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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... DIDERICHSEN 2 Strategies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health 25 J. P. MACKENBACH, M.J. BARKER, M. SIHTO AND F. DIDERICHSEN PART II Interventions and policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health 51 3 Income ...
... Diderichsen Department of Social Medicine Norrbacka Karolinska Institute 17176 Stockholm Sweden Elia Diez Municipal Institute of Public Health Pl Lesseps 1 08023 Barcelona Spain University of Edinburgh Medical School Teviot Place ...
... Diderichsen Introduction At the start of the twenty-first century all European countries are faced with substantial socioeconomic inequalities in health, and it is the purpose of this chapter to briefly review the empirical evidence ...
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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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