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Health inequalities in England, Scotland and Wales : stakeholders' accounts and policy compared [PDF]

, 2009
Objectives The election of a Labour government in 1997 brought the issue of health inequalities firmly back on to the policy agenda across the UK. Since then, in the wake of devolution, the need to tackle health inequalities has been highlighted as a ...
Hunter, D.J., Blackman, T.J., Greene, A, Hunter, D., Blackman, T., Harrington, B. E., Williams, G.H., Williams, GH, Harrington, B.E., Marks, Linda, Smith, KE, Smith, Katherine, Marks, L., McKee, L., Harrington, B., McKee, Lorna, Smith, Kat, Blackman, T. J., Williams, Gareth, Hunter, D. J., Elliott, E, Williams, G., Williams, G. H., Smith, K., Blackman, TJ, Blackman, Tim, Harrington, Barbara, Marks, L, Smith, K.E., Hunter, David J., Greene, Alex, Smith, K. E., Harrington, BE, Elliott, Eva, Hunter, David J, Greene, A., Elliott, E., Williams, Gareth Howard, McKee, L   +38 more
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Measuring health inequalities between genders and age groups with realization of potential life years (RePLY) [PDF]

, 2007
Objective We propose a new method to measure health inequalities caused by conditions amenable to policy intervention and use this to identify health differences between sexes and age groups.
Petrie, Dennis, Tang, K. K., Dennis Petrie, Kam Ki Tang, Tang, Kam Ki, Rao, D. S. Prasada, DS Prasada Rao, Rao, D. S. P., Petrie, D.   +8 more
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Mortality inequalities in times of economic growth: time-trends in socio-economic and regional inequalities in under-5 mortality in Indonesia, 1982-1997 [PDF]

, 2006
Study objective: To examine time trends in socioeconomic and regional inequalities in under 5 mortality in Indonesia during almost two decades of economic growth.
Houweling, A.J. (Tanja), Houweling, AJ, Kunst, A.E. (Anton), Mackenbach, Johan, Borsboom, Gerard, Houweling, Tanja, Kunst, AE, Houweling, Tanja A. J., Mackenbach, JP, Borsboom, G.J.J.M. (Gerard), Borsboom, G, Kunst, Anton E., Mackenbach, Johan P., Kunst, Anton, Houweling, Tanja; id_orcid, Mackenbach, J.P. (Johan)   +15 more
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Health shocks adversely impact participation in the labour force in a working age population: a longitudinal analysis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2013
Background : It is well understood that health affects labour force participation (LFP). However, much of the published research has been on older (retiring age) populations and using subjective health measures. This paper aims to assess the impact of an
Kristie N. Carter, Fiona Imlach Gunasekara, Tony Blakely, Ken Richardson   +3 more
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Hearing Norton Sound: community involvement in the design of a mixed methods community randomized trial in 15 Alaska Native communities

Research Involvement and Engagement, 2020
Plain English summary Community involvement is important in good research practice. We led a community-based study to improve early detection and treatment of childhood hearing loss in rural Alaska.
Samantha Kleindienst Robler, S. Meade Inglis, Joseph J. Gallo, Heather E. Parnell, Paul Ivanoff, Stephanie Ryan, Cole D. Jenson, Alexandra Ross, Alain Labrique, Nae-Yuh Wang, Susan D. Emmett   +10 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002-2010 : a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study [PDF]

, 2015
The study was supported by research grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Canada Research Chairs programme awarded to FJE.
Moor, Irene, Leerstoel Vollebergh, Stevens, Gonneke W.J.M., Pförtner, Timo Kolja, Elgar, Frank J, Stevens, Gonneke WJM, Pförtner, Timo-Kolja, Elgar, Frank J., De Clercq, Bart, Stevens, Gonneke W J M, Youth in Changing Cultural Contexts, Currie, Candace   +11 more
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Employment and working conditions of nurses: where and how health inequalities have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Human Resources for Health, 2021
Background Nurses and midwives play a critical role in the provision of care and the optimization of health services resources worldwide, which is particularly relevant during the current COVID-19 pandemic. However, they can only provide quality services
Alba Llop-Gironés, Ana Vračar, Gisela Llop-Gironés, Joan Benach, Livia Angeli-Silva, Lucero Jaimez, Pramila Thapa, Ramesh Bhatta, Santosh Mahindrakar, Sara Bontempo Scavo, Sonia Nar Devi, Susana Barria, Susana Marcos Alonso, Mireia Julià   +13 more
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Health equity monitoring is essential in public health: lessons from Mozambique

Globalization and Health, 2019
Background Countries must be able to describe and monitor their populations health and well-being needs in an attempt to understand and address them. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have re-emphasized the need to invest in comprehensive health ...
Alba Llop-Gironés, Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Sergio Chicumbe, Francesc Alvarez, Ivan Zahinos, Elisio Mazive, Joan Benach   +6 more
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Framing the wider determinants of health and health inequalities: local stakeholder views in England [PDF]

, 2023
Background:Despite decades of concern, health inequalities persist and collaborations to address them at a local level are yet to prove effective. One potential way of improving actions to address health inequalities is to pay greater attention to the ...
Such, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Such
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Tackling health inequalities: 2007 Status Report on the Programme for Action

, 2008
The status report provides a review of developments against the data since the publication of the Programme for Action in 2003. It considers progress against the Public Service Agreement (PSA) target, the national headline indicators and against ...
Department of Health, Health Inequalities Unit   +1 more
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