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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... of 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.
... area. Based on these discussions they took the initiative to found the European Network on Interventions and Policies to Reduce Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health. At the beginning, most members of the Network originated from the ...
... area of socioeconomic inequalities in health has gradually shifted from description to explanation, and although the number of countries for which the results PART I Introduction Socioeconomic inequalities in health in Europe: An ...
... area-based measures of deprivation, have been demonstrated to be relatively strong predictors of ill-health (54, 58-60). How low income affects health, and what the relative importance of pathways related to low income is, however, are ...
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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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