Critical Social Medicine Network

1. The Critical Social Medicine Network is a forum for academics, practitioners & activists who critically engage with ideas of health, disease & medicine. Social medicine understands health & disease to be rooted in social and political conditions & to reflect power relations.

#righttohealth as a democracy concern in #LASocialMedicine was/is strongly influenced by the Brazilian Sanitarismo and SUS. Its precursor, the Montes Claros experience in the 70s, shaped the scope of rights-thinking. Have a look! @glosocmed @Crit_Soc_Med periodicos.unimontes.br/index.php/reno…

Since the 1970s, #LASocialMedicine has thrived through the development of a model that helps understand health inequalities on the basis of Marxist social theory. It's called 'Social Determination Model' - here's an application. @SocMedOnAir @Crit_Soc_Med pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27079365/

#LASocialMedicine doesn't think about the #SDH in the same terms as the @WHO CSDH - they apply Marxist theory in ways that create interesting challenges and new insights. Wanna know more? Download the doc bellow @Crit_Soc_Med @SocMedOnAir @SLASLatAm uasb.edu.ec/UserFiles/376/…

Naomar de Almeida-Filho at @ieausp has also made significant contributions to #LASocialMedicine on how to better comprehend the relationship health-society. Check out the art for details! @ABRASCO @cphrg @Crit_Soc_Med scielo.br/scielo.php?scr…

In a turn towards #Epistemology, Naomar Almeida-Filho began preliminary thoughts on a General Theory of Health. This is 1/3 in this author's series exploring Situated Epistemologies from #LASocialMedicine @cphrg @Crit_Soc_Med @SocMedOnAir @LASACONGRESS scielo.br/pdf/csp/v17n4/…

12 years later, Naomar Almeida-Filho @ieausp returned to the work of a General Theory of Health. Want to explore what Situated Epistemology of the South may look like? Check out this article 2/3 in English #LASocialMedicine @Crit_Soc_Med @cphrg scielo.br/scielo.php?pid…

Returning to #epistemology from the South, 3/3 Naomar Almeida-Filho speaks about 'Holopathogenesis', part of his views on a General Theory of Health. Care to have a look? @ieausp @cphrg @Crit_Soc_Med @SocMedGlobal @SLASLatAm scielo.br/scielo.php?pid…

Turns out Latin American Soc Medicine Association recorded the most relevant conference talks in the book below! 10yrs ago, yet relevant today - free to download! #LASocialMedicine @macsocialmed @glosocmed @macsocialmed @Crit_Soc_Med @SocSocMed studylib.es/doc/7781375/de…

GMCA is looking for women to join a panel that will make recommendations to improve gender equality in Greater Manc greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/com…

The list of network participants on the website is shaping up nicely. criticalsocialmedicine.wordpress.com Do send a short bio if you want to be featured. Either DM on here or email criticalsocialmedicinenetwork@gmail.com

@DrRitaIssa @LancetCountdown Did you see this call for papers? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/SHI%… It sounds like you could make a really interesting contribution

My colleague @ColetteNUIG is guest editor for a special issue in Nutrients - Food Environments and Adolescent health which is now seeking submissions of research articles, short reports and reviews. @UCCPublicHealth @UCDMedicine @UCD_Research @UL @Crit_Soc_Med

CALL FOR PAPERS: Sociology of Health and Illness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/SHI%…

The fantastic Rebecca Farrington was interviewed re. the the issues facing asylum seekers in the time of covid. She speaks about the structural barriers to health and healthcare. Have a read here:

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@ctimmermann Reading recommendations or resources on social medicine/health inequalities/social justice and health? Send them our way and we will share.

Recommended reading, courtesy of @ctimmermann dukeupress.edu/the-social-med…

Anyone interested in social theory and epistemology, ontology and education...check out this great series of papers. journals.lww.com/academicmedici…