Social inequality and public health
Social inequality and public health
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Abstract
Public health in the early 21st century increasingly considers how social inequalities impact on individual health, moving away from the focus on how disease relates to the individual person. This ‘new public health’ identifies how social, economic and political factors affect the level and distribution of individual health, through their effects on individual behaviours, the social groups people belong to, the character of relationships to others and the characteristics of the societies in which people live. The rising social inequalities that can be seen in nearly every country in the world today present not just a moral danger, but a mortal danger as well. This book brings together the latest research findings from some of the most respected medical and social scientists in the world. It surveys four pathways to understanding the social determinants of health: differences in individual health behaviours; group advantage and disadvantage; psychosocial factors in individual health; and healthy and unhealthy societies, shedding light on the costs and consequences of today's high-inequality social models. This book brings together leaders in the field discussing their latest research.
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Front Matter
- One Introduction
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Pathway 1 Differences in individual health behaviours
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The role of time preference and perspective in socioeconomic inequalities in health-related behaviours
Jean Adams
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Examination of the built environment and prevalence of obesity: neighbourhood characteristics, food purchasing venues, green space and distribution of Body Mass Index
Tamara Dubowitz and others
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Reinventing healthy and sustainable communities: reconnecting public health and urban planning
Mary E. Northridge and others
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The role of time preference and perspective in socioeconomic inequalities in health-related behaviours
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Pathway 2 Group advantage and disadvantage
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How and why do interventions that increase health overall widen inequalities within populations?
Martin White and others
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The metaphor of the miner's canary and black-white disparities in health: a review of intergenerational socioeconomic factors and perinatal outcomes
Debbie Barrington
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From adversary to ally: the evolution of non-governmental organisations in the context of health reform in Santiago and Montevideo
Javier Pereira Bruno andRonald Angel
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How and why do interventions that increase health overall widen inequalities within populations?
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Pathway 3 Psychosocial factors in individual health
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Health inequalities and the role of psychosocial work factors: the Whitehall II Study
Eric Brunner
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Inequality, psychosocial health and societal health: a model of inter-group conflict
Siddharth Chandra
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The social epidemiology of population health during the time of transition from communism in Central and Eastern Europe
Arjumand Siddiqi and others
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Health inequalities and the role of psychosocial work factors: the Whitehall II Study
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Pathway 4 Healthy and unhealthy societies
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Conclusions Public understanding of the new public health
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End Matter
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