Reading List for EcoHealth

Recently, I invited colleagues involved in studying, teaching and researching in the field of EcoHealth to send me the work they are using these days when thinking about the newly emerging field of Ecological Health and when engaging in field building activities at a meta-contextual level. In that the window was short for sending me favorite reads this list is impartial and I warmly invite people to send other suggestions and to comment on ones already listed. There is a comments box at the end of the post or send me an email at ecologicalmedsoc@gmail.com.

I have specifically compiled this list for the reference of the authors of  Ecological Health: Society, Ecology and Health as I would like to ensure that we have a collective set of references to address when framing our thinking about ecology and health and developing our social theoretical engagements with the overarching notion that health is produced in the nexus between human, animal and ecological well being.

       Health in a nested set of ecosystems 

from: http://www.copeh-canada.org/upload/files/en/english%20ecohealth%20teaching%20manual%20-%20copeh-canada.pdf 

Correspondingly, to be considered an 'ecological health' piece of work - whether theoretical or practical - it is expected to seek to engage with health issues as they pertain not only to humans but also to the animals and ecosystems implicated in the larger systems and contexts informing the issues being addressed.

Ecological Health Reading List

Author Update

'Ecological Health: Society, Ecology and Health' is due to make an important contribution to intellectual conversations that are firmly linking the natural world (including awareness of its ecological systems and services) and the health and well-being of wild and domestic animals with work attending to the social dimensions of health, illness, disease, and health care service and research. Given the range of contributions to this text, a unique commonality will be that each person is working on their issues in the nexus between the social, the ecological and human and animal health. 

Publishing Dates and Deadlines:

• 07 January 2013 - Full first drafts of the chapters are due to the editor.  
• 28 January 2013 - Editor will send back comments on the first draft by or before this date.
• 04 March 2013 – Authors to submit draft two of their chapters. (please also include an anonymous version on this date).
• 08 March 2013 – Anonymous versions of each chapter will be sent out to peer editors. Each author will review one chapter only.
• 25 March 2013 – Peer reviews due back to editor.
• 31 March 2013 – Editor will send peer reviews and final editorial comments to authors.
• 15 April 2013 – Authors send editor third and final draft for inclusion text, including all citations, figures, acknowledgements and notes.
• May 2013 – The text will now be in the Emerald Copy Editing process and when your proofs are sent you will have up to 7 days to complete your final proofs, which should be minimal at this stage.  
• Early submissions are warmly welcomed.

Chapter Length and Formatting:

• The length of each paper can be a maximum of 7,500 words total which includes all notes, acknowledgments, tables, works cited and figures (with figures being counted as approx. ½ page or 195 words).  
• The first draft submitted on 7 January 2013 must be already formatted correctly according to Emerald’s guidelines. 
• Each chapter must include a structured abstract: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/authors/guides/write/abstracts.htm. 
• The Emerald Author Guidelines can be found at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/ebookseries/author_guidelines.htm
• Emerald Best Practice Guidelines are at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/authors/writing/best_practice_guide.htm    

Forms and Permissions:

Permissions must be sought by the authors for any third-party materials to be reproduced (e.g. copyrighted figures, tables, long quotations, etc.) and that this should be obtained prior to submission of the volume.

Your questions, comments, or suggestions are warmly welcomed throughout this writing journey.