Foreword
Nancy Krieger
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Introduction: Critical epidemiology
1. Context, challenges and landmarks of critical epidemiology
2. Method and categories beyond the "knowledge illusion" of the
Cartesian lineal causal bubble
3. The common good and the people´s awakening
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Jaime Breilh, Director, Center for Research and Evaluation of
Collective Health and Environment
Jaime Breilh, MD, PhD, is Director of the Collective Health
Research Center and Laboratories (CILABSalud) and former rector
(2016-2018) at the Andean University of Ecuador (UASB-E); and
former President of the Ecuadorian Academy of Medicine (2014-2016).
Dr. Breilh is internationally recognized as one of the founders of
Latin American critical epidemiology and the Latin American
Movement of Social Medicine/Collective Health. His work has been
lauded for its groundbreaking
contributions to the understanding of the social determinants of
health, critical health theory, and alternative research
methodology. Various universities have nominated him as honorary
professor. He has been granted
academic awards by the International Students Organization,
University of California San Diego (2004); the Peter Wall Advanced
Studies Institute, University of British Columbia (2012); the
National Congress of Students of Ecuador (2018); and the Rector's
Award, University of Antioquia, Colombia (2018).
"This brilliant book is a model of both translation and
transformation. It presents decades of research in Latin American
critical epidemiology to English-speaking audiences and scholars in
other fields and demonstrates that producing emancipatory,
path-breaking analysis requires confronting deeply-entrenched
quantitative and qualitative reductionisms." -- Charles L. Briggs,
PhD, Distinguished Professor, University of California,
Berkeley
"Jaime Breilh is arguably the most creative and influential
critical epidemiologist in the world today. Through his brilliant
publications, teaching, and public service, he has influenced three
generations of scholars and activists with groundbreaking research
studies that have challenged the dominant conceptual and
methodological paradigms of public health. Drawing on this research
and the tradition of Latin American social medicine, Critical
Epidemiology
and the People's Health offers an illuminating and inspiring guide
for our scientific work and praxis during this transformative
period of our planet's history." -- Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD,
Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico
"Jaime Breilh must be praised for calling attention to culture in
disciplinary transformation by underscoring how the contribution of
indigenous knowledge and thinking complements academic critical
thinking. As we continue to advance our knowledge and methods in
epidemiology and public health in diverse and multicultural
contexts, this book offers a timely and much needed intellectual
breeze of fresh air for our critical thinking and approaches in
addressing
and solving population health problems for years to come." -- Luisa
N. Borrell, DDS, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Department of
Epidemiology & Biostatistics, City University of New York Graduate
School
of Public Health & Health Polic
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