Vicente Navarro

Professor
Professor of Public Policy, Sociology and Policy Studies

Academic Degrees

MD, PhD, DMSA, DrPH

School/Organization
Bloomberg School of Public Health

Department / Division
Health Policy and Management
Health and Public Policy

Joint Departmental Affiliations
International Health

Departmental Address
Hampton House, 448

Email: vnavarro@jhsph.edu
Phone: 410-955-3280
Fax: 410-9553281

Research and Professional Experience

• My primary research is in social policy; public policy; the socio-political economic forces that shape health policy; and international comparisons of health and social policy.
• I coordinated a two year research project funded by the European Commission to study the impact of political and social factors on health of the populations of the OECD. The study involved five research themes based in Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and Italy. The research produced a book entitled, The Political and Social Context of Health, published by Baywood Publishers in the year 2004.

Honors and Awards

• 1997, Homage to the work of Vicente Navarro - An Evening with Vicente Navarro, Medical Care Section, 125th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, Indianapolis
• 2002 -XXX Premio Anagrama de Ensayo, Bienestar insuficiente democracia incompleta, 2002

Research Projects
Teaching & Consultant Services To Consortium - Institute Of Public Health Of Catalonia (Spain)
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona (Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain) with the collaboration of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, are pleased to announce the fourth annual Johns Hopkins Fall Institute in Health Policy and...



Selected Publications

• Books:
• Neoliberalism, Globalization and Inequalities. Consequences for Health and Quality of Life, (ed.), Baywood, 2007
• The Political and Economic Determinants of Population Health and Well-Being-Controversies and Developments, Navarro, V and Muntaner, C (eds), Baywood, 2004, ISBN: 0-89503-278-3, 2004
• The Political and Social Contexts of Health, (ed), Baywood, 2004, ISBN: 0-89502-296-1, 2004
• The Political Economy of Social Inequalities: Consequences for Health and Quality of Life, Volume 1. Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., 2000. ISBN: 0-89503-252-X
• The Politics of Health Policy: The U.S. Reforms, 1980-1994. V. Navarro. Blackwell Publishers, 1994.
• Dangerous to Your Health. V. Navarro. Monthly Review Press, 1993.
• Why The U.S. Does Not Have A National Health Program. V. Navarro. Baywood, 1992.
• Crisis, Health, and Medicine. A Social Critique. V. Navarro. Tavistock Publications (New York and London), 1986; in Spanish by Icaria, 1989; in South Korean, 1989.
• Health and Work. An International Perspective (Vicente Navarro with Daniel M. Berman, editors). Baywood Publishing, 1983.
• Imperialism, Health and Medicine. V. Navarro (ed.). Baywood Publishing, 1980. Published in Spanish by Siglo XXI, Mexico, 1981. Published in Britain by Pluto Press Limited in 1982.
• Health and Medical Care in the US: A Critical Analysis. V. Navarro (ed.). Baywood Publishing, 1977.
• Social Security and Medicine in the USSR. A Critique. V. Navarro. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books, 1977.
• Medicine Under Capitalism. V. Navarro. New York: Neale Watson, 1976. Also published in Spanish by Critical Grijalbo, 1978; in Italian by Feltrinelli, 1980; in Swedish by Prisma, 1982; in South Korean, 1989.
• Class Struggle, The State of Medicine: An Historical and Contemporary Analysis of the Medical Sector in Great Britain. Martin Robertson, 1978. Published in Spanish by Neuva Imagen in 1984.
• National and Regional Health Planning in Sweden. V. Navarro. Washington, DC: The Fogarty International Center, The National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1974.
• Health and Socio-Economic Development. V. Navarro with Peter Ruderman (eds.). Baywood Publishing, 1971.
• Articles:
• The Politics of Health Care Reforms in US Presidential Elections, Int. J. of Health Services, Vol 38. No. 4, 2008
• Area deprivation and trends in inequalities in self-rated health in Spain, 1987-2001. Daponte-Codina, A., Bolivar-Munoz, J., Toro-Cardenas, S., Ocana-Riola, R., Benach-Rovia, J., Navarro, V. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 2008, 36:504-515
• The Politics of Healthcare Reforms in US Presidential Elections, Harvard Health Policy Review, July 2008
• Neoliberalism and its Consequences: The World Health Situation Since Alma Ata. Global Social Policy. Vol 8(2): 152-155, 2008
• Health Inequalities among the elderly in Western Europe. Rueda, S, Artazcoz, L, Navarro, V. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2008; 62;492-498. doi: 10.1136/jech.2006.059279
• Looking Back at the Future: Why Hillarycare Failed. Int. J. of Health Policy Vol 38, No. 2, 2008
• Inequalities in health by social class dimensions in European countries of different political traditions, Espelt, A., Borrell, C., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., Muntaner, C., Pasarin, M.I., Benach, J., Navarro, V. Politics and Health: A Neglected Area of Research. The European Journal of Public Health 2008; doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn040
• The Crisis of the European Union. Weakening of the E.U. Social Model. Navarro, V., Schmitt, J. Challenge, The Magazine of Economic Affairs. vol. 51, no. 1, January/February 2008, pp. 69–77.
• Looking Back at the Future: Why Hilarycare Failed, International Journal of Health Services, Vol 38, No. 1, 2008
• What is a National Health Policy? International Journal of Health Services, Vol 37, No 1, 2007
• Politics and Health Outcomes, Navarro, V., Muntaner, Borrell, C., Benach, J., Quiroga, A., Rodriguez-Sanz, Verges, N. Pasarin, M.I. The Lancet 2006; 368:1033-37
• Commentary: Is Capital the Solution or the Problem? Int. J. Epidemiology 2004:33:1-3
• Economic Efficiency vs. Social Equality, Navarro, V and Schmitt, J International Journal of Health Services, Vol 35, No 4, pp. 631-653, 2005
• Is Globalization Undermining the Welfare State? The Evolution of the Welfare State in Developed Capitalist Countries during the 1990s, Navarro, V., Schmitt, J., Astudillo, J., International Journal of Health Services, Vol 34, No. 2, pp 185-227, 2004
• The World Situation and WHO. The Lancet, Vol 363, pp 1321-13, April 17, 2004
• Is Globalization Undermining the Welfare State? Navarro, V. Schmitt, J. and Astudillo, J. Cambridge J of Econ, Vol 28, Pg 133-152 2004
• The World Health Situation, International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2004
• The Politics of Health Inequalities Research in the United States, International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2004
• Policy Without Politics: The Limits of Social Engineering, Am J Public Health, Vol 93, No. 1, Jan 2003
• The Inhuman State of U.S. Health Care, Monthly Review, September 2003
• Special Report on the Political and Social Contexts of Health: Part I; Introduction: Objectives and Purposes of the Study, International Journal of Health Services, Vol. 33, No 3, 2003 Pg 407-418
• The Importance of the Political and the Social in Explaining Mortality Differentials Among the Countries of the OECD, 1950-1998, International Journal of Health Services, Vol 33, No 3, 2003, Pg 419-495
• Summary and Conclusions of the Study, International Journal of Health Services, Vol 33, No. 4, 2003
• Giustizia: una sfida per il futuro in un mondo multiculturale, Educazione sanitaria e promozione della salute, Vol. 26, n. 4 ottobre-novembre-dicembre 2003
• Equity: A Challenge for the Future in a Multi-Cultural World, International Union of Health Promotion and Education Journal, Vol X, No. 3, 2003, Pg 114-117
• The World Health Report 2000 "The New Conventional Wisdom", The American Journal of Public Health, Vol 92, Jan 2002, Pg 31-34
• Income Inequality and Population Health in Latin America and the Caribbean. Armada, F, Muntaner, C, Navarro, V. Hispanic Health Care International, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002
• Remembering Ric Pfeffer, Celebrating His Work, New Solutions, Vol 12. No 3, 2002, pg 233-236
• A Critique of Social Capital, International Journal of Health Services, Vol 32, No 3, 2002
• Science or Ideology: A Response to Murray and Frenk, International Journal of Health Services, Vol 31, No 4, 2001, Pg 875-880
• Review of Exploring Health Policy Development in Europe, International Journal of Health Services, Vol 31, No 4, 2001, Pg 869-874
• Health and Social Security Reforms in Latin America: The Convergence of the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and Transnational Corporations. Armada, F, Muntaner, C, Navarro, V. International Journal of Health Services, Volume 31, No. 4, 2001
• The Political Context of Social Inequalities in Health, Navarro, V. and Shi, L. Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 52:3, February, 2001.
• World Health Report 2000: reponses to Murray and Frenk, The Lancet, Vol 357, May 26, 2001
• Development And Quality Of Life: A Critique Of Amartya Sen's
• Development of Freedom. International Journal of Health Services, Vol 3, No. 4. 2000

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