Ghp272 Foundations of Global Health and Population Fall 2012 Sessions


DePARLE, J (2007). "A Global Trek to Poor Nations, From Poorer Ones." New York Times, December 27,2007



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DePARLE, J (2007). "A Global Trek to Poor Nations, From Poorer Ones." New York Times, December 27,2007.


Simon, J. (1993). “The Economic Effects of Immigration.” European Review. 1 (1): 109-116. [pdf on iSite]

Recommended:

Clemens, M. (2007). “Do visas kill? Health effects of African health professional emigration.” Working Paper Number 114. Center for Global Development.

Global Commission on International Migration (2005). “Migration in an interconnected world: Principles for action

McGee, T. (2001). “Urbanization Takes on New Dimensions in Asia's Population Giants,” Population Reference Bureau.

Montgomery, M. and National Research Council. (2003). “Panel on Urban Population Dynamics.” Cities transformed: demographic change and its implications in the developing world. Washington, DC, National Academies Press

UN Human Settlements Programme (HABITAT) (2008). “The State of the World's Cities Report 2008-2009: Harmonious Cities.” Nairobi, Kenya, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements.

UNFPA (2005). International Migration and the Millennium Development Goals. New York, New York: UNFPA.

UNFPA (2006). State of the World’s Population

World Health Organization (2006). World Health Report 2006: Working Together for health. (Overview). Geneva: World Health Organization (www.who.int/whr/2006/overview/en/index.html)

Session 14: Determinants of fertility and mortality (10/5/12)
Required:

Caldwell, J.C. (1982). Chapter 11: “Wealth Flow Theory of Fertility Decline.” Theory of Fertility Decline. J. C. Caldwell. London ; New York, Academic Press. pp.333-351. [pdf on iSite]


Cutler, D., A. Deaton, and A. Lleras-Muney (2006). “The determinants of mortality.” The Journal of Economic Perspectives 20(3): 97-120.
Pritchett, L.H. (1994). “Desired Fertility and the Impact of Population Policies.” Population and Development Review. 20(1): 1-55.
Guathier AH, Hartzius J. (1997). "Family benefits and fertility: An econometric analysis." Population Studies Vol 57: 295-306.
Hirschman, C. (1994). "Why fertility changes." Annu. Rev. Sociol., 20:203-233.

Tsui, AO (2001). "Population policies, family planning programs and fertility: The record." Population and Development Review, Vol 27 Supplement: Global Fertility Transition: pp. 184-204.


Hvistendahl, M. “How to Engineer a Baby Boom.” Science 333, no. 6042 (July 29, 2011): 551.
CNN What’s Next: Video urges Singapore couples to make babies. http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/07/video-urges-singapore-couples-to-make-babies-now/
Hvistendahl M. (2010). “Has China Outgrown the One Child Policy?” Science, 329, 1458-1461.

Recommended:

Becker, G. (1960). “An Economic Analysis of Fertility. Demographic and Economic Change in Developed Countries. Universities--National Bureau Committee for Economic Research.” Princeton, Princeton University Press.


Bongaarts, J. (1982). “The Fertility-Inhibiting Effects of the Intermediate Fertility Variables.” Studies in Family Planning 13(6/7): 179-189.
Cleland, J and Wilson C. (1987) Demand theories of the fertility transition: An iconoclastic view. Population Studies 41: pp. 5-30.
Davis, K (1963) The theory of change and response in modern demographic history. Population Index 29(4): 345-366.
Easterlin, R. A. (1980). Birth & Fortune: The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare. London, Grant McIntyre.
Finkle, J.L. and C.A. McIntosh (2002). “United Nations Population Conferences: Shaping the Policy Agenda for the Twenty-first Century.” Studies in Family Planning. 33(1): 11-23.
Fogel, R. (1997) New findings on secular trends in nutrition and mortality: Some implications for population theory. Chap. 3 in Rosenzweig M. and Stark O. (Eds.) Handbook of Population and Family Economics. Elsevier Science BV.
Global Health Council (2004). Banking on Reproductive Health. Washington D.C.: Global Health Council. 62
Irwin, A. and E. Scali (2007). “Action on the social determinants of health: a historical perspective.” Global Public Health. 2(3): 235-256.
McKeown, T., Brown RG and Record RG (1972). An interpretation of the modern rise of population in Europe. Population Studies, 26(3): 345-382.
Mishra, V. et al. (2007). A study of the association of HIV infection with wealth in sub-Saharan Africa. DHS Working Papers. http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pub_details.cfm?ID=638&srchTp=advanced
Preston, SH (1975) The changing relation between mortality and level of economic development. Population Studies29(2): 231-248.
Preston, SH and Haines, M (1991). Fatal Years: Child Mortality in Late Nineteenth Century America. Chapters 5 and 6, pp. 177-210. Princeton: Princeton University Press
Schultz, T.P. (2001). The Fertility Transition: Economic Explanations. New Haven, CT, Yale: 1-19.
Swidler, A. “Responding to AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Culture, Institutions, and Health.” To be published in Peter A. Hall and Michèle Lamont (eds.), Social Sources of Health (tentative title).
Szreter, S (2001) The importance of social intervention in Britain’s mortality decline circa 1850-1914: A reinterpretation of the role of public health. Social History of Medicine, 1(1):1-38.
Session 15: Ethics (10/10/12)
Required:

Wikler, D. and R. Cash (2009). Chapter 12: Ethical Issues in Global Public Health. In Global Public Health: A New Era. Second Edition. R. Beaglehole and R. Bonita (Eds.) Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press. [pp. 249-267]. [pdf on iSite]


Buchanan A, DeCamp M (2006). “Responsibility for global health.” Theor Med Bioethics, 27(1):95-114.

Recommended:

Roberts MJ & Reich MR. (2002). Ethical analysis in public health. The Lancet, 359, 1055–1059.


Ruger, JP. (2006). Ethics and governance of global health inequalities . J Epidemiol Community Health, 60:998-1002.
Carrier, J. (1999). "ReflectionsonEthicalProblemsEncounteredinFieldResearchonMexicanMaleHomosexuality: 1968 toPresent." Culture Health & Sexuality 1(3):207-221.
Session 16: Case (10/12/12)
Required: TBD.
Session 17: Gender, women and health (10/15/12)
Required:

Burki T. (2010). “UN Women to spearhead new drive for gender equality.” The Lancet, 376 (9739); 405-406.

The Economist. Gendercide. “The worldwide war on baby girls.” March 4th 2010, pp 77-84.

Eberstadt N. The global war against baby girls. The New Atlantis: The Journal of Technology and Society. http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-global-war-against-baby-girls


It’s a Girl! (2012) [Documentary Film]. (If possible, special showing for our class)
Rogers W, Ballantyne A and Heather Draper (2007). “Is sex selective abortion morally justified and should it be prohibited?” Bioethics 21 (9): 520-524

Sen, A. (2001). “Many Faces of Gender Inequality.” The Frontline. India. November 9, 2001.

Sen, G., A. George, et al. (2002). Chapter 1: Engendering Health Equity: A Review of Research and Policy. Engendering International Health: The Challenge of Equity. G. Sen, A. George and P. Östlin. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press: 1-33. [pdf on iSite]

Vlassoff, C. and C.G. Moreno (2002). “Placing gender at the centre of health programming: Challenges and limitations." Social Science & Medicine 54(11): 1713-1723.



Recommended:

Hausmann R, Tyson LD, & Zahidi S. (2010). TheGlobalGenderGapReport 2010. Geneva: World Economic Forum.


Session 18: Human rights (10/17/12)
Required:

Gruskin, S. and D. Tarantola (2001). Health and human rights. Oxford Textbook of Public Health. R. Detels, J. McEwen, R. Beaglehole and K. Tanaka. New York, Oxford University Press: 311-335. [pdf on iSite]


Gruskin, S., E.J. Mills, and D. Tarantola. (2007). "History, principles and practices of health and human rights." Lancet, 370; 449-455.
Recommended:

Brauman, R. (2005) “Controversies within Health and Human Rights.” Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. January 2005.


Gruskin S., D. Tarantola “What Does Bringing Human Rights into Public Health Work Actually Mean in Practice?” in K. Heggenhougen and S. Quah (eds), International Encyclopedia of Public Health, volume 3 (San Diego: Academic Press, 2008), pp. 137-146
Hannum, H. “Implementing Human Rights: An Overview of Strategies and Procedures,” in H. Hannum (ed), Guide to International Human Rights Practice, 2nd edition (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992), pp. 19-38.
Hunt, P. “The right to health: from the margins to the mainstream,” Lancet 2002, 360: 1878.
Tarantola D., S. Gruskin “Public Health Policy and Human rights: History, Concepts and Value,” in K. Heggenhougen and S. Quah (eds), International Encyclopedia of Public Health, volume 3 (San Diego: Academic Press, 2008) pp. 477-486.
Sieghart, P. An Introduction to the International Covenants on Human Rights, Human Rights Unit Occasional Paper (Commonwealth Secretariat, March 1988), pp. 1-20.
Whitehead, M. (1992). “The concepts and principles of equity and health.” International journal of health services. 22(3): 429-445.

Session 19: Case (10/19/12)
Required: TBD.
Session 20: Political Dimensions of Global Health (10/22/12)
Required:

Bossert, T. (1998). “Analyzing the decentralization of health systems in developing countries: decision space, innovation and performance”. Social Science and Medicine, 47(10). 1513-1527.


Bossert, T.J., Larran, O., Giedion, U., Arbelaez, J.J., & Bowser, D. (2003). “Decentralization and equity of resource allocation: evidence from Colombia and Chile.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 81(2): 95-100.
Bossert, T. International Donors and Health Reform: El Salvador Case Study. [pdf on iSite]

Kaufmann, J.R., and H. Feldbaum (2009). “Diplomacy and the polio immunization boycott in Northern Nigeria.” Health Affairs 28(4):1091-1101.

Reich, M.R. (1996). Applied Political Analysis for Health Policy Reform. Current Issues in Public Health 2, 186-191. [pdf on iSite]
Recommended:

Brune, N.E., & Bossert, T. (2009). Buildingsocialcapitalinpost-conflictcommunities: EvidencefromNicaragua. Social Science and Medicine, 68(5), 885-893.


Garrett, L.A. (2010). “MessypoliticsofdonorsupportforHIV.” Council on Foreign Relations Expert Brief.
Feldbaum, H., K. Lee, and J. Michaud (2010). “Globalhealthandforeignpolicy.” Epidemiologic Reviews 32(1): 82-92.
Grindle, M., and J. Thomas (1991). Chapter 6: “Implementing Reform: Arena, Stakes and Resources.” Public Choices and Policy Change: The Political Economy of Reform in Developing Countries. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 121-150.
Perez-Ferrer, C., K. Lock, and J.A. Rivera (2009). “Learning from international policies on trans fatty acids to reduce cardiovascular disease in low- and middle-income countries, using Mexico as a case study.” Health Policy and Planning 25:39-49.
Reich, M.R. (2002). "Thepoliticsofreforminghealthpolicies." Promot Educ. 9(4): 138-42.
Reich, M.R., K. Takemi, et al. (2008). "Globalactiononhealthsystems: aproposalfortheToyakoG8 summit." Lancet. 371:865-69.
Reich MR, Takemi K. (2009). "G8 andStrengtheningofHealthSystems: Follow-UptotheToyakoG8 Summit." The Lancet 373:508-515.
Shiffman, J. (2007) “Generation of political priority for global health initiatives: a framework and case study of maternal mortality.”Lancet 370:1370-1379.
Session 21: Global Health Workforce: Till Bärnighausen, (10/24/12)

Readings subject to change.
Required:

Bärnighausen, T. D.E. Bloom, and S. Humair. (2007). "Human Resources for Treating HIV/AIDS: Needs, Capabilities and Gaps." AIDS patient care and STDs. 21(11).


Bärnighausen, T., and D.E. Bloom (2009). "Financial incentives for return of service in underserved areas: a systematic review." BMC Health Services Research 9:86
Bärnighausen, T., and D.E. Bloom (2009). "Changing Research Perspectives on the Global Health Workforce." NBER Working Paper 15168.
Chen, L.C., T. Evans, S. Anand, et al. (2004). "Human Resources for Health: Overcoming the Crisis." Lancet. 364 (9449): 1984-1990.
Farmer, P.E., J.J. Furin, and J.T. Katz (2004). "Global Health Equity." Lancet. 363 (9423): 1832.
Kinfu, Y., M.R. Dal Poz, H. Mercer, and D.B. Evans. (2009). "The health worker shortage in Africa: Are enough physicians and nurses being trained?" Bull World Health Organ. 87:225-230
O’Brien, P., and L.O. Gostin (2008/2009). "Health Worker Shortages and Inequalities: The Reform of United States Policy.” Global Health Governance 2(2).
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2008). "The looming crisis of the health workforce: How can OECD countries respond?" (Read the introduction and the case study on Canada.)
Recommended:

Joint Learning Initiative (2004). Human Resources for Health: Overcoming the Crisis. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press.


Marchal, B. and G. Kegels. (2003). “Health workforce imbalances in times of globalization: brain drain or professional mobility?” Int J Health Plann Mgmt 18:S89–S101.
The Lancet series on Health Workforce, 23 February 2008, Vol 371, No. 9613. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/full?issue_key=S0140-6736(08)X6009-X

Session 22: Assignment I presentations (10/26/12)
No required reading. Students are required to make a short presentation on Assignment I.
Session 23: Review of topics (10/29/12)
No required reading.

Session 24: Introduction to health systems (10/31/12)
Required:

Frenk, J. (2010). “The World Health Report 2000: expanding the horizon of health system performance.” Health Policy and Planning 25:343-345.


Hsiao, W. & Siadat, B. (2009). In Search of a Common Conceptual Framework for Health Systems Strengthening. Draft June 23, 2009 [pdf on iSite]
Hsiao, W. What Is A Health System? Why Should We Care? [pdf on iSite]
Ravishankar, N., P. Gubbins, et al. (2009). “Financing of global health: tracking development assistance for health from 1990 to 2007.” Lancet 373(9681):2113-2124.
World Health Organization (WHO) (2000). Chapter 1: “Why Do Health Systems Matter?” World Health Report 2000. Geneva: World Health Organization. pp. 1-19.
WHO Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group. (2009). "As assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems." Lancet. 373:2137-2169.

Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) (2009) [Documentary Film]. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/events/public/2010-livinginemergency/film.cfm
Recommended:

Bialik, C. (2009). “Ill-ConceivedRankingMakesforUnhealthyDebate: IntheWrangleOverHealthCare, aLowRatingfortheU.S. SystemKeepsEmergingDespiteEvidentShortcomingsinStudy.”



The Wall Street Journal Print Edition, page A19.
Biesma, R.G., R. Brugha, et al. (2009). “Theeffectsofglobalhealthinitiativesoncountryhealthsystems: areviewoftheevidencefromHIV/AIDScontrol.” Health Policy and Planning 24:239–252.
Culyer, A.J. and J.P. Newhouse. HandbookofHealthEconomics. Volume 1, Part 1 and 2. Elsevier Publishing, 2008.
Damrongplasit, K., and G.A. Melnick. (2009). “Early results from Thailand’s 30 Baht Health Reform: Something to Smile About. Health Affairs. 28(3):w457-w466.
Drain, P.K., and M. Barry (2010). “FiftyyearsofU.S. embargo: Cuba’shealthoutcomesandlessons.” Science 328:572-573. [Response letters: Hirschfield, K. (2010). “Cuban health care: consider the source.” Science 329:627-628; Bodenstein, L. (2010). “Cuban Health Care: Benefits Without Costs.” Science 329: 628; and Drain, P.K., and M. Barry (2010). “Response.” Science 329: 628.]
The Economist. “Private concerns.” Print edition. Jun 18th 2005.
Frenk, J., E. Gonzalez-Pie, O. Gomez-Dantes, et al. (2006). “ComprehensivereformtoimprovehealthsystemperformanceinMexico.” Lancet, 368(9546): 1524-34.
McKee, M. (2010). “The World Health Report 2000: 10 years on.” Health Policy and Planning 25:346-348.
Murray, C.J.L. and D.B. Evans. Health Systems Performance Assessment: Debates, Methods, and Empiricism. World Health Organization, 2003.
Musgrove, P. “Judging health systems: reflections on WHO’s methods.” The Lancet, Vol. 361, No. 9371, pp. 1817-1820.
Omaswa, F. and J.I. Boufford (2010). Strongministriesforstronghealthsystems. An overview of the study report: Supporting ministerial health leadership: A strategy for health systems strengthening.
Roberts, M. J., W. Hsiao, et al. (2004). Introduction. Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity. M. J. Roberts, W. Hsiao, P. Berman and M. R. Reich. New York, Oxford University Press. pp. 3-20.
Roberts, M. J., W. Hsiao, P. Berman and M. R. Reich, Eds. (2004). Getting Health Reform Right: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity. New York, Oxford University Press.
Towse, A., A. Mills, and V. Tangcharoensathien (2004). “LearningfromThailand’shealthreforms.” BMJ, 328 (7431): 103-5.
Travis, P., S. Bennett, et al. (2004). “Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.“ The Lancet, 364: 900-906.
World Health Organization. (WHO) (2007). Everybody's business: strengthening health systems to improve health outcomes: WHO’s framework for action. WHO, Geneva.
Barr, M.D. (2001). “Medical savings accounts in Singapore: a critical inquiry.” Journal of Health Politics, Health Policy and Law. 26(4): 709-26.
Becker, G., K. Murphy, and T. Philipson (2007). “The value of life near its end and terminal care.” NBER Working Paper 13333. http://www.nber.org/papers/w13333.
Blumenthal, D. and W. Hsiao. (2005). “Privatization and Its Discontents – the Evolving Chinese Health Care System.” New England Journal of Medicine. 353 (11): 1165-1170.
The Lancet series on Health System Reform in Mexico, 2006. URL: http://www.thelancet.com/collections/series/health_system_reform_mexico
The Lancet Series on Health Reform in China, 2008. URL: http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-system-reform-in-china
The Lancet Series on Health Reform in South Africa, 2009 URL: http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-in-south-africa
Tangcharoensathien, V., S. Wibulpholprasert, and S. Nitayaramphong (2004). “Knowledge-based changes to health systems: the Thai experience in policy development.” Bull WHO, 82(10):750-6.
Thailand Ministry of Public Health. Chapter 11: “Health Systems Reform and Decentralization in Thailand Health Profile 2001-2005.”
Wagstaff, A. (2007). “Health Insurance for the Poor: Initial Impacts of Vietnam’s Health Care Fund for the Poor.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3134.
Yip, W., and A. Mahal (2008). "ThehealthcaresystemsofChinaandIndia: performanceandfuturechallenges." Health Affairs. 27(4): 921-932

Session 25. Midterm Review (11/2/12)
No required reading.


Session 26: Midterm Exam (11/5/12)
No required reading.
Session 27: Theresa Betancourt: Mental Health (11/7/12)

Required:
Betancourt, TS and T Williams (2008). “Building an evidence base on mental health interventions for children affected by armed conflict.” Intervention, 6(1): 39 – 56.
Betancourt, TS, II Borisova, TP Williams, RT Brennan, TH Whitfield, M de la Soudiere, J Williamson, SE Gilman (2009). “Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers: A Follow-up Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration.” Child Development 81(4):1077-1095.
Patel, V, AJ Flisher, S Hetrick, P McGorry (2007). “Mental health of young people: a global public-health Challenge.” Lancet, 369: 1302–13.
Prince, M, V Patel, S Saxena, M Maj, J Maselko, MR Phillips, A Rahman (2007). “No health without mental health.” Lancet. 370: 859–77.
Session 28: Discussion of readings (11/9/12)

No required reading.


Session 29: Guest lecture (11/14/12)
Required: TBD.
Recommended: TBD.
Session 30: Case (11/16/12)
Required: TBD.
Session 31: Guest lecture: Robert Steinglass (11/19/12)
Required:

Epidemiology of the unimmunized child:  Findings from the grey literature. Prepared by JSI (IMMUNIZATIONbasics project) for the WHO SAGE (Strategic Advisory Group of Experts).  [pdf on iSite]
Drivers of routine immunization system performance at the district level: Study findings from 3 countries. ARISE (Africa Routine Immunization System Essentials) Research Brief, 3, 1-18. [pdf on iSite]
Session 32: Priority Setting (11/21/12)
Required:

Canning D. (2006). “The Economics of HIV/AIDS in Low Income Countries: The Case for Prevention.” Journal of Economic Perspectives. 20 (3): 121-142.


Gonzalez-Pier, E. et al. (2006). “Priority setting for health interventions in Mexico’s System of Social Protection in Health.” Lancet, 368(9547):1608-1618.
Gruskin S. and N. Daniels (2008). “Process is the Point: Justice and Human Rights: Priority Setting and Fair Deliberative Process.” American Journal of Public Health 98(9): 1573-1577.
Individual Members of the Faculty of Harvard University (2001). Consensus Statement on Antiretroviral Treatment for AIDS in Poor Countries.
Sabik, L.M., and R.K. Kie (2008). “Priority setting in health care: Lessons from the experiences of eight countries.” International Journal for Equity in Health. 7:4. Doi:10.1186/1475-9276-7-4
Viscusi, W.K. and J.E. Aldy (2003). “The Value of a Statistical Life: A Critical Review of Market Estimates Throughout the World.” The Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 27(1): 5-76.
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