Title: Social inequality and public health /
Authors: Babones, Salvatore J.
Publisher: Policy Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Public health Social aspects.; Equality Health aspects; Social medicine; Public Health; Health Behavior; Socioeconomic Factors
Abstract: Surveys four pathways to understanding the social determinants of health: differences in individual health behaviors, group advantage and disadvantage, psychosocial factors in individual health, and healthy and unhealthy societies.
Contents: Differences in individual health behaviors -- Group advantage and disadvantage -- Psychosocial factors in individual health -- Healthy and unhealthy societies -- Public understanding of the new public health.