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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... risks (32, 33). These data suggest that explanations for socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are likely to be partly different between the north and the south of Europe: currently, cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking and ...
A European Perspective Martijntje Bakker, Johan Mackenbach. Turin Figure 1.6 Relative risk of dying comparing manual ... factors and mechanisms in populations. These can be grouped into a number of complementary perspectives on the ...
... factors There is no doubt that 'material' factors, for example, exposure to low income and to health risks in the physical environment, contribute to the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in health. Despite the fact that low ...
... risk factors, and exposure may be the result of long individual life histories. Socioeconomic status in childhood (for example, father's occupational class) determines socioeconomic status in adulthood. Socioeconomic inequalities in ...
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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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