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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... reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health 287 A. RITSATAKIS. R. BARNES. M. DOUGLAS AND A. SCOTT-SAMUEL 21 Theory-based evaluation: New approaches to evaluating complex community-based initiatives 300 K. JUDGE AND M. MACKENZIE PARTY ...
... Reduce Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health. At the beginning, most members of the Network originated from the United Kingdom, Sweden and The Netherlands, but today the Network has over 40 members who cover almost all European countries ...
... socioeconomic inequalities in health. However, in practice it seems hard to translate these factors into interventions and policies which can effectively reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health. The main purpose of this book is ...
... reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health in Europe and the final publication of this book, a lot of time has past. During this period many people and organizations have been essential for the realization of this project. First we ...
... socioeconomic inequalities in health, and it is the purpose of this chapter to briefly review the empirical evidence from around Europe. Such evidence relates to both the size and the nature of these inequalities and to their ...
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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