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In Poitiers, the fight against inequality centers on housing and nutrition.
Policies aimed at addressing social inequalities in health cannot be limited to promoting access to rights and healthcare. The city of Poitiers has made its school cafeterias more...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Monitoring social inequalities in perinatal health at the national level based on the social characteristics of the mothers’ municipalities of residence.
Background. Analyzing social inequalities in perinatal health is essential for guiding public health policies. We examine the relationship between the social characteristics of mothers’...
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Editorial. Social and Regional Health Inequalities: Knowledge and Evidence to Guide Action!
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Early social environment, physiological wear and tear, and health status in adulthood: a brief review of the current state of research.
The concept of the biological embodiment of the environment—particularly the social environment—refers to the way in which the social becomes biological. Differential biological...
