Book & Article Reviews

Taking a look at a “Brilliant Expose” Book review by Daniel Fuller Blaming the victim, by William Ryan, is an often cited book in health promotion. The exposure and detailed explanation of the victim blaming ideology, in part, frames a … Continue reading →

School Health Promotion: Achieved Through Different Paths Book Review by Emily Fisher This dense book is packed with case studies highlighting perspectives and experiences of the process varying communities undertook to create and sustain health promoting schools all over the … Continue reading →

Talking about Health Book review by Novella Martinello “…health communication is a part of everyday life. Everyone is involved in some way. Our ideas about health are influences by health care professionals, friends, family members, coworkers, educators, advertisers, entertainers, public … Continue reading →

A Friend of the Poor Book Review by Crystal Andvik Kwabena reveals a story of how an African boy struggled as an orphan to free himself from a vicious cycle of extreme poverty and abuse. Growing up in Northern Ghana, … Continue reading →

Learning to outsmart ourselves Book Review by Crysal Andvik Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but Dan Ariely, a professor of behavioral economics at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, has discovered in his 20 years of research that … Continue reading →

Building Bridges Across the World Book Review By Emily Fisher “When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it’s amazing what you can learn.” Greg Mortenson follows up his best-selling book, Three … Continue reading →

The Bottom Billion Book review by Crystal Andvik In this widely acclaimed book, The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier, examines how and why impoverished countries are falling behind while developed countries continue to prosper. A professor of economics and director of … Continue reading →

Food Production and Distribution: A Way Forward Book Review by Martine Shareck “The analysis of the food crisis, the spread of capitalist industrialist agriculture, and the plight and resistance fo the peasantry, are the central concerns of this book.” In … Continue reading →

Book Review by Daniel Fuller The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson is a must read for everyone interested in one of the archetypal example of intervention in public health. All public health students know the story, have heeded the call … Continue reading →

It is time for a caring revolution Book Review by Crystal Andvik ‘With the accelerating speed of economic globalization – when corporations that control international financial and technological flows that play by uncaring rules – the need for a more … Continue reading →

In From the Cold Book Review by Morgan Stavoestrand The Tibetan Art of Living, by Christopher Hansard, provides an unusual and welcome opportunity for the reader to depart on a journey inward to the root of suffering and illness, and … Continue reading →

His grand plan? There is no grand plan. Book Review by Crystal Andvik In the compelling book The White Man’s Burden, William Easterly, exposes the failures of Western aid to developing countries. A professor of Economics at New York University … Continue reading →

Book review by Daniel Fuller Toward the Healthy City is a book that is of interest to academics, community leaders and interested citizens. Jason Corburn is well read in urban planning and public health literatures making this book relevant for … Continue reading →

I Am Listening, Cousin Book review by Morgan Stavoestrand In his passionate book, Two Families:  Treaties and Government, Harold Johnson invites the reader to discover an indigenous view of the foundations of the country that has become Canada.  He offers … Continue reading →

Illuminating Avenues for Data Presentation Book Review by Emily Fisher “Our thinking is filled with assessments of quantity, an approximate or exact sense of number, amount, size, scale. In scientific work, both order-of-magnitude reasoning and precise measurements are pervasive. How … Continue reading →

Book Review by Peter Delobelle During the “Meet the authors” sessions at the 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion in Geneva, July 11-15, Anders Hanson presented his book, Workplace Health Promotion: A Salutogenic Approach, to a small audience of … Continue reading →