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Dennis Raphael

Dennis Raphael

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
49
Citations
8179
World Ranking
2991
National Ranking
167

Overview

Dennis Raphael is affiliated with York University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in health professions and social sciences. Their work concentrates on topics related to health disparities, welfare policies, and the socio-political dimensions of public health.

The primary fields of study for Dennis Raphael include Health Professions and Social Sciences, with notable focus across several subfields such as General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Health, Political Science and International Relations, and Sociology and Political Science.

The main research topics covered in their publications are diverse, encompassing Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Employment and Welfare Studies, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Homelessness and Social Issues, Health and Conflict Studies, and Public Health Policies and Education.

Among their recent scholarly papers are:

  • The reemergence of Engels' concept of social murder in response to growing social and health inequalities (2021) published in Social Science & Medicine
  • Unequal Impact of COVID-19: Emergency Neoliberalism and Welfare Policy in Canada (2020) published in Critical Studies An International and Interdisciplinary Journal
  • Socialism as the way forward: updating a discourse analysis of the social determinants of health (2023) published in Critical Public Health
  • Desperately seeking reductions in health inequalities in Canada: Polemics and anger mobilization as the way forward? (2021) published in Sociology of Health & Illness
  • From personal responsibility to an eco-socialist state: Political economy, popular discourses and the climate crisis (2022) published in Human Geography

Dennis Raphael frequently publishes in venues such as Capital & Class, Critical Studies An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, Critical Public Health, Sociology of Health & Illness, and Human Geography.

The scientist's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

  • Toba Bryant (11 joint publications)
  • Stella Medvedyuk (8 joint publications)
  • Zsofia Mendly-Zambo (7 joint publications)
  • Piara Govender (5 joint publications)
  • Morris Komakech (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives

    Dennis Raphael

  • Social Determinants of Health: Present Status, Unanswered Questions, and Future Directions:

    Dennis Raphael

  • “Who Do They Think We Are, Anyway?”: Perceptions of and Responses to Poverty Stigma

    Linda I. Reutter;Miriam J. Stewart;Gerry Veenstra;Rhonda Love

  • The question of evidence in health promotion

    Dennis Raphael

  • The Quality of Life Profile--Adolescent Version: background, description, and initial validation.

    Dennis Raphael;Ellen Rukholm;Ivan Brown;Pat Hill-Bailey

  • Canada: A land of missed opportunity for addressing the social determinants of health

    Toba Bryant;Dennis Raphael;Ted Schrecker;Ronald Labonte

  • Barriers to addressing the social determinants of health: insights from the Canadian experience.

    Dennis Raphael;Ann Curry-Stevens;Toba Bryant

  • Quality of life indicators and health : Current status and emerging conceptions

    Dennis Raphael;Rebecca Renwick;Ivan Brown;Irving Rootman

  • Frailty: constructing a common meaning, definition, and conceptual framework.

    I Brown;R Renwick;D Raphael

  • Poverty, Sense of Belonging and Experiences of Social Isolation

    Miriam J. Stewart;Edward Makwarimba;Linda I. Reutter;Gerry Veenstra

  • Diabetes prevalence and income: Results of the Canadian Community Health Survey

    Serban Dinca-Panaitescu;Mihaela Dinca-Panaitescu;Toba Bryant;Isolde Daiski

  • A discourse analysis of the social determinants of health

    Dennis Raphael

  • The Influence of Instructional Aids on Mathematics Achievement

    Dennis Raphael;Merlin Wahlstrom

  • The limitations of population health as a model for a new public health.

    Dennis Raphael;Toba Bryant

  • The social determinants of the incidence and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: are we prepared to rethink our questions and redirect our research activities?

    Dennis Raphael;Susan Anstice;Kim Raine;Kerry R. McGannon

  • Grasping at straws: a recent history of health promotion in Canada

    Dennis Raphael

  • Making the links between community structure and individual well-being: community quality of life in Riverdale, Toronto, Canada.

    Dennis Raphael;Rebecca Renwick;Ivan Brown;Brenda Steinmetz

  • Barriers to addressing the societal determinants of health: public health units and poverty in Ontario, Canada

    Dennis Raphael

  • Epistemological barriers to addressing the social determinants of health among public health professionals in Ontario, Canada: a qualitative inquiry

    Julia Brassolotto;Dennis Raphael;Navindra Baldeo

  • Poverty in childhood and adverse health outcomes in adulthood.

    Dennis Raphael

  • Diabetes prevalence and income: Results of the Canadian Community Health Survey. Health Policy, 99, 116-123

    Serban Dinca-Panaitescu;Mihaela Dinca-Panaitescu;Toba Bryant;Isolde Daiski

Frequent Co-Authors

Miriam Stewart
Miriam Stewart University of Alberta
Ronald Labonté
Ronald Labonté University of Ottawa
Gerry Veenstra
Gerry Veenstra University of British Columbia
Kim D. Raine
Kim D. Raine University of Alberta
Marion Bogo
Marion Bogo University of Toronto
Kerry R. McGannon
Kerry R. McGannon Laurentian University
Roberta Ferrence
Roberta Ferrence University of Toronto
Blake Poland
Blake Poland University of Toronto
John A. Ross
John A. Ross University of Toronto

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