Reducing Inequalities in Health
Contributors: Bakker, Martijntje
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780203167281
Subjects: Medical care; Europe; Health; Social Science
Description: Reducing Inequalities in Health provides a comprehensive source of reference for the reader interested in what really works in the field of health promotion and in what sort of polices reduce the health gap.
Notes: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Socioeconomic inequalities in health in Europe: An overview; Strategies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health; Interventions and policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health; Income maintenance policies: Determining their potential impact on socioeconomic inequalities in health; Income maintenance policies: The example of Finland; Municipal policies: The example of Barcelona; Work-related policies and interventions.

Food and nutrition policies and interventionsSmoking policies; Children, an important target group for the reduction of socioeconomic inequalities in health; Equality of access to healthcare; Patient cost sharing and access to healthcare; National experiences; England; France; Greece; Italy; Lithuania; The Netherlands; Spain; Sweden; Evaluation issues; Health impact assessment: An approach to promote intersectoral policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health; Theory-based evaluation: New approaches to evaluating complex community-based initiatives; Reflections.

Gender perspective on socioeconomic inequalities in healthRoom for a view: A non-European perspective on European policies to minimize socioeconomic inequalities in health; Key messages; By way of conclusion: Key messages for policy-makers; Appendix: Review search strategy; Glossary; Index.

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Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Socioeconomic inequalities in health in Europe: An overview; Strategies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health; Interventions and policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in health; Income maintenance policies: Determining their potential impact on socioeconomic inequalities in health; Income maintenance policies: The example of Finland; Municipal policies: The example of Barcelona; Work-related policies and interventions