Dennis Raphael
Dennis Raphael | |
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| Spouse | Toba Bryant |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Thesis | An investigation into aspects of identity status of high school females (1975) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Health Studies |
| Sub-discipline | Public Health |
| Institutions | York University |
Dennis Raphael is a Canadian social scientist who has written extensively on the social inequalities in health in Canada and elsewhere.
Career
Raphael obtained his PhD from the University of Toronto in 1975. He has spent the majority of his career in the Department of Health Policy and Management at York University in Toronto.[citation needed]
Research
Most of his over 300 scientific publications have focused on the health effects of
Most recently, he updated Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care (third edition, 2019) with Toba Bryant and Marcia Rioux and, with Toba Bryant, prepared the volume The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State (published in 2020). In June 2019 he gave a keynote address at the 9th Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference in Roskilde, Denmark. He has updated Poverty in Canada: Implications for Health and Quality of Life (third edition published in 2020). With Toba Bryant, Juha Mikkonen and Alexander Raphael he prepared the second edition of Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts which is available at http://thecanadianfacts.org The first version was downloaded 1,200,000 times and helped shift the discourse on health and its determinants in Canada.
Selected publications
- The politics of health in the Canadian welfare state (with Toba Bryant). https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/the-politics-of-health-in-the-canadian-welfare-state] 2020. ISBN 9781773381893
- Social determinants of health: The Canadian facts (with Toba Bryant, Juha Mikkonen and Alexander Raphael). 2nd edition, http://thecanadianfacts.org] 2020. ISBN 978-0968348420
- Poverty in Canada: Implications for health and quality of life. 3rd edition, Canadian Scholars’ Press,[2] 2020. ISBN 9781773381923
- Staying alive: Critical perspectives on health, illness, and health care (with Toba Bryant and Marcia Rioux). 3rd edition, Canadian Scholars’ Press,[3] 2019. ISBN 9781773381305
- Immigration, public policy, and health: Newcomer experiences in developed nations. Canadian Scholars’ Press [4], 2016. ISBN 9781551309279
- Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives. 3rd edition, Canadian Scholars’ Press [5], 2016. ISBN 978-1-55130-897-5
- Tackling health inequalities: Lessons from International experiences. Canadian Scholars’ Press.CSPI. 2012. ISBN 978-1551304120
- About Canada: Health and illness, 2nd edition [6], 2010. Fernwood Publishers. ISBN 978-1-55266-375-2
- Health promotion and quality of life in Canada: Essential readings. Canadian Scholars’ Press,[7] 2010. ISBN 978-1-55130-367-3
- Reducing Social and Health Inequalities Requires Building Social and Political Movements; Humanity & Society [8], Vol 33, Issue 1-2, pp. 145–165; February 1, 2009; doi:10.1177/016059760903300109
References
- ^ [1]. He manages the 1350 member Social Determinants of Health Listserv at York University.
- ^ "SDOH listserv". 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ "Faculty of Health Awards 2010. Awarding its Faculty Members of Excellence". 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
External links
- Dennis Raphael's Homepage
- Social Determinants of Health Listserv at York University
- Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts
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