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Article: Gita Sen, Asha George and Piroska Osltin (Eds.) Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002 $24.95 papercover.
For at least the last twenty years, health theorists have employed social epidemiology to better understand the distribution of health and illness among various populations. Most of the research in this area has concentrated on three main factors, races, sex and income, a set of variables that have sometimes been called the 'Holy Trinity' of social epidemiology. Data about these variables are readily available, and each has been shown to have a significant impact on health status. The editors of Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity, and the numerous authors who contributed to the book argue ...