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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... 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 maintenance policies ...
... I. KAWACHI PART VI Key messages 335 24 By way of conclusion: Key messages for policy-makers 337 Appendix: Review search strategy 343 Glossary 345 Index 348 Figures 1.1 Life expectancy (in years) at birth: women and Contents vii.
... addressing health inequalities during the period 1970-2000 267-8 19.1 Proposed National Public Health Strategy for Sweden 278 21.1 Health Action Zones 306-7 Foreword In 1995 the King's Fund published a report titled List of boxes.
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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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