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Globalization and the health of Canadians: ‘Having a job is the most important thing’

Overview of attention for article published in Globalization and Health, May 2015
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Title
Globalization and the health of Canadians: ‘Having a job is the most important thing’
Published in
Globalization and Health, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12992-015-0104-1
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Ronald Labonté, Elizabeth Cobbett, Michael Orsini, Denise Spitzer, Ted Schrecker, Arne Ruckert

Abstract

Globalization describes processes of greater integration of the world economy through increased flows goods, services, capital and people. Globalization has undergone significant transformation since the 1970s, entrenching neoliberal economics as the dominant model of global market integration. Although this transformation has generated some health gains, since the 1990s it has also increased health disparities. As part of a larger project examining how contemporary globalization was affecting the health of Canadians, we undertook semi-structured interviews with 147 families living in low-income neighbourhoods in Canada's three largest cities (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver). Many of the families were recent immigrants, which was another focus of the study. Drawing on research syntheses undertaken by the Globalization Knowledge Network of the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health, we examined respondents' experiences of three globalization-related pathways known to influence health: labour markets (and the rise of precarious employment), housing markets (speculative investments and affordability) and social protection measures (changes in scope and redistributive aspects of social spending and taxation). Interviews took place between April 2009 and November 2011. Families experienced an erosion of labour markets (employment) attributed to outsourcing, discrimination in employment experienced by new immigrants, increased precarious employment, and high levels of stress and poor mental health; costly and poor quality housing, especially for new immigrants; and, despite evidence of declining social protection spending, appreciation for state-provided benefits, notably for new immigrants arriving as refugees. Job insecurity was the greatest worry for respondents and their families. Questions concerning the impact of these experiences on health and living standards produced mixed results, with a majority expressing greater difficulty 'making ends meet,' some experiencing deterioration in health and yet many also reporting improved living standards. We speculate on reasons for these counter-intuitive results. Current trends in the three globalization-related pathways in Canada are likely to worsen the health of families similar to those who participated in our study.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 177 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 31 17%
Researcher 26 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 21 12%
Student > Bachelor 21 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 7%
Other 29 16%
Unknown 38 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 32 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 25 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 21 12%
Psychology 18 10%
Business, Management and Accounting 10 6%
Other 31 17%
Unknown 41 23%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 June 2015.
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