... violence Denial Epidemiology Prevention The magnitude, consequences, and costs of sexual violence towards women and children are alarming ( Hillis et al, 2016 ). The World Health Organization reports that 35% of women worldwide experience physical and/or sexual intimate or non-partner violence...

... policy and the social dimensions of sustainability that this volume brings together for critical examination and reflection. It approaches the social from multiple angles, rooted in history and culture studies, economics and political science, social politics, sociology and social epidemiology, written...

... on the relationship between health, equity, and social justice. An alternative theory and research base that includes social epidemiology can contribute to revitalised advocacy for appropriate patient care. Equally important, globally and locally, is challenging neoliberal reliance on market solutions, whether...

... structure and epidemiology. It then examines the relationship between ageing and sustainability discourses, which reveals the heavy emphasis on the economic dimension, with the exclusion of the environmental and social ones. The chapter ultimately discusses a strategy to manage ageing sustainably at macro...

... poetry post apartheid society precarity state violence anthropology ARVs antiretrovirals babies’ infection biopolitical precarity Butler J electricity epidemiological terminology food insecurity Han C MTCT mother to child transmission pathways of precarity political anthropology poverty...

...Prevention is a seductive concept. It has a wide range of positive connotations largely derivable from the medical world. However, in order to prevent, it is important to locate the cause and have an accurate picture of the associated epidemiology of the problem. The purpose of this chapter...