School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, 600 Peter Morand Crescent, Ottawa, K1G 5Z3, Canada.
Global Health. 2018 May 18;14(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0368-3.
Globalization is a fairly recent addition to the panoply of concepts describing the internationalization of health concerns. What distinguishes it from 'international health' or its newer morphing into 'global health' is a specific analytical concern with how globalization processes, past or present, but particularly since the start of our neoliberal era post-1980, is affecting health outcomes. Globalization processes influence health through multiple social pathways: from health systems and financing reforms to migration flows and internal displacement; via trade and investment treaties, labour market 'flexibilization', and the spread of unhealthy commodities; or through deploying human rights and environment protection treaties, and strengthening health diplomacy efforts, to create more equitable and sustainable global health outcomes. Globalization and Health was a pioneer in its focus on these critical facets of our health, well-being, and, indeed, planetary survival. In this editorial, the journal announces a re-focusing on this primary aim, announcing a number of new topic Sections and an expanded editorial capacity to ensure that submissions are 'on target' and processed rapidly, and that the journal continues to be on the leading edge of some of the most contentious and difficult health challenges confronting us.
全球化是描述卫生问题国际化的众多概念中的一个较新的概念。与“国际卫生”或其较新的变体“全球卫生”不同的是，它特别关注过去或现在的全球化进程，特别是自 1980 年后我们新自由主义时代开始以来，如何影响健康结果。全球化进程通过多种社会途径影响健康：从卫生系统和融资改革到移民流动和国内流离失所；通过贸易和投资条约、劳动力市场“灵活化”以及不健康商品的传播；或通过部署人权和环境保护条约以及加强卫生外交努力，创造更公平和可持续的全球健康结果。《全球化与健康》在关注这些影响我们健康、福祉乃至地球生存的关键方面方面是先驱。在这篇社论中，该杂志宣布重新关注这一主要目标，宣布了一些新的专题部分和扩大的编辑能力，以确保提交的内容“目标明确”并得到快速处理，并且该杂志继续处于一些最具争议和困难的健康挑战的前沿。
