| Reviews |
| - 'If there is only one more one reads on social inequalities, this should be the one. It takes and all-encompassing focus moving from the biomedical to the psycho-social to the political and macro-economic model. The text is to a high standard and readable. ... Grounded in research, it takes a multi-faceted approach to inequalities and covers these numerous themes well in less than 250 pages. I
really liked the way it drew on established theory and linked it well with the empirical research. ... The chapters are well-referenced and include very up-to-date references.' - BMA Medical Book Competition 2007
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| Description | | - Synthesises three concepts (life-course approach, social variations in midlife stress, and macrosocial determinants) in a unique way
- Developed from a research collaboration funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF) Programme
- Focuses on scientific research and policy agenda
| Health inequalities according to people's social standing are persisting, or even growing, in modern societies. Recent decades have revealed evidence of strong variations in life expectancy, both between countries and within them. This widening of social inequalities has developed despite considerable progress in medical science and an increase in health care spending. The reasons behind this
are complex, and the implications considerable.
This book provides a summary of the major achievements of a five-year European Science Foundation (ESF) Programme on 'Social Variations in Health Expectancy in Europe'. The contributors are major figures in their subjects, and combine state of the art reviews with the latest results from interdisciplinary research in epidemiology, sociology,
psychology and biomedicine. Three conceptual frameworks of life course influences, health effects of stressful environments, and macro social determinants of health, are unified, while each chapter addresses the policy implications and recommendations derived from currently available evidence. The major topics covered include the role of family in early life, social integration and health, work
stress and job security, successful ways of facing adversity, and the impact of the larger environment on health.
Epidemiologists, public health research and policy makers, and students of related public health and sociology courses wlll find the results of this research fascinating. |
Readership: This book will appeal to epidemiologists, public health researchers, administrators, and policy makers. Scientists from different disciplines may be interested in the research-based approach it takes, and those taking social medicine and masters courses in public health will also find the book of interest.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction
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Johannes Siegrist & Michael Marmot
2.
Life course development of unequal health
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Chris Power & Diana Kuh
3.
The shape of things to come: how social policy impacts social integration and family structure to produce population health
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Lisa F. Berkman & Maria Melchior
4.
Socioeconomic position and health: the role of work and employment
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Johannes Siegrist & Töres Theorell
5.
Psychobiological processes linking socioeconomic position with health
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Andrew Steptoe
6.
Socioeconomic position and health: the role of coping
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Margareta Kristenson
7.
Socioeconomic differences in health: Are control beliefs fundamental mediators?
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Hans Bosma
8.
Aggregate deprivation and effects on health
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Frank J. van Lenthe
9.
Welfare state regimes and health inequalities
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Espen Dahl, Johan Fritzell, Eero Lahelma, Pekka Martikainen, Anton Kunst & Johan P. Mackenbach
10.
Socioeconomic inequalities in health in Western Europe: from description to explanation to intervention
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Johan P. Mackenbach
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Edited by Johannes Siegrist, Professor and Director, Department of Medical Sociology, University of Duesseldorf, Germany and
Michael Marmot, Director, International Institute for Society and Health; Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
| | Contributors:Lisa Berkman, Department of Society. Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA; Hans Bosma, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Espen Dahl, Oslo University College, Norway; Johan Fritzell, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Margareta Kristenson, Department of Health and Society, Linköping University,
Sweden; Diana Kuh, Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, UK; Anton Kunst, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Eero Lahelma, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland; Frank van Lenthe,
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Johan P. Mackenbach, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Michael Marmot, International Institute for Society and Health University College London, UK; Pekka Martikainen, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, Finland; Maria Melchior,
Institut National de la Santé de la Recherche Médicale, France; Chris Power, Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Johannes Siegrist, Department of Medical Sociology, University of Duesseldorf, Germany; Andrew Steptoe, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK; Töres Theorell, National Institute for
Psychosocial Factors and Health, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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