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	<title>The Social Medicine Portal</title>
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	<description>An Alternative to Corporate Health</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Health Cooperatives</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/05/alternative-health-care/health-cooperatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/05/alternative-health-care/health-cooperatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alternative health care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cooperatives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. Cooperatives are based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.  In the tradition of their founders, cooperative members believe in the ethical values [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class and Health</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/04/history-of-social-medicine/class-and-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/07/04/history-of-social-medicine/class-and-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[History of Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Determinants of Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Allison Quick]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Douglas Black]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Friedrich Engels]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Louis Villerme]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Paris]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Richard Wilkinson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Russell Sage Foundation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Vicente Navarro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Working Class]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Medicine had its birth during the Industrial Revolution in Europe as health statistics (a relatively new tool) made clear that disease and death were linked to poverty and exploitation.
One of the first empiric studies examining this question was done in the 1820&#8217;s by the French physician Louis Rene Villerme. Villerme looked at mortality statistics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggle for Health: Short Course for Health Activists: Brazil, September 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/30/globalization-and-health/struggle-for-health-short-course-for-health-activists-brazil-september-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/30/globalization-and-health/struggle-for-health-short-course-for-health-activists-brazil-september-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Globalization and Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health Activism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[People's Health Movement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our friends at the People&#8217;s Health Movement have just announced the next short course for health activists, being offered in Porto Alegre, Brazil, September 7-20, 2008.  While the course will be offered primarily in Portuguese, non-Portuguese speakers should know that it is offered periodically in various venues and languages.  It was, for instance, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity to do Community Health Research in Cuba: December 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/27/community-health/opportunity-to-do-community-health-research-in-cuba-december-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/27/community-health/opportunity-to-do-community-health-research-in-cuba-december-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Community Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week we received the following announcement from MEDICC which we are reproducing with their permission.  Opportunities to visit Cuba and do research are very limited:
MEDICC is contacting community health professionals to announce an exciting opportunity for research on Cuba&#8217;s primary care health system, December 7 - 14, 2008.
MEDICC (Medical Education Cooperation with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Google Earth as an Innovative Tool for Community Mapping</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/24/community-health/using-google-earth-as-an-innovative-tool-for-community-mapping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/24/community-health/using-google-earth-as-an-innovative-tool-for-community-mapping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Community Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Medical School Programs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Residency Program in Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Social Determinants of Health]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bronx]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Diabetes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Exercise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Yankee stadium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We wanted to share an article we just published in Public Health Reports on using Google Earth for community mapping.   We have found Google Earth a very useful tool that allows non-experts to make maps illustrating the community context for health problems.   This post contains two of the maps created by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Funding Opportunities at the Open Society Institute (OSI)</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/23/health-activism/health-funding-opportunities-at-the-open-society-institute-osi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/23/health-activism/health-funding-opportunities-at-the-open-society-institute-osi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health Activism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=99</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private foundation established by George Soros and is associated with the Soros Foundations Network. The OSI seeks &#8220;to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rx Vote: National Physicians Alliance and Voter Registration</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/20/us-health-care/rx-vote-national-physicians-alliance-and-voter-registration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/20/us-health-care/rx-vote-national-physicians-alliance-and-voter-registration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Homelessness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[US Health Care]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mass incarceration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rock the vote]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[voter registration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[voting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=96</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Physicians Alliance has developed a campaign at www.RxVote.org to promote voter registration in health centers and clinics.  This is being done in coordination with Rock the Vote.
The campaign&#8217;s website provides a fairly complete set of tools for organizing a voter registration drive.  Among these are:

Links to the Rock the Vote website [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lear Fellowships for Medical History Students</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/19/health-activism/lear-fellowships-for-medical-history-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/19/health-activism/lear-fellowships-for-medical-history-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Health Activism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[History of Social Medicine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=95</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As noted in an earlier posting, this year Walter Lear turned 85.  He used his birthday party (in part) to fundraise for a medical history fellowship.  Here is the description of the fellowship:
&#8220;The U.S. Health Left History Center is pleased to announce the availability of the Lear Fellowships to further the investigation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Integrating Abortion Services into Primary Care: an Interview with Linda Prine</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/16/residency-program-in-social-medicine/integrating-abortion-services-into-primary-care-an-interview-with-linda-prine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/16/residency-program-in-social-medicine/integrating-abortion-services-into-primary-care-an-interview-with-linda-prine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Residency Program in Social Medicine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.socialmedicine.org/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Access to abortion services has been an important concern in the US.  One way in which access can be expanded is through the integration of abortion services into Primary Care.  A 2003 Medscape Interview with RPSM graduate Linda Prine discusses the role of medical abortion in family practice.  Dr. Prine currently works [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/16/residency-program-in-social-medicine/integrating-abortion-services-into-primary-care-an-interview-with-linda-prine/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>A Short Drive with Healthy Skepticism&#8217;s Dr. Peter Mansfield</title>
		<link>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/13/big-pharma/a-short-drive-with-healthy-skepticisms-dr-peter-mansfield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.socialmedicine.org/2008/06/13/big-pharma/a-short-drive-with-healthy-skepticisms-dr-peter-mansfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bronxdoc</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Big Pharma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Late on Wednesday afternoon, a picture perfect summer day in New York, I found myself waiting in the baggage claim area of La Guardia airport for Flight 360 from Chicago.  I was there to meet Dr. Peter Mansfield of Australia&#8217;s Healthy Skeptism and to take him to the Wales Hotel in Manhattan.  It [...]]]></description>
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