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Promoting equity, environmental sustainability and health: frameworks for action and advocacy
thesis
posted on 2018-05-01, 02:14 authored by VALERIE ANNE KAYThe study addresses the urgent problems of environmental degradation and inequality, using community-based action research. Participants developed a framework for promoting environmental sustainability, equity and health. The framework expressed an ethic of caring for people and environment, demonstrated in projects on local fresh food, housing sustainability and active transport. The value of such work is not fully recognised by mainstream economics. Mainstream economic discourse reflects patriarchal and colonial ideas about man improving nature, and sees caring as less important than competition and technology. I urge health promoters to challenge this discourse and advocate for an ethic of care.
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Principal supervisor
Charles Henry LivingstoneAdditional supervisor 1
Cecily MallerAdditional supervisor 2
Margaret AlstonAdditional supervisor 3
Rebecca JonesYear of Award
2018Department, School or Centre
Public Health and Preventive MedicineCampus location
AustraliaCourse
Doctor of PhilosophyDegree Type
DOCTORATEFaculty
Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health SciencesUsage metrics
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- Health and community services
- Public health not elsewhere classified
- Environmental philosophy
- Health promotion
- Climate change processes
- Health policy
- Social policy
- Australian government and politics
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing not elsewhere classified
- Environmental politics
- Occupational and workplace health and safety
- Historical studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Health PromotionEquitySocial InclusionEnvironmental sustainabilityEnvironmentClimate ChangeCommunity HealthEcofeminismFeminismGenderEthic of careHealth inequalitiesPolitical economyEcosocialismPublic healthHealth and Community ServicesPublic Health and Health Services not elsewhere classifiedEnvironmental HumanitiesHealth PromotionClimate Change ProcessesHealth PolicySocial PolicyAustralian Government and PoliticsAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander HealthEnvironmental PoliticsEnvironmental and Occupational Health and SafetyHistory
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