Public health policy in older industrialized societies is being reconfigured to improve
population health and to address inequalities in the social distribution of health. The concept …

Welfare states are important determinants of health. Comparative social epidemiology has
almost invariably concluded that population health is enhanced by the relatively generous …

Background: A first draft of this paper was prepared for the May 2005 meeting of the
Commission on Social Determinants of Health held in Cairo. In the course of discussions the …

The WHO Regional Office for Europe is one of six regional offices throughout the world,
each with its own programme geared to the particular health problems of the countries it …

We are told that'work is good for us' and that ill health is caused by'individual lifestyles'.
Drawing on research from public health, social policy, epidemiology, geography and …

'Unequal Lives' introduces social and health inequalities. It brings together research from
social epidemiology, sociology and social policy to guide the reader to an understanding of …

This study investigates educational health inequalities in 22 European countries. Moreover,
age and gender differences in the association between education and health are analysed …

Background: There are several conflicting conceptual models to explain social determinants
of health (SDH) as responsible for most health inequalities. This study aimed to present …

Objectives. We compared the extent of socioeconomic differences in use of health care
services based on wealth (ie, accumulated assets) as the socioeconomic ranking variable …

Socioeconomic inequalities in health have moved up the policy agenda of older industrial
societies. The paper turns the spotlight on this development by exploring how the goal has …