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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... lower socioeconomic status to the extent that these are perceived to be unfair. In the literature on health inequality there is, unfortunately, no agreement about the way to conceptualize socioeconomic position. As in the sociological ...
... lowest in Denmark, Ireland and Portugal. In 1998 the average unemployment rate was 12 per cent for women and 9 per ... level of living or multipurpose surveys with questions on both socioeconomic status (education, occupation, income) ...
... socioeconomic position during an individual's life, compared either with his or her parents (intergenerational mobility) or with himself or herself at an earlier point in time (intragenerational mobility), selection on (ill) health may ...
... low income is such a fundamental aspect of low socioeconomic status, however, the evidence for its role in generating health inequalities is far from complete. Income-related indicators of socioeconomic status, such as level of ...
... low and high educated persons in current smoking, men Source: Cavelaars el al. 1998 (26) The contribution of diet to inequalities in health is less clear. In many countries people in lower socioeconomic ... socioeconomic status in adulthood.
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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