IWH contributes to health policy book

Institute for Work & Health (IWH) Scientists Dr. Emile Tompa and Dr. Peter Smith have co-authored separate chapters in the second edition of Social Determinants of Health. Edited by Dennis Raphael, professor of health policy at York University, the book explores the socioeconomic conditions (e.g. education, employment, food security, income, housing and more) that shape the health of individuals and communities. Tompa and Smith specifically discuss the impact of employment insecurity and other work dimensions on health. Reviewers have called the book “essential reading for university students, practitioners, program managers and policy-makers in all of the human service sectors.” The second edition was released in December 2008 by Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc. in Toronto. For more information, visit: www.cspi.org.

Source: At Work, Issue 56, Spring 2009: Institute for Work & Health, Toronto