Healthy people, healthy communities, a healthy planet
My recent publications
Here is a list of my forthcoming and recent publications (since 2010) in the academic and professional literature.
Chapters in Books
2019 – In preparation Gaia – The Ultimate setting: Global Issues for the Settings-Based Approach. In Baybutt and Kokko (Eds) Settings-based Health Promotion: Theory and Practice Springer
2019– In preparation B Poland, M Parkes, T Hancock, G McKibbon, A Chircop (2019) A Changing Role for Public Health in the Anthropocene: The Contribution of Scenario Thinking for Re-imagining the Future. In Medicines for the Anthropocene: Health on a Finite Planet, Katharine Zywert & Stephen Quilley (Eds)
2019 Lee, Albert; Hancock, Trevor; Chu, Cordia and Kiyu, Andrew (2019 – In press) WHO Healthy Settings and Global Health Development. Chapter 5 in Savelyeva, T; Lee, S and Banack, H (Eds) SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing: Re-calibrating the SDG Agenda Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing
2017 “Healthy Cities and Communities: Urban Governance for Health” In Rootman, I. et al (2017) Health Promotion in Canada (4th edition) Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press
2017 “Population Health Promotion in the Anthropocene” In Rootman, I. et al (2017) Health Promotion in Canada (4th edition) Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press
2017 “Healthy Cities emerge: Toronto – Ottawa – Copenhagen” In De Leeuw, Evelyne and Simos, Jean Healthy Cities – The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Value‐Based Urban Health Planning Springer
2017 Hancock, Trevor; Norris, Tyler; Lacombe, Réal and Perkins, Fran “Healthy Cities and Communities: The North American Experience” In De Leeuw, Evelyne and Simos, Jean Healthy Cities – The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Value‐Based Urban Health Planning Springer
2017 Hancock, Trevor and Bezold, Clem “Futures thinking and Healthy Cities” In De Leeuw, Evelyne and Simos, Jean Healthy Cities – The Theory, Policy, and Practice of Value‐Based Urban Health Planning Springer
2015 Pennock, Michael; Poland, Blake and Hancock, Trevor “Resource Depletion, Peak Oil, and Public Health: Planning for a Slow Growth Future” in Luginaah, Isaac and Bezner-Kerr, Rachel (Eds)Geographies of Health and Development Farnham, Surrey, UK: Ashgate Press
2015 “Managing decline: Global change requires local action” in Butler, Colin; Dixon, Jane and Capon, Tony (Eds) Healthy Work, Health Places, Health Planet (A Festschrift publication in honour of Prof. Tony McMichael). Canberra: ANU Press
2012 Hancock, Trevor and Minkler, Meredith “Community Health Assessment or Healthy Community Assessment: Whose Community? Whose Health Whose Assessment?” (Chapter 9) in Minkler, Meredith (Ed.) Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Welfare Piscataway NJ: Rutgers University Press
2012 “(Un)sustainable development” in Rootman, I., Dupéré, S. Pederson, A. & O’Neill, M. (Eds.) Health Promotion in Canada (3rd ed.). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars’ Press, Inc.
2012 François Lagarde and Trevor Hancock “Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Care Services: The Case of the Montreal Network” in Rootman, I., Dupéré, S. Pederson, A. & O’Neill, M. (Eds.) Health Promotion in Canada (3rd ed.). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars’ Press, Inc.
2012 “Healthy Hospitals: A Contradiction in terms?” in Scriven, Angela and Hodgins, Margaret (Eds) Health Promotion Settings: Principles and Practice London: Sage (pp 126 – 139) http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235622/toc
Articles in Refereed Journals
2019 Hancock, Trevor (2019) (in review) Beyond science and technology: Creating Planetary Health needs ‘heart, gut and spirit’ work Challenges
2018 Healthy Cities 2.0: Transitioning towards ‘One Planet’ cities (Key challenges facing 21st century cities, Part 3) Cities & Health1 (3): DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2018.1526659
2018 Hancock, Trevor (2018) Public health in the 21st century: Governance for a healthy, just and sustainable future CMAJ 190 (20): E634; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180588
2018 Hancock, Trevor (2018) Public health in the 21st century: Mental health promotion must be a priority CMAJ 190 (16) E522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180464
2018 Hancock, Trevor (2018) Public health in the 21st century: Public health in the Anthropocene CMAJ 190(12): E377; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.180261
2018 Hancock, Trevor (2018) Public health in the 21st century: Reducing the cost of inequality CMAJ 190(3): E92. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171508
2017 Hancock, Trevor (2017) Erosion of public health capacity should be a matter of concern for all Canadians (Editorial) Canadian Journal of Public Health 108(5-6): e458 – 460
2017 Hancock, Trevor; Swinkels, Helena; Cohen, Benita et al. Public health matters: Undermining public health threatens health system sustainability and the health of the population Healthcare Quarterly (under review)
2017 Hancock, Trevor (2017) Public health in the 21st century: Beyond health care: the other determinants of health CMAJ 189(50): E1571. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171419
2017 Hancock, Trevor (2017) Public health in the 21st century: No quality health care without strong public health CMAJ 189(46): E1435. doi:10.1503/cmaj.171287
2017 Hancock, Trevor (2017) Public health in the 21st century: Why public health is the most challenging specialty of all CMAJ 189(41): E1301. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171133
2017 Yassi, Annalee; Lockhart, Karen; Gray, Pat and Hancock, Trevor (2017) Is public health training in Canada meeting current needs? Defrosting the Paradigm Freeze to Respond to the Post-Truth Era Critical Public Health DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2017.1384796
2017 Hancock, Trevor; Capon, Anthony; Dooris, Mark and Patrick, Rebecca (2017) One planet regions: planetary health at the local level Lancet Planetary Health 1: e92 – 3
2017 Marcus Grant, Caroline Brown, Waleska T. Caiaffa, Anthony Capon, Jason Corburn, Chris Coutts, Carlos J. Crespo, Geraint Ellis, George Ferguson, Colin Fudge, Trevor Hancock, Roderick J. Lawrence, Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen, Tolu Oni, Susan Thompson, Cor Wagenaar & Catharine Ward Thompson (2017) Cities and health: an evolving global conversation, Cities & Health
DOI: 10.1080/23748834.2017.1316025
2017 Guyon, Ak’ingabe; Hancock, Trevor; Kirk, Megan; MacDonald, Marjorie; Neudorf, Cory; Sutcliffe, Penny; Talbot, James and Watson-Creed, Gaynor (2017) The weakening of public health: A threat to population health and health care system sustainability (Editorial) Can J Public Health 108(1): e1 – 7
2016 Hancock, Trevor (2016) Healthcare in the Anthropocene: Challenges and Opportunities Health Care Quarterly 19(3): 17-22 doi:10.12927/hcq.2016.24870 http://www.longwoods.com/content/24870
2016 Innovations in Policy and Practice: A work in progress (Editorial) Can J Public Health 107(3): e220 – 1
2015 Advocacy: Its not a dirty word, it’s a duty (Editorial) Can J Public Health 106(3): e86 – 8
2015 Hancock, Trevor; Barr, Victoria and Potvin, Louise. Innovations in Policy and Practice: Engaging practitioners as scholars Can J Public Health 106(6): e343–e347 doi: 10.17269/CJPH.106.5280
2015 Hancock, Trevor. Population health promotion 2.0: An eco-social approach to public health in the Anthropocene Can J Public Health 106(4):e252–e255 doi: 10.17269/CJPH.106.5161
2013 “Teoria y contexto sobre Ciudad Saludables” (Theory and context of Healthy Cities) Observatorio de la seguridad social 13(27): 3 – 10 (Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia)
2013 Pauly, Bernadette; MacDonald, Marjorie; Hancock, Trevor; Martin; Wanda and Perkin, Kathleen. Reducing health inequities: the contribution of core public health services in BC BMC Public Health 13:550 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/550
2013 Tomm-Bonde, Laura; Schreiber, S Rita; Allan, E Diane; MacDonald, Marjorie; Pauly, Bernie and Hancock, Trevor. Fading vision: knowledge translation in the implementation of a public health policy intervention Implementation Science 8:59
2011 “The Ottawa Charter at 25” (Commentary) Can J Pub Health 102(6): 404-6
2011 “It’s the environment, stupid! Declining ecosystem health is THE threat to health in the 21st century” (Commentary) Health Promo Intl 26(S2): 168 – 172
2011 “Health Promotion in Canada: 25 Years of Unfulfilled Promise” (Editorial) Health Promo Intl 26(S2): 263 – 267
2011 Friel S; Akerman M; Hancock T; Kumaresan J; Marmot M; Melin T; Vlahov D and GRNUHE members (2011) “Addressing the social and environmental determinants of urban health equity: evidence for action and a research agenda” J Urban Health 88(5): 860 – 874
2011 Smit, Warren ; Hancock, Trevor; Kumaresen, Jacob ; Santos-Burgoa, Carlos ; Sánchez-Kobashi Meneses, Raúl and Friel, Sharon (2011) “Towards a research and action agenda on urban planning/ design and health equity in cities in low and middle-income countries” J Urban Health 88(5): 875 – 885
2011 Friel, Sharon ; Hancock, Trevor; Kjellstrom, Tord ; McGranahan, Gordon; Monge, Patricia and Roy, Joyashree (2011) “Urban health inequities and the added pressure of climate change: an action-oriented research agenda” J Urban Health 88(5): 886 – 895
2011 Barten, Francoise; Akerman, Marco; Becker, Daniel; Friel, Sharon; Hancock, Trevor; McGranahan, Gordon; Mwatsama, Modi; Rice, Marilyn; Sheuya, Shaaban and Stern, Ruth (2011) “Rights, knowledge and governance for improved health equity in urban settings” J Urban Health 88(5): 896 – 905
Reports
2015 Hancock, Trevor (2015) Measuring what matters: Victoria’s Vital Signs. In Victoria’s Vital Signs 2015. Victoria BC: Victoria Community Foundation
2015 Lead author and editor, The Ecological Determinants of Health: Global Change and Public Health Ottawa: Canadian Public Health Association (30 page Discussion Document and 100 page ‘Report in Brief’) The former is now available at
2010 Warren Smit, Trevor Hancock, Jacob Kumaresen, Carlos Santos-Burgoa, Raúl Sánchez-Kobashi Meneses and Sharon Friel (2010) Urban Planning/ Design and Health Equity: A Review London: Global Research Network on Urban Health Equity
2010 Françoise Barten, Marco Akerman, Daniel Becker, Sharon Friel, Trevor Hancock, Gordon McGranahan, Modi Mwatsama, Marilyn Rice, Shaaban Sheuya, Ruth Stern Governance for health equity in urban settings London: Global Research Network on Urban Health Equity
2009 “Act Locally: Community-based population health promotion” Appendix B in A Healthy, Productive Canada: A Determinant of Health Approach Ottawa: The Senate of Canada, Sub-Committee on Population Health (with research and writing assistance from Anne Mullens)
