Table 2.

Contemporary globalization and public health: Supra-territorialized issues related to the crisis in public health

Theme 1: Global public goods Climate change Biodiversity loss and the disappearance of ecosystems Decline in fisheries and maritime pollution Deforestation Shortage of water

Theme 2: Global governance Re-invent tax income for the 21st century Reflect on the establishment of: (1) rules concerning biotechnology; (2) a worldwide financial structure; (3) new rules of commerce, investment, and competition Reflect on laws concerning intellectual property Reflect on the establishment of: (1) rules for electronic commerce; (2) international rules concerning work and migration Trade in health-damaging products (tobacco, arms, toxic waste) Reflect on climate change governance

Theme 3: Social issues and action by individual citizens The intensification of the struggle against poverty The struggle against terrorism Education for every person Infectious diseases The digital divide Prevention and management of natural catastrophes

Theme 4: Burgeoning interdisciplinary fields of research within the field of public health The new field of knowledge translation and knowledge translation research The new field of equity in health The new field of healthy public policies

Notes: Adapted from: Rischard,²⁸ Labonte and Spiegel,²⁹ Lapaige and Labonte,³⁰ and Lapaige.¹¹