tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Globalization and Health"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Globalization and Health | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Editorial Globalization and Health Greg Martin Address London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1 Keppel Street London WC1E 7HT UK Email Greg Martin - Corresponding author Open Access Published 22 April 2005 Globalization and Health 2005 1 1 doi 1744-8603-1-1 Received 18 April 2005 Accepted 22 April 2005 This article is available from http content 1 1 1 2005 Martin licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract This debut editorial of Globalization and Health introduces the journal briefly delineating its goals and objectives and outlines its scope of subject matter. Open Access publishing is expected to become an increasingly important format for peer reviewed academic journals and that Globalization and Health is Open Access is appropriate. The rationale behind starting a journal dedicated to globalization and health is three fold Firstly Globalization is reshaping the social geography within which we might strive to create health or prevent disease. The determinants of health - be they a SARS virus or a predilection for fatty foods - have joined us in our global mobility. Driven by economic liberalization and changing technologies the phenomenon of access is likely to dominate to an increasing extent the unfolding experience of human disease and wellbeing. Secondly Understanding globalization as a subject matter itself needs certain benchmarks and barometers of its successes and failings. Health is one such barometer. It is a marker of social infrastructure and social welfare and as such can be used to either sound an alarm or give a victory cheer as our interconnectedness hurts and heals the populations