Reducing Inequalities in Health: A European PerspectiveMartijntje Bakker, Johan Mackenbach Routledge, 2003 M09 2 - 384 pages Socio-economic inequalities in health are present to a greater or lesser extent in all European countries and the available data suggests that the health gap is increasing. Many studies have been conducted to explain inequalities in health and from them much has been learnt about the different contributory factors. However, in practice it seems hard to translate the knowledge of causes into effective interventions and policies. Reducing Inequalities in Health: a European Perspective: |
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... Finland 67 E. LAHELMA, I. KESKIMAKI AND O. RAHKONEN 5 Municipal policies: The example of Barcelona 77 C BORRELL, J. VILLALBf, E. DfEZ, T. BRUGAL AND J. BENACH 6 Work-related policies and interventions 85 C. HOGSTEDT AND I.
... Barcelona. Periods 1983-6, 1987-90, 1991-4, 1995-8 79 9.1 Infant mortality in Greater London 1990-5 and Stockholm county 1987-95 by social position of residential area 146 12.1 Male life expectancy at birth by social class, longitudinal.
... Barcelona, 1988-97 80 5.2 Evolution of social and health indicators related to heroin over the four triennial Drug Action Plans. Barcelona 1986-97 82 6. 1 The distribution of selected working conditions in occupational groups according ...
... Barcelona Spain Michaela Benzeval Department of Geography Queen Mary and Westfield College Mile End Road London El 4NS United Kingdom Carme Borrell Municipal Institute of Public Health PI Lesseps 1 08023 Barcelona Spain Sven Bremberg ...
... Barcelona Spain University of Edinburgh Medical School Teviot Place Edinburgh EH8 9AG United Kingdom Vilius Grabauskas Kaunas University of Medicine Mickevicius str. 9 3000 Kaunas Lithuania Hilary Graham Department of Applied Social ...
Contents
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Strategies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health | 25 |
PART II | 46 |
The example of Finland | 67 |
Workrelated policies and interventions | 85 |
Food and nutrition policies and interventions | 104 |
Smoking policies | 125 |
Children an important target group for the reduction | 144 |
England | 201 |
France | 214 |
Italy | 229 |
The Netherlands | 249 |
Spain | 262 |
An approach to promote intersectoral | 287 |
New approaches to evaluating complex | 300 |
Gender perspective on socioeconomic inequalities in health | 315 |
Equality of access to healthcare | 169 |
Patient cost sharing and access to healthcare | 188 |
Key messages for policymakers | 338 |
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