from the impact of social inequalities on health should be a matter
of urgent concern to social workers. Through focusing on this
problem, social work can make a significant contribution to more
equal chances and experiences of health and illness. To make such
an impact requires major shifts in the conceptualization, practice
and organization of social work. The text should be useful to
trainees and professionals in social work and health care.
Tackling inequalities in health is an essential social work task.
Every day, social workers grapple with the impact on people's lives
of the social inequalities that shape their health chances and
experience. This book examines the relationship between social work
and health inequalities in the context of globalisation. Based on
the practice expertise and research of social workers from
developing and developed countries worldwide and using specific
examples, this book: * demonstrates the relevance of health
inequalities to social work practice and policy across the
lifecourse; * analyses barriers to good health that result from
global social, economic, environmental and political trends; *
develops core ideas on how social workers can act to combat
negative effects of globalisation by adopting a health inequalities
lens. "Social work and global health inequalities" is a unique
snapshot of a new global social work that is responsive to local
conditions and circumstances but seeks partners in the
international struggle for equity, rights and social justice. This
groundbreaking collection is essential reading for social work
students, academics and researchers, and for policy makers,
managers and social workers.
Tackling inequalities in health is an essential social work task.
Every day, social workers grapple with the impacts on people's
lives of the social inequalities that shape their health chances
and experiences. This book examines the relationship between social
work and health inequalities in the context of globalisation. Based
on the practice expertise and research of social workers from
developing and developed countries worldwide and using specific
examples, this book: demonstrates the relevance of health
inequalities to social work practice and policy across the life
course; analyses the barriers to good health that result from
global social, economic, environmental and political trends;
develops core ideas on how social workers can act to combat the
negative effects of globalisation by applying a health inequalities
lens. "Social Work and Global Health Inequalities" is a unique
snapshot of a new global social work that is responsive to local
conditions and circumstances but seeks partners in the
international struggle for equity, rights and social justice. This
groundbreaking collection is essential reading for social work
students, academics and researchers, and for policy makers,
managers and social workers.
This book explores the development of truly feminist social work,
setting out the progress to date in establishing a feminist
presence in the four central areas of social work: the definition
of social problems for intervention, therapy and counselling,
statutory social work and community action. Showing how progress in
one area fosters the others, the authors also examine why it is
crucial to ensure that feminist issues inform working relations and
political organisations.
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