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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... evidence of effectiveness in low socioeconomic groups Health inequalities among children in Germany Interventions aimed primarily at children and adolescents Interventions aimed primarily at families Healthcare interventions Patient ...
... evidence of interventions and policies which have been successful in the reduction of socioeconomic inequalities in health. For this purpose several sections have been incorporated in this book. In the section about interventions and ...
... evidence from around Europe. Such evidence relates to both the size and the nature of these inequalities and to their explanation, and is intended to lay the foundation for later chapters in this book. Historical evidence suggests that ...
... evidence for smaller inequalities in mortality in the Nordic countries. On the other hand, if 'absolute' differences are determined, such as rate differences between the lower and the upper social groups, a country such as Sweden does ...
... evidence supporting each of these, and then discuss some general models for the explanation of socioeconomic inequalities in health that have been proposed in the literature. As we have mentioned earlier, it is important to acknowledge ...
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