Since public health intersects with human rights and social justice issues its important for public health professionals to build connections and collaborate with professionals in other sectors including education business transportation and housing as well as community and faith based organizations together these agencies and individuals can share information and develop the best strategies and measures for reducing social and economic barriers to healthcare. This website contains articles slide shows syllabi and other documents relevant to topics in public health and social justice references for much of the information contained in the slide shows can be found in the accompanying articles presentations are updated every 6 12 months note dates in link addresses refer to dates of creation of original versions not dates of most recent . Indeed social justice is so central to public health that it becomes paradoxically easy to overlook like water to the proverbial fish my second reason has to do with how we communicate our message while the social justice component of public health might be clear to us it is not necessarily clear to the wider world where we see disparities for example many may only see a need for better treatment or perhaps take the view that lopsided health outcomes are merely an . Along these lines social justice in public health would be defined such as the idea that societies as a whole have the responsibility to use the resources and skills they have to provide for . Reading from public health and social justice chapter 3 what we mean by social determinants of health navarro pp 21 38 ebook reading from public health ethics and equity chapter 3 social causes of social inequalities in health marmot pp 37 61 ebook reading from toward equity in health a new global approach to health disparities chapter 8 incessant displacement