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WHO: A Framework for Action to Reduce Social Inequalities in Health.
In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe commissioned Michael Marmot to conduct a study on the social determinants of health and health inequalities in the...
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Why and how do inequalities become systemic?
How do inequalities arise, and how are they interconnected? Pierre Volovitch explains how inequalities accumulate and “form a system,” whether they pertain to income, educational...
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The role of maternal and child health services in reducing social inequalities in health.
Pregnancy and early childhood are critical periods. Maternal and Child Health (PMI) services provide free access to support and preventive care for mothers and children. For example, in...
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It is living conditions and their social determinants that shape inequalities.
According to Michael Marmot, chair of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health, social injustice kills on a massive scale. The links between...
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Can health education in schools help reduce social inequalities in health?
A team of researchers analyzed the international scientific literature to examine the impact of school-based health education on potential reductions in health inequalities. These...
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When it comes to inequality, collective responsibility takes precedence over individual behavior.
Inequalities are not the result of individual behavior but of living conditions and the environment. Social inequalities in health are very strongly determined by socioeconomic factors....
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Health impact assessment: a tool for influencing policy.
Health impact assessment is a new strategy for anticipating the effects of any project on public health. In particular, it makes it possible to identify, at an early stage, the...
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The Regional Health Agency will only be able to address inequalities by building partnerships.
Created to coordinate public health initiatives at the regional level, the Regional Health Agencies (ARS) have, as a top priority in their roadmap, the goal of reducing social health...
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Identifying the social determinants of inequality to enable action: a methodological initiative.
How can we measure social inequalities in health? This is a particularly difficult task. The three criteria commonly used in population surveys are: socioeconomic status, income, and...
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Combating the "health gradient" that affects children and parents.
The more disadvantaged one’s socioeconomic situation, the poorer one’s health. This “social gradient” is consistently observed across all contexts in scientific studies. The “Gradient”...
