Fifty essays on the state of population health from a vanguard voice in the fieldPublic health can rightly claim its share of victories: healthier cities, widespread sanitation, broader availability of nutrient-rich food, and reductions in violence and injury. But for all these gains, today we face a new set of challenges, ones complicated by political and professional shifts that threaten to fundamentally change the health of populations.Healthier is both an affirmation and an essential summary of the current challenges and opportunities for those working in and around the improvement of population health. The essays contained here champion an approach to health that is consequentialist and rooted in social justice -- an expansion of traditional, quantitatively motivated public health that will both inform and inspire any reader from student to seasoned practitioner.Galea's cogent, incisive arguments guarantee that his perspective, currently at the forefront of public health, will soon become conventional wisdom.

AcknowledgementsDedication1. IntroductionSection 1. The foundations of population health2. The aspirations and strategies of public health3. Social justice, public health4. On mechanisms vs. foundations5. What health, for whom?6. Pasteur's quadrant and population health7. Producing health over a lifetime8. Shaping values, elevating health9. Towards a culture of health10. Paternalism: unavoidable, perhaps desirable11. At the heart of it all, empathy12. On courageSection 2. The world as it is13. More hate, more harm14. The burden of incarceration15. Finding a way out: suicide and the health of populations16. The heavy toll of substance use17. The health effects of war18. Out in the cold19. Priced out of health20. When disaster strikes21. Climate change and our health22. Reproductive health, reproductive justice23. Coming to terms with firearms24. The corrosive role of racismSection 3. On inequities and the health of marginalized populations25. On health haves and health have nots26. Income and health27. What Flint teaches us28. Gender equity, almost29. The well-being of LGBT populations30. Transgender today31. The health of immigrants32. Caring for refugeesSection 4. The challenges faced by public health33. Population health science-are we doing it wrong?34. To screen, or not to screen35. Knowledge and values36. A step backwards on vaccines37. Living with complexity38. Moving beyond "lifestyle"39. On ignorance40. Acknowledging luckSection 5. Towards a healthier world41. Aging healthy42. In the heart of the city, health43. Towards an activist public health44. Promoting prevention45. Innovating for a healthier public46. Who should we talk to, and how?47. On engaging the media48. Making the acceptable unacceptable49. Social movements and the conditions of health50. Public health as public good51. A world without public healthIndex