Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on contributors
- one Introduction
- two Progress in tackling health inequalities: a policy maker’s reflections
- three Inequalities in mortality rates under New Labour
- four Explaining inequalities in health: theoretical, conceptual and methodological agendas
- five Inequalities in pregnancy and early years and the impact across the life course: progress and future challenges
- six Inequalities and ethnicity: evidence and intervention
- seven Housing conditions and health
- eight Inequalities in food and nutrition: challenging ‘lifestyles’
- nine Behaving badly? Smoking and the role of behaviour change in tackling health inequalities
- ten Health inequalities and user involvement
- eleven Gilding the ghetto again? Community development approaches to tackling health inequalities
- twelve A new agenda for social work: tackling inequalities in physical health
- thirteen Challenging health inequalities: themes and issues
- Index
- Also available from The Policy Press
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2022
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of tables and figures
- Acknowledgements
- Notes on contributors
- one Introduction
- two Progress in tackling health inequalities: a policy maker’s reflections
- three Inequalities in mortality rates under New Labour
- four Explaining inequalities in health: theoretical, conceptual and methodological agendas
- five Inequalities in pregnancy and early years and the impact across the life course: progress and future challenges
- six Inequalities and ethnicity: evidence and intervention
- seven Housing conditions and health
- eight Inequalities in food and nutrition: challenging ‘lifestyles’
- nine Behaving badly? Smoking and the role of behaviour change in tackling health inequalities
- ten Health inequalities and user involvement
- eleven Gilding the ghetto again? Community development approaches to tackling health inequalities
- twelve A new agenda for social work: tackling inequalities in physical health
- thirteen Challenging health inequalities: themes and issues
- Index
- Also available from The Policy Press
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- Challenging Health InequalitiesFrom Acheson to 'Choosing Health', pp. 249 - 256Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2007