Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. ix x Boxes 1.1 Health education or health promotion? 2.1 Some criteria for selecting groups to organise or support 3.1 The case for and against Herceptin ® in the UK 3.2 Treatment action campaign 4.1 Improving the delivery of local services 4.2 Improving local involvement in road maintenance 4.3 The role of media: Advocacy that changes the frame 5.1 Measuring poverty? 6.1 Global public-private partnerships: For better, for worse? 6.2 Health promotion activism and the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) 6.3 Thailand's note of caution 6.4 When health activism meets the law 7.1 The Self-employed Women's Association (SEWA) 7.2 Glocalising health activism Tables 2.1 Judgemental assessment 2.2 Empowering assessment 2.3 The empowerment domains 2.4 The social determinants of health 3.1 Direct and indirect actions towards empowerment 4.1 Fundamental characteristics of participation, involvement and consultation 4.2 A framework to influence policy 4.3 Five representative statements for each empowerment domain 6.1 Millennium development goals and targets 6.2 WTO agreements with major public health implications xi This page intentionally left blank Ronald Labonté would like to thank all participants in the Globalisation Knowledge Network for the insights they brought to global health, only some of which are reflected in this book; and his partner, Lisa Coy, for her usual long-suffering tolerance. Glenn Laverack would like to thank his family-Elizabeth, Ben, Holly and Rebecca-for their continued support, love and understanding.