Critical Social Medicine Network

An interdisciplinary forum of academics, practitioners and activists addressing health inequalities through knowledge, practice and policy.

[Critical Social Medicine Network @Crit_Soc_Med]

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.

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

#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

https://t.co/imVoIPh0CC

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

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
https://t.co/fAk3yMY8if

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

#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

https://t.co/gwGX45WzDB

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

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

https://t.co/wimAHinidJ

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

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

https://t.co/iV3NxuieeT

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

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

https://t.co/gLUP5eXcQh

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

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

https://t.co/Tod4nqu9Y4

[Sebastian Fonseca @fonse_seb]

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

https://t.co/Sddbw9IqEn

[Piyush Pushkar @DrPiyushPushkar]

GMCA is looking for women to join a panel that will make recommendations to improve gender equality in Greater Manc https://t.co/OcatSY097b

[Critical Social Medicine Network @Crit_Soc_Med]

The list of network participants on the website is shaping up nicely. https://t.co/XUqzlqjFUb
Do send a short bio if you want to be featured. Either DM on here or email [email protected]

[Piyush Pushkar @DrPiyushPushkar]

@DrRitaIssa @LancetCountdown Did you see this call for papers? https://t.co/MzlbgSZRwp It sounds like you could make a really interesting contribution

[Elena Vaughan @StigmaStudyIE]

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

[Critical Social Medicine Network @Crit_Soc_Med]

CALL FOR PAPERS: Sociology of Health and Illness https://t.co/2D2PfgJdPc

[Critical Social Medicine Network @Crit_Soc_Med]

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:

[Healthcare Leader @HCLeaderNews]

Covid-19: Poverty, healthcare barriers and a hostile environment combining against asylum seekers

@DOTW_UK @JCWI_UK @Medact @DocsNotCops @doctors_borders @refugeecouncil @Crit_Soc_Med @MIGHCommission @UoMNews @OfficialUoM @FBMH_UoM @Medicine_UoM
https://t.co/Ura2dV4nk9

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If you would like the website to feature you or your work, or if you want to submit a blog for publication by the network please get in touch via DM or email [email protected]

[Critical Social Medicine Network @Crit_Soc_Med]

We have a website!

https://t.co/XUqzlqjFUb

[Critical Social Medicine Network @Crit_Soc_Med]

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

[Critical Social Medicine Network @Crit_Soc_Med]

Recommended reading, courtesy of @ctimmermann https://t.co/BOFDAYlGIs

[Alex Clark @DrAlexMClark]

Anyone interested in social theory and epistemology, ontology and education...check out this great series of papers.

https://t.co/g44IQsrYSy